Round Pond. Maine. 
Aug. 1. 1913 
Dear J.F.O. +* 
How are you, and how goes the world. Did you get caught 
in any of the tempests that occurred in the South, or get wholly 
burned up in the hot weather ? If not, I hope that you are 
going to be on deck sometime before long, here. 
Are you going to be able to take in the Josselyn Meeting at 
Thomaston from the 12th to the 16th ? S shall be over there, going 
by boat from here. I’d like to have you here so as to go over 
with me on the Str. Jule, or else have you connect there and come 
back with me. If you are to come, I'll let the hotle people know 
and get a room for two. I enclose a folder of the Portland 
Round Pond Rockland steamer, and you can see how things go. Fares 
are $1.25. You can also come by train to Newcastle, leaving 
Portland either at 7.00 A.M. or at 12.30 as per marked timetable. 
At the Newcastle station ask for Mr. Etheridge, (Foss Eth¬ 
eridge), and tell him that you are going to Henry Chamberlains 
He will deliver you O.K. by automobile. Really, the train saves 
time. There are a lot of other automobile men at the Station, 
so don’t get carried away by the wrong one. If you let me know 
in advance, I will see that a place Is reserved for you on the 
automobile. You get here about 3 hours sooner, by train. 
I have not gotten track of a single diseased tree or another 
chestnut since I wrote you. In fact, I have not been off the 
place save to go to the village. We have an elm In the doorysuS 
that has been recently struck by lightening, but that is the only 
curiosity. I stick permanently at home, this summer. 
