Cambridge - Bethel.
C. sails for Italy.
Ther. [Thermometer]  SAT. MAR.13, 1909 [Saturday, March 13, 1909]  Wea [Weather]
Cool.  Cloudy
Saw 3 Downy Woodpeckers [in a flock]  in Garden 7a.m.
Thin clouds, some sunshine, little wind.
Everything disrupted to-day. I
took 9 A.M. train for Bethel &
C.[Caroline] with E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons], Alison Allyn &
Miss Emmy Howard, sailed for
Naples at 2.30 P.M. on the 
"Romania", White Star Lines.
C. went in to North Station to
see me off. Mary G. was to meet 
her then at 10 and the others
were to assemble at 12 for lunch
before going to the boat.
  I read much of the way to 
Portland & all the way through
to Bethel where I arrived about 4.30
Doctor [Gehring] gone to Boston & Mrs G. [Mrs. Gehring]
to Portland but both back by [?] P.M.
Began to see snow at Portsmouth
It [increased?] gradually thence to Paris.
Here we have 3-4 [?]
[margin] Saw crows everywhere from Portland to
Bethel. What can they eat? [/margin]
Bethel.
Ther. [Thermometer]  SUN. MAR, 14, 1909 [Sunday, March 14, 1909]  Wea
Clear
Brilliantly clear with no wind.
A glorious day crisp & bracing yet
not cold. Entire country buried deep
in snow & looking as in Midwinter.
  Usual Sunday morning services in 
parlor. 9.15-10 A.M. About 20
patients & friends attended it. Upson &
Miss Butler here. All the others strangers
to me. The Doctor's [?] at their
best & working a good show.
2 Chickadees [in a flock] & 2 Blue Jays [in a flock] in orchard
Crows cawing big lot of Redpolls hd. [heard] in air.
all this about 8 A.M.
  Went to the Shack with the Doctor
after lunch and spent nearly two 
hours there smoking & talking. One
or two of the patients made [?] calls.
Spent evening in parlor where we had
singing, piano playing & good story telling.