Oxford
Ther. [Thermometer] Sun. [Sunday] Sept. 5, 1909 [September 5, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
  A summer-like day pleasantly warm
with bright sunshine & light W. [West] wind.
  Wrote letters in forenoon. Took
a cab to the Jeffersons at 1 to dine
with them & spend the afternoon.
We sat in the garden most of the
time with all the children about us,
& Peter the Aberdeen terrier, and neighbors
dropping in. Captain Rynd was there
& I found him very pleasant.
  There were a good many birds - the
Robin with the divine voice - the very
best one I ever heard, a Starling feeding
on the lawn, 4 or 5 House Sparrows,
a male Chaffinch, Swallows & Martins
flying overhead, Jackdaws perched on 
neighboring roofs & chimney pots. No
insect sounds of course & only one butterfly.
Prof. McDonald called with George
in the evening & we had a good talk.

Oxford
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] Sept. 6, 1909 [September 6, 1909]  Wea. [Weather]
Fine
  Chiefly sunny with drifting cloud
masses & a few brief but brisk showers.
The fair of St. Giles, held annually,
with but few interruptions, for over 500 years
began here to-day. It was a most
interesting & instructive spectacle the wide
street crowded with people & lined on both
sides by portable theatres of surprizing
size & gorgeousness, all erected after 4 A.M.
There were innumerable booths, merry-go-
rounds, etc. The crowd, numbering
thousands, was most orderly & respectable
yet not unduly restrained or bored. Indeed
everyone seemed to be having a merry time. 
I went down through the street thrice by
day and once at 9 P.M. with George, when
we entered the largest theatre & saw an
excellent moving picture show, very interesting
& funny, yet absolutely clean. Not one oath
or rude word did I hear spoken all day
or evening nor did I see a single person
[margin] drunk although the saloons were crowded with women as well as men, most
of them taking beer.[/margin]