A daily journal from 76 years ago
280th day- 85 days follow (Geese) Fair + Mild Saw Mr. H. on the hill this morning. He stayed till noon. Geo. Crowell was up there two. He took two buckets of flowers down to Martha’s V. for Mrs. H. She is fishing down there. Jubbie mowed some more on the east end of the …
279th day- 86 days follow Fair + Cool Jubbie and I finished cleaning up the brush, so we can burn it when it rains. Thel took a ride up to Brockton. At least she wasn’t home at noon. The Driscolls are back again. I expect the weather has been too good for them to stay …
278th day- 87 days follow Fair + Warmer We worked on the brush all day. The World Series started today and the Brooklyn Dodgers lost by one run in the end of the ninth inning. George, Eleanor, and the two kids came in for a few minutes after supper. I had a postal from Mrs. …
277ith day- 88 days follow Fair + Warm This A.M. I went over to town on the truck with Arthur with a load of fireplace wood for the First. House. Jubbie and I are still cutting brush. Jubbie and I cut brush all day. Ski’s dog scared up a flock of four pheasants, and a …
276th day- 89 days follow Fair + Warmer Archie and Cozette were over here tonight to watch the T.V. Jub and I saw three pheasants on the Beach Club field this morning as we were going to work. I took a ride over to town after work with Jub. He got the heater in his …
275th day- 96 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Cool George and the girls were here this morning. He gave me a ride over to the Browne site. I dug 2 ½ hours and I found two felsite lancelot type points very good, one large triangular extra fine tip gone, one fine large side scraper, one …
274th day- 91 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Cool Jubbie and I cut more brush across from the cutting garden. I cut some beautiful roses today. After dinner I cleaned up the downstairs. Bill Whiting came up and we took a ride out to Green Bush and found the gardens there all weeds. From there …
273rd day- 92 days follow Cloudy A.M. Clearing P.M. Jubbie and I cut brush across from the cutting garden. Cleared off in the afternoon and Jub mowed the lawns. Stopped at Pick’s on the way home and there was no one there.
272nd day- 98 days follow Rain more or less all day Jubbie and I cut brush on the side of the road from the barn to H.H.’s. And we started to trim up a place to build a brush pile to burn. This afternoon Mrs. Rich came up to find out what to do about …
271st day- 94 days follow Rain All Day Jubbie and I worked all day cleaning up the barn from cellar to garret. In the afternoon we went over to town and I got some paint to use in the house cellar. We had steady rain all day with a lot of heavy showers during the …
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