Cambridge - Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Dec. 4, 1914 [December 4, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Sunny, calm, mild.
A Chickadee, 2 Jays & about a 
dozen House Sparrows in Garden.
  C. [Caroline Brewster] & I motored to Mt. Auburn [Mount Auburn Cemetery]
after breakfast to visit Henry Purdie's
grave. A headstone has been erected,
since we were there last C. thinks
but I am not so sure that we did 
not overlook it then. At all events
we planted the snow drops several feet
to one side of where the stone now
stands. Probably its position is merely
symbolic for Henry was cremated.
Returning we separated at Harvard
Square. I ordered a new suit of gray
clothes at Harvard Cooperation, called at
Chas. River Bank [Charles River Bank] & then went in town.
Bought a round, folding table for C.
Visited office & signed Power of Att"y (Power of Attorney)
for Galloupe to foreclose mortgage if necessary.
Dined at Woodbury's. Bought (& paid cash
for) several new records at Ditson's.
Home by 4 P.M. Packed for trip to
Bethel to-morrow. Solitary evening.

Cambridge - Bethel
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Dec. 5, 1914 [December 5, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cold with light northerly wind.
  Took 8.55 A.M. train, W. Div. B. & M.,
to Bethel. Reached Portland at 12.25
& dined in Union Station there.
Passing around city in shuttle train
saw 200 + Black Ducks "bedded" in
Back Cove & also 300 + Gulls.
First snow at Falmouth in wasted
drifts on northern exposures. It increased
as we neared Paris but there & beyond
the open country was mostly bare of it.
Bryant's Pond quite free from ice as
is Lake Umbagog, I was told.
Reached Bethel at 4.35. Drove up village 
street in wagon drawn by two big white
horses over bare frozen-rutted ground.
Most cordially welcomed by Dr. &
Mrs. G. Spent evening with the
family in lounge. About eight patients
there among them Mrs. Blackwell of
Cambridge. Doctor & I sat up late
talking. He reports Hermit Thrush lingering
up to about Nov. 26 I was assigned
to room in cottage for night.