Bethel
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, June 11, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Cloudless, almost windless, rather
warm.
  Walked down to Inn with Doctor
after breakfast & spent hour or more there.
An Oriole, a Warbling Vireo, 2 Red-eyes,
2 House Wrens, several Purple Finches,
Least Flycatcher & Chippies [Chipping Sparrow], one Yellow
Warbler, a Redstart & a Grosbeak heard
singing in trees or yards along village street.
  With Mr. Bates, the Doctor & I went
to the Shack in mid P.M. & spent
half an hour there. Few birds seen or
heard: only a Hermit [Hermit Thrush], a Redstart & a
Magnolia Warbler singing. A Star-nosed
Mole & 3 tiny Shrews with long, down-
curved proboscis-like snouts lay scattered
about dead on cement floor of Shack yet
only one (a Shrew) showed any mark of
injury. What killed them we could not guess.
Visited mill pond now brim full & very
attractive. Spent evening at Dr. G's [John George Gehring] he
showing lantern slides in Lounge.
  Few birds near house - one Veery, a Redstart,
Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo], Purple Finch, Junco, White throat [White-throated Sparrow]
several Robins, Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] etc.

Bethel
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, June 12, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Raining
Dark cloudy & cool with frequent
& often heavy showers of fine rain.
Foliage of both deciduous & evergreen trees
unusually rich & luxuriant. No signs of
insect depredations. Orange hawkweed in 
bloom. Wild strawberries ripe.
  To Inn & music room in forenoon.
Walked back with Doctor. He & I
spent much of afternoon in his little
new greenhouse planning its further
development. Usual evening gathering
in lounge, breaking up at 10 P.M.
The Doctor has given up most of his
practise & has only two or three patients
here now, all at Inn. He and Mrs. G. [Gehring]
alone in "Great House." Fuller in Brown
Cottage. George & family in Gray Gables.
Various changes in village. The Hastings
out of business. Ceylon Rowe still living
but feeble. The "Twins" the same.
All young men gone to war.
Village street prettier than ever.
Only a few House Sparrows there.