A daily journal from 76 years ago
313th day- 52 days follow Fair and warm. Mr. and Mrs. H. were on the hill this A.M. I saw two pheasants in the cutting garden about 9:15 A.M. Raked up more rubbish. Mrs. H. went hunting. Mr. Shanklin was in for dinner and stayed to hear the Notre Dame Army football game (it ended …
312th day- 53 days follow Warm and foggy. Went up to the store and got some food for Mrs. H’s dog. Mick Swift and his gang were here today. They got the front and living (rooms) finished. Finney’s water pipe burst this afternoon. Took a walk up around Eugene Finney’s summer cottage, saw a few …
311th day- 54 days follow Fair and warmer, fine day to work. Mick Swift’s gang worked at the house today. Saw a grey and a red squirrel up on the hill. Went over to the cemetery at 1 P.M. and met Jimmie White there. We looked at the lot and came to an agreement about …
310th day- 55 days follow Fair and cool, there was a mirage over on the Duxbury shore. Mick Swift and his men came here this morning to start the papering and painting. I went over to Pilgrim Hall and put in three hours with Rose Briggs rearranging part of Dr. Stephen’s collection. Some of it …
309th day- 56 days follow Mrs. H. was on the (hill) this morning and she picked up and left for Boston at noon. After dinner Harry, Dimp, Hank, and Dimp’s mother came up on the hill. Harry and I went over to Scarzi’s office to get him to go ahead on titles of the land …
308th day-57 days follow Fair and warm. Fine day to work. Raked up leaves all day. The telephone kept me on the run this A.M. Thel and Ski went up to Boston to the rodeo at Mad. Sq. Garden. Saw a chipmunk up on the hill. Rather late in the season to be seeing them …
307th day- 58 days follow Wind east, light fog. Went up to the store and got the paper. Young Bramhall and another fellow had a portable motor saw over in the spruce trees. Geo Finney was there too. Thel and I went over to the high school to an archery shoot. The whole gang was …
306th day- 59 days follow -Arrowheads- Cooler and cloudy. Took a walk over to the greenhouse this A.M. After dinner Bill Whiting came up and we went up to the dig and we had the poorest luck so far. All I found was several chards of pottery, and one white quartz base, and one grey …
305th day- 60 days follow Fair and a lot cooler. Fine day to work. Cut down a lot more brush. Thel went up to Eleanor’s and they went for a ride up to Roddie Sherman’s. There is to be a shower for one of the Sanderson girls. Mary Foley was up on the hill cleaning …
304th day- 61 days follow Fair and real warm. 78 in the shade at noon Tom Doten brought the mail over to the hill this morning. Took a walk over to H. H. garden to see Tom Doten and pay him for keeping my cemetery lot mowed. There was a large flock of geese flew …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 