CLOSING YEARS 97 



Monday, December 10, Mr. Boardman records: "I 

 called Dr. Black; no appetite and don't sleep well 

 nights." Dr Black called to see Mr. Boardman nearly 

 every day during the remainder of the month and on 

 December 31 he records: "Had lots of callers; Dr. 

 Black called here twice." 



But three entries appear in Mr. Boardman's diary for 

 the year 1901 . They are : ' ' January 1 — Clear and fine ; 

 ther. 33 ; fine winter day ; Dr. Black here ; I had a bad 

 day. January 2 — Clear and cold; good many callers. 

 January 3 — Ther. 5 below zero ; windy and a cold night." 

 This was the last. The diary that had been kept daily 

 with hardly an interruption for nearly forty-nine years 

 had received its closing memoranda. Mr. Boardman 

 died at 12.40 o'clock, Friday morning, January 11, 1901. 



The funeral services were held from Mr. Boardman's 

 late residence, No. 5 Lafayette street, Calais. They 

 were attended by Rev. Dr. Charles G. McCully and Rev. 

 Thomas D. McLean and the burial was in Rural Cem- 

 etery, St. Stephen, N. B. Four nephews of Mr. Board- 

 man acted as pall-bearers, viz. : William F. Boardman, 

 Henry B. Eaton, William F. Todd and Charles E. Board- 

 man. 



