Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. [Thursday] MAY 26, 1910 Wea. [Weather]
General spraying elms, oaks
etc. at the Farm. 
Mixed
Forenoon cloudy with a light
sprinkle of rain. Afternoon sunny.
Arrived Night Hawk 1
North bound mig. [migrant] Blackpoll 
Black & Yellow Warbler 1 [in full song]
  Chester Duren came again to
day to spray the Farm with
arsenate of lead. In forenoon he did
the big elms about house & barn &
the hickories etc. near Bungalow.
  In P.M. he worked along wood roads 
to Ritchie place & Birch Field.
Richardson with 10 men & his huge
gasoline engine sprayed the road past
house in P.M. I got him to devote
a spare hour to the tall oaks behind
barn &  the lines of big trees on each
side of orchard. All these were flooded
with poison. After all the men had gone
I walked to Berry Pasture & Ritchie pl. [place]
with Larry.
[margin]Saw Halley's Comet for first time at 8.30 P.M. Long tail - very dim[/margin]

Concord - Boston - Cambridge
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. [Friday] MAY 27, 1910 Wea. [Weather]
Mixed
  Wood Pewees (2) arrive.
Early morning clear with cool north wind.
Afternoon cloudy with heavy thunder
shower at 5 P.M. & light one at noon.
Left Farm at 7 A.M. walked to Ball's 
Hill, crossed river & took 8.13 train to
Boston where I went straight to office
of Curtis & Sanger to see Motley Bros.
Talked with them nearly an hour about 
the 90 acre purchase. Finally agreed to
give them an option on it for $10000
up to March 1, 1911 for $200.
  Next to our office where I saw Arthur &
Mackintire & signed several Estate checks.
Went out to Cambridge at 11.30
& lunched with C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] on back
piazza. A Robin, Red-eye, Chippy &
Oriole seen or heard in Garden. Took
2.15 train from Arlington back to
West Bedford & walked back from
Ball's Hill to Farm.