A daily journal from 76 years ago
50th day – 317 days follow 2/0 Fair Arrowhead Gee! But it was cold this morning with high north wind. When I got up on the hill Mary and Martha were there, they came last night. Thel had a nice brown quartzite arrow head and a small piece of an old fashioned slate pencil. That …
49th day – 318 days follow 38 Fair Things G.H. on the hill this morning. Went over to see Steve. This afternoon I went over to the cow farm for milk, butter, and vegetables, got a ride back in the truck. On my way home from work I stopped in to the Engstroms, they had …
48th day – 319 days follow 38 Fair After I fixed my fires I went over to H.H. and found Tom Doten and Budreau at the manhole, the water had all self drained and John O’Brian had been up and had gone down to the Electric Light Co. to get them to fix it up. …
47th day – 320 days follow 35 Cloud About 10 am I noticed there was no electricity on the hill, none coming into the house. Called up Mr. McMasters of the P.E.L., he said he would send a man up. White Fuel furnace man came today after dinner. P.E.L repair man came over and said …
46th day – 321 days follow 40 Fair Rained hard last night and took off most of the snow. Made a paddle for the scow down at the pond. Stopped in to see Pic and Eric, they are fine. Didn’t see anything of the Crow, but did see a flock of starlings and a blue …
45th day – 322 days follow 32 Fair Dug snow the first part of the fore-noon and burned brush piles in back of the barn. Saw fie quail on my way home at noon. A year ago this morning the glass was down to sixteen below zero. Eleanor called up and said she would be …
43rd day – 323 days follow 25 Fair Went up on the hill this morning and stopped into see the Engstroms, they are fine. Met Mr. Hornblower just before I got to Cliff St. When I got home I put out some bread for the gulls, a crow came ad ate all he could, then …
43rd day – 323 days follow 20 Snow Finished up the material to send to Fred Johnson at Andover. Mrs. Hornblower called me at noon and said they are all back from Bud’s wedding, she as bought a statue of Buddah that used to be in C. A Stoner flower garden. She said Bud and …
42nd day – 324 days follow 22 Snow Snowing a little when I got up and kept snowing all day. This afternoon I went around the route with Thel this afternoon and it was tough going. Eleanor put Thel’s car down in Ira Ward’s shed. Rusty Bounds and the Minister came down and brought Eleanor’s …
41st day – 325 days follow 25 Fair Cold 6 pickerel deer Bill Whiting called me up to see if I would go pickerel fishing, I told him O.K. He came up here at 9 A.M. and we went to White Island Pond. We went to the second narrows and put in ten traps and …
