This would be the first native oak that could be had on the Boston market and then seems to have apparent cause for its failure. Sunday November 23 - 1914 Today the seismograph clock, tide page clock and one of the baby chronometers all stopped from unknown causes. Every now and then the devil seems to get into our timepieces. It is possible that the excess moisture in the house may have something to do with this. Hal took our blood pressures today and found that we are all pretty normal, just was a little under the weather for the first time tonight. He is always well. Monday Nov. 24 - 1914 The tide page is not doing as well as it should. I believe that it is worth working upon but it certainly is a discouraging proposition. We are taking daily temperatures and specific gravity readings of the batteries now. They are doing wonders in the cold other, even better than they are supposed to do at the factory. I think we can count on them thru the winter.