Winter weather
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts]
1876.
Saturday
Oct. 14 [October 14, 1876] Clear and warm in the morning. Cloudy with
light rain in P.M. Rising temperature 
up to 11 P.M. Spent the A.M. in my 
room writing etc. In P.M. drove down
to Cambridge.
Sunday
Oct. 15 [October 15, 1876] To the intense surprise of everybody the morning
broke upon a wintry scene. Snow falling
fast, & the ground covered with the spotless
though dreary pall of winter. By 8 A.M. 
the storm ceased and the clouds cleared
away before a brisk & chill N.W. [northwest] wind.
About 2 inches of snow covered the ground 
and the mercury remained so near 
the freezing point during the day that
but little of it melted. Starting for 
Concord at about 4 P.M. I drove up 
over the Sandy pond road. the beauty
of the scenery surpassed anything that
I have ever witnessed before. The snow
coming as it did in a moist condition
adhered closely to every twig and leaf
and the weather afterwards becoming &
remaining cold through the day very little
either shook or melted off. As I entered the 
Lincoln woods the sun was just
setting and the ruddy glow cast over
everything by its slanting beams enhanced
the contrasts that had been previously [delete]been[\delete]
enchantingly beautiful, and furnished a 
transient spectacle almost too lovely for 
description. The autumn leaves in the 
full maturity of their gorgeous splendor
delicately set off by the pure frosting