A daily journal from 76 years ago
225th day- 140 days follow Partly fair rain in afternoon. Jubbie and I worked most all day on the pool garden lawn, and when it rained we went up to the house and cleaned up the cellar. Harry came up on the hill just as Jubbie and I were going home and wanted us to …
224th day- 141 days follow Fair and cooler this afternoon. Worked on the pool garden green all day. Jennie Chandler’s cottage is coming along fast. The builders are working overtime on it. Jubbie didn’t work today. He has the stomach ache. Eleanor and Marie were here for dinner. Geo., Eleanor, and Marie came in for …
223rd day- 142 days follow Fair wonderful day. I picked a couple of quarts of blueberries on my point. And I took the boat around to the West Cove and towed my raft back to the point. It had drifted away. I pulled up another patch of small underbrush in front of the camp. Thel …
222nd day- 43 days follow Fair and hot. The Boss was up on the hill this morning. After dinner Thel and I went down to the Camp. The Hathaways came down to theirs. Archie and I did some fishing and caught nothing. There was a thunder storm tonight so I had to stay awake till …
221st day- 144 days follow Fair and warm. Harry came up on the hill this A.M. and he and I went up to the golf links and we went over the property lines of the property the Pilgrim Society hopes to get for their Pilgrim village. We went over and found Chris Swift and talked …
220th day- 145 days follow “Arrowheads” Cleared off for a fine day. The boss was up on the hill this A.M. I thought I saw the fox today. After supper I rode my wheel over to the Nook Farm and hunted till dark and found several poor points none of them real good. After I …
219th day- 146 days follow The boss was up on the hill this A.M. I saw where a fox had killed two rabbits last week, and today I saw it, and what a mangey looking cuss. It ran thru the cutting garden and across the drive. I don’t think I ever saw it rain any …
218th day-147 days follow The White fuel truck brought me a load of oil up on the hill. Thel took Eleanor over to town this A.M. She and Marie were here to dinner. After supper Ski and Bud took Thel and I for a ride down to Onset to see some fireworks and the fog …
217th day- 148 days follow Partly cloudy and warm. Jubbie and I trimmed hedges and shrubs this A.M. After dinner Thel took Jubbie and I up to the blueberry swamps and we picked about a bucket full during the afternoon. There is more water in the swamps than I ever saw in them before. I …
216th day- 149 days follow Hazy and warm this A.M. Cleared off hot at noon. This morning I rode my wheel up as far as Withington’s and found that the place I was going to look over had corn growing on it. Came back around by the sand bank, looked it over and found nothing. …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 