Lakeside to Bethel [Maine].
1894
Oct. 5
  Early morning cloudy and threatening with heavy rain
from 8.30 to 9 a.m. after which the clouds parted, the
sun came out, and the weather was in every way very simply
delightful.
  C., E.R.S. and I left Lakeside on the stage at 7.30 a.m.
and drove to Bethel which we reached at 2.30 P.M. We
then took the 3.36 P.M. train for Portland where we
went aboard the night boat for Boston.
  None of my twenty odd trips between Umbagog and Bethel
have been anything like so delightful as was this. The
autumn foliage was at the very achme[sic] of its perfection and
the heavy shower wet the leaves thoroughly bringing out their
brilliant tints to the best advantage. The cloud effects, too
were unusually varied & fine.
[margin]Autumn
foliage at
its best[/margin]
  It was evidently a flight-day, for the Sparrows - Juncos,
Song Sparrows and White-throats swiftly swarmed along
the roadsides and Chippies were numerous in places. On
the hillsides below Upton post-office I saw three White-crowned
Sparrows and there was a fourth in Grafton, all young
birds. Robins were numerous everywhere but I saw only
two Flickers and not a single Blue Jay. A Red-tailed
Hawk was soaring over Poplar Tavern in Newry.
[margin]Sparrows
very numerous[/margin]
[margin]White crowns[/margin]
[margin]Robins
Flickers
Red tail
Hawk[/margin]
  At this Tavern they had a Bear cub of about thirty
pounds captive on the piazza fastened by a collar & chain.
Although taken from the trap only this morning it was
perfectly tame & very gentle allowing us to pat & rub its head
& ears. It drank milk and ate apples greedily. Its mother
was caught & killed at the same time & place - an apple orchard
behind the hotel.
[margin]Bear cub
trapped
near
Poplar
Tavern,
Newry[/margin]