Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] Nov.  3, 1902 [November 3, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudless with light S.W. [Southwest] wind;
A typical Indian summer day.
  In A.M. we put up the new mail
box for rural delivery at entrance to 
Bungalow. Also cut a few trees in
front of house & a number near the
spring. Spent afternoon working
on the new wood road from Birch
Field to Bensen's. Two Tree Crickets
(Acanthus nivaeus [Oecanthus niveus]) chirping steadily at eve
Heard a Pickering's Hylas in P.M. They
have been singularly silent this autumn.
Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 4 [November 4, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear & dead calm most
of day. Heavy white frost this morning.
  Spent day working with the men
on Pine Ridge returning to farm for
dinner. We cut down a number of trees,
chiefly pines & Hansen hauled a
few loads of wood & brush besides
a lot of green pine branches. Late
in P.M. we cut down some oaks on
Davis's Hill. About 8 A.M. I saw a 
wonderful rainbow in Bensen's pastures
on the ground which was covered with
cobwebs loaded with dew.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Nov. 5, 1902 [November 5, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
A.M. cloudy with dense fog up to ten
o'clock. P.M. sunny & warm with light
S.E. [southeast] to S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Spent entire day at Davis's Hill
with Hansen, Pat & Howard. We cut down
a considerable number of small oaks &
cleared the ground of fallen branches
carting the good wood to the wood shed
on Hemlock Knoll, the debris to a 
burning place in Bensen's pasture
Gilbert drove Mrs.Ritchie to Concord this
A.M. She has closed her house for the winter.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 6 [November 6, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy & misty with occasional brief
showers of fine rain. Light, warm
S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Spent day on farm working with
the men. In A.M. we removed all the 
corn (92 bushels) from the box stall
into which the rats have found access &
after tinning their holes we put the corn
back again. In P.M. burned two big
brush fires, one in the birch opening E. [east]
of the pasture, the other in the Prescott
opening. Saw almost no birds.