A daily journal from 76 years ago
323rd day- 42 days follow Fair and warmer. Lots of juncos, flickers, crows, Jays, flies, and a red squirrel up on the hill. I took Thel’s bow up on the hill and put a site on it, and put a new rack in a box for her arrows. Finished pulling the last of the brush …
322nd day- 43 days follow -Shotgun- Cloudy and cold. Dragged out brush all this A.M. This noon is the first time for quite awhile that I haven’t carried my shotgun back and forth to work and darned if I didn’t scare up a cock pheasant in Ida Finney’s field as I was coming home at …
321st day- 44 days follow Cloudy and warmer. Got up first and took Myles with me. We went up on the hill and looked for Mrs. Withington’s glasses, didn’t find them. Then we took a walk along the beach up as far as the Hotel then over to see Geo., Eleanor, and the children. Marie …
320th day- 45 days follow -Arrowheads- Fair and warm, fine day. Thel went up to see how Marie is, she is better. I put on our storm windows this A.M. After dinner Bill Whiting came up and we went up to the dig and didn’t have any great luck. I got two white quartz scrapers, …
319th day- 46 days follow Cloudy and rather cold. Mary Foley was up on the hill this A.M. Worked all day dragging out brush to be burned. When I came home at noon Thel had gone up to Eleanor’s to see what was the matter with Marie. Eleanor said she had called up her Dr. …
318th day- 47 days follow Fair and warm. Mary Foley was up on the hill. Saw the red squirrel today. Thel and I did a little archery shooting at noon. I saw in the Old Colony that Kate White has died. She has been quite a character for the last forty years. Shut the water …
317th day- 48 days follow Fair and warm, fine day. Pulled out and piled up brush this A.M. I found a full grown rabbit where a fox had killed and eaten it then covered up what was left. Thel and I did a little archery shooting at noon. Ski worked tonight. Margaret Drdiscoll came in …
316th day- 49 days follow Fair and warm, fine day. Worked up around the house getting stuff ready for Mrs. H. to take back to Boston. She went right after dinner. Mary Foley was up today. Mick Swift’s gang were here today. After work I took a walk over along River St. and up over …
315th day- 50 days follow -Arrowheads- Warm and showers. I got up early and called up Bill and then went up the hill and did the chores. Mr. and Mrs. H., Harry and Charlie Strickland (were there). Then I rode my wheel over to the Nook Farm and I got a blowout over at Lewis …
314th day- 51 days follow -Bills Adze- Fair and cool. Went up on the hill. This morning Thel and I met Morse and Alvin out to the Bay Farm and we cut some salt hay for targets, and stored it at Burgess’s on Water St. When we got home Dave and his family had been …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 