Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] May 31, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
42 [degrees]
69 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear with light E. [east] wind.
  Gilbert & I walked to Ball's Hill via
Holden's Hill after breakfast. Forbush got 
back about 11 A.M.
  J.W. Long called after dinner & stayed
two hours. Then Forbush came. I
walked to Birch Id. [Birch Island] & Davis Hill
with him at evening. Only a few
boats on river to-day.
Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] June 1 [June 1, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear & rather cool
with fresh E. [east] wind.
  Gilbert & I closed the farm house
this morning & took the 8.13 train
for Cambridge. I spent A.M. at
our house Gilbert packing my trunk.
  Went in town at noon & saw
Mackintire at our office. Took 2.15
train for Rockport whence I drove
to Pigeon Cove & spent half an hour
with Leander. He has improved greatly.
Got home at 7 P.M. Called at Almy's
in evening. Leander signed petition for
sale of brick block to-day.
  Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] June 2, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer] 
  Brilliantly clear with E. [east] wind.
  C. [Caroline] & I took 9 A.M. train for Portland.
On arriving lunched together at Union 
Station & then went to Lafayette House
where we met Dr. Gehring. He talked with C. [Caroline]
nearly two hours. She took 3.30 train
back to Boston. The doctor & I dined
at hotel 6.P.M. (being the first to do so in
the new dining room) & then took 7 P.M.
train for Bethel. Mr. Howe of Norway talked
with us. Reached Bethel 10 P.M.
  Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 3 [June 3, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
 80[degrees]
  Cloudless but densely smoky. Wind
N.W. [northwest] very strong at times.
  I spent day about place. In P.M. took
a stroll with the doctor in his woods.
Started a Partridge with brood of young chicks
Winter Wren, Can. Warbler [Canada warbler] & Hermit singing.
  Through A.M. it was so smoky that we
could see no mountains. After dinner
the nearby woods were blotted out. By
sunset we could scarce see across lawn.
Our eyes smarted with the smoke. Big forest
fires reported at Berlin & Sunday River.