May 28 Saturday – The Clemens party was in Cadenabbia. Sam’s notebook:

May 28. Saturday. Took Salvitora & his boat at 8 fr. per day.

Asti is mighty dainty & good — when you call it good. But no man can tell it from champagne cider [NB 31 TS 49].

Rev. John Davis of Hannibal wrote to Sam sending a critique of one of his sermons by another pastor — one which he counted as humorous. He noted he’d had a bit of correspondence with Sam “a few years ago about the Loisettiean system of “Memory.” Davis added: “Your old house is still quietly keeping watch over the rolling river…” Davis mentioned those who passed away this year — Dr. Hampton, Mr. Jauser?, Judge Nelson and Benton Coontz. Also, John L. RoBards lived directly opposite Davis and he saw him daily, “and oftener. He is very hale and as courteous as of yore” [MTP].