Bethel, Maine. March 5 1904
Ther [Thermometer] -12 [degrees] min. [minimum] +20 [degrees] max. [maximum]
  Brilliantly clear; dead calm up
to 10 a.m.; light W. [West] wind afterwards.
  Had a most delightful & invigorating walk along the
Grove Hill road this forenoon (9 - 11.30) going as far
as the intervale - a distance of about 1 1/2 miles & back.
Although the thermometer stood at only 2 [degrees] when I
started and 14 [degrees] when I got back I did not feel
the cold at any time while in several sheltered places
the sun was almost uncomfortably warm. It was also 
intensely dazzling on the crusted snow and I was
glad to put on some smoked glasses which I bought
on my way through the village.