Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] Sept. 4, 1902 [September 4, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy & oppressively sultry with
showers at morning & in the mid-
afternoon.
  I had engaged Patsy Sheehan &
two men to work in the garden
but the rain spoiled my plans
& we accomplished very little, working
for only about two hours in the
afternoon.
Wea. [Weather] Friday 5 [September 4, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind
Frosty at evening.
  Left Boston, alone, at 9 A.M. Eastern Div. RR [Eastern Division Railroad],
and reached Bethel at 4.30 P.M. Mrs Gehring
on train from Portland but I did not know it
until after we reached Bethel where George Farnsworth
met us both at station.
  Found staying at the Gehrings, as patients,
Mrs Jacob Hittinger of Belmont, Mrs. Rattle of
Cleveland, Miss Williston of Cambridge, 
Mr. George  Megrew, Frank [?] & young [?].
Spent most of evening in parlor. Had a late
talk & smoke with Dr. G. [Gehring] 
Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] Sept. [September] 6, 1902 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & cool. Heavy frost last night killing 
most of the corn. Country snow white at sunrise.
  In A.M. called on Miss Parker of New Haven
& Miss Cushman of Cambridge at the hotel
which has been renovated & remodeled & is
now kept by a Mr. Lord.
  Spent most of P.M. rambling about in
the woods below the house with Dr. G. [Gehring] &
Megrew. Foliage still uniformly green & very 
fresh & luxuriant. Birds apparently scarce.
Wea. [Weather] Sunday 7 [September 7, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Rained heavily last night & at intervals
through forenoon. Most of P.M. sunny. Warm.
  In A.M. the Doctor & I walked to Paradise
Hill where we rambled about in woods & pastures.
  Had a perfect feast of blackberries & found a
great quantity of red pine seedlings 2 to 4 ft [feet] high.
Saw a mixed flock of fully 75 small birds
representing a dozen or more species chiefly Warblers.
  In P.M. drove to Maine's Pond 3 m [miles] beyond
W. Bethel [West Bethel] in deep hollow at base of mountain.
It was about 5 acres in extent & rather pretty.
Saw numbers of Robins & Bluebirds & four
or five Phoebes.