Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. MAR. 13, 1911 [Monday, March 13, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Cloudless with warn sun &
cool N.W. [northwest] wind. A typical March
day.
  Spent entire day in Prescott
pine woods working with
James, Pat, Zeb & the new man
John. We cut a great number 
of trees burning the brush
& clearing up the ground as
we went along. It is my
preference to free this part of
the woods from deciduous trees
of every kind in the hope of
thus saving the pines. The high
harsh wind silenced the birds
& I saw or heard but very few.
Started at least six Partridges.
  Gilbert's wife operated on for 
gall stones yesterday. He went to
Cambridge to see her to-day.
Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. MAR. 14, 1911 [Tuesday, March 14, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Cloudless with little or no wind.
Hard freeze last night & fields white
with hoar frost at sunrise. Middle
of day very warm.
  Bluebirds singing & chickadees
calling phoebe on every hand through
much of forenoon. Pat reported a
dozen or more Robins along road
from Concord. I saw five in one
orchard. No Song Sparrows, Fox
Sparrows or Blackbirds as yet.
  Spent entire day working with
the four men cutting down "weed"
trees, in Prescott's pines in A.M.
in Berry Pasture in P.M. By
noon mail a note from Miss Purdie
to let me know that Henry was
taken "very ill" on Saturday & sent
that evening to Mass. Gen. Hospital [Massachusetts General Hospital]. We
telephoned there just after lunch. They
report him about the same. No
diagnosis of his illness made yet.