Cambridge - Andover
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI.  APRIL 30, 1909 [Friday, April 30, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Stormy
N.E. [northeast] rain storm. Gloomy and intensely 
chilly day with incessant rain. 
  To Andover by 9.25 A.M. train. 
Leander met me at station. We 
walked to his house where we found 
Edwin and Alice. Will and Anna returned
from Cambridge about noon & we all 
dined together. My cousin Elisabeth &
Dr. Mackland came from Wolfeboro &
Mackintire from Boston. The funeral
was at 4 P.M. The family sat
up stairs. The service was partly 
Episcopal partly Congregational. The
coffin was open but I did not look
at Ada. She will be taken to Hanover,
N.H. [New Hampshire] for burial tomorrow. Mackintire
& I returned by 5.20 train. I walked
home from Porters Station. Saw
at least a dozen Robins on the way.
Purdie & I talked & read in [dining room?].
Cambridge - Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. MAY 1, 1909 [Saturday, May 1, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Stormy.
N.E. [northeast] rain storm lasting through day
the rain incessant & at times heavy.
  Took 9 A.M. train for Concord. Met
Will Stone on it at Porters & Mrs. Stone
at Concord where she had spent last night
with a friend. As it was raining 
heavily I sent her & Will to the farm
in a close carriage of Tuttle's going down
myself with James in our democrat.
We walked through the woods to Birch
Field after dinner. Saw only a few
birds including a Thrasher & Peabody Bird
Robins numerous at the house.
Vegetation but little further advanced since
when I left here on April 8. Tulips
& blood root [bloodroot] just coming into bloom.
Very little green showing on trees or shrubs.
Heard only one Hyla at evening.
Purdie arrived by 4.51 P.M. train.
We all sat in parlor & talked through evening.
