Wea. [Weather] TUES. [Tuesday] APRIL 17, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
40 [degrees]
  Cloudy & calm with continuous
but light & fine rain.
  Purdie & took a walk in the 
forenoon to Davis's Hill, in the
afternoon another along the
river path to the Barrett meadow.
Birds were rather numerous &
in full song most of the day.
At about 7 p.m. a grouse
drummed over the cabin. Gilbert & 
Pat saw 3 flocks of grouse at Concord.
Wea. [Weather] WEDNESDAY April 18, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
53 [degrees]
58 [degrees]
  Cloudy with strong S.W. wind
& rain in the early morning
& again at evening.
  Spent the day behind Ball's Hill
where I have resumed cutting
out trees around the openings
& new wood roads. Karl worked
there all the morning, Pat & Karl
in the afternoon. The high wind
scattered the birds & I heard only
a very few.
  Purdie went to Billerica to spend
the night.
Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] APRIL 19, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
56 [degrees]
70 [degrees]
  Early morn. cloudy. P.m. clear.
with violent W. wind.
  Spent forenoon at farm driving
up & back. Christian Petersen & his
wife went out there & inspected the
place. They are very anxious to
take charge of it for me.
  Uncovered my wild flower beds &
found the plants in fine condition.
Wrote letters in P.M. & took a walk
with Purdie just before sunset.
Wea. [Weather] FRIDAY April 20, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
41 [degrees]
74 [degrees]
  Cloudy & very warm. Wind
light from N. to N.E.
  Spent the day at the farm
driving both ways, dining &
supping in the old house.
The men (Benson & Hansen)
were ploughing. Gilbert & Karl
setting up for birds etc. It
was very warm. Mosquitoes
appeared in numbers in P.M.
It was dark when we got
back to the cabin.