Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Nov. 4, 1918 [November 4, 1918] Wea [Weather] 
26 [degrees], 50 [degrees] Dull.
Last night coldest one of autumn
thus far. Heavy white frost at daybreak.
After peeping out briefly then the sun
became obscured by clouds & did
not reappear while a little fine rain
fell every now & then.
  George Baker reports upwards of
150 Crow Blackbirds in leafless
tree tops near his shack & the corn
field at Ritchie place, 7 A.M.
The only birds I noted were a
dozen or more Juncos, a Goldfinch,
2 or 3 Jays & as many Crows.
  Spent most of day in or near 
house superintending carpenter 
work etc. Zeph worked only in P.M.
He has bought a large good-looking
horse ($100) which I am to keep for
him this week only. It weighs 1500
lbs [pounds] & makes our stable floor tremble.
  Winthrop Scudder & a friend of his
who is soliciting funds for a western 
college called in late P.M. I made
him no promises of any definitive help.

Concord. Last of the St. Regis raspberries.
Full quart of strawberries picked.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1918 [November 5, 1918] Wea [Weather] 
40 [degrees] Stormy
For the most part a dreary day with
chill air, densely cloudy sky and
fine rain falling; but the sun came
out by 3.30 and set in a perfectly
cloudless sky suffused with tender
golden light. There was then no wind
stirring & scarce any earlier in the day.
  A Downy [Downy Woodpecker], 4 Jays, 3 or 4 Crows & 8
or 10 Juncos were the only birds
seen or heard by me. Both Jays &
Crows showed interest in a large
patch of standing sweet corn stalks
but the ears have been too carefully
harvested to afford more than the
most meagre gleanings for any 
bird or beast. I am feeding this 
corn (now ripened) to the hens
who seem to relish it as well
as any other grain.
  Spent most of day in house
rearranging things & doing amateur
carpenter work. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] picked a full
quart of really handsome strawberries
& took them & a few raspberries (the very
last) to C. [Caroline Brewster] in Cambridge.