Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1914 [October 27, 1914] Wea [Weather]
24 [degrees] Deer in Cedar Park. Fine
Clear & cold with raging N.W. [northwest]
wind. "Finger cold" towards evening.
Ther. [Thermometer] 32 [degrees] at sunset, 24 [degrees] at 10 P.M.
  Spent most of day superintending
workmen in & near house. Harris &
one of his men came down to
cement the cellar but could not
finish it. Monson & Casper finished
gateway into field across road by noon
& began excavation for hot bed front
of barn after dinner. Burbank &
George devoted themselves mostly
to helping Harris. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] went to
Cambridge on some business of his own.
  Very few birds. 8 or 10 Robins eating
barberries in lane, several White throats [White-throated Sparrow]
a small flock of Juncos, 1 Song sparrow.
  At 4 P.M. "Tim" & I started out with
the gun. Walking down lane from barn
we started a Partridge. Entering Cedar Park
I glanced along lower cart road & at once
espied the hindquarters & most of body of
a big doe. She was standing in road with
head down in brush eating wild apples on
ground about 50 yds. [yards] from me. Tim soon
ran towards & alarmed her when she loped
off at high speed pursued by him. He seemed
to gain on her fast. After this we went
[margin]to Birch Field & started 2 more Partridges but I did not shoot.[/margin]

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Oct. [October] 28, 1914 Wea [Weather]
21º at sunrise. Electric lights lighted Fine.
Brilliantly clear with light westerly wind.
Bitter cold in early morn. Warming
up through forenoon. Mild by evening.
  Spent forenoon on Farm with
Zeph who moved a lot of brush
in various places. Taking four
of the men I started, after dinner,
to cut out a new wood road
leading from Barrett spring to
putter road above Bensen's Hollow.
We finished it roughly by 4.30
P.M. Started 3 Partridges on 
way back. Few small birds
noted. Several Robins in lane;
2 Tree Sparrows & 4 or 5 White throats
in woods near barn; a flock
of at least 30 Juncos in Birch
Field; scattering Crows & Jays.
Yellow rump heard.
  Harris finished concreting cellar
and Lee turned on electricity so
that we had the old house electrically
lighted this evening for first time.