A daily journal from 76 years ago
284th day- 81 days follow Fair and warm, swell day. Mary Folely was up on the hill this A.M. Thinning out some of the trees near the bowling green. Thel took me over to Litchfield’s and I went down to the shore barn and saw Ernest Peters and bought a large dog house that Miss …
283rd day- 82 days follow Cloudy and cool, good day to work. I have been in Plymouth 49 years today. When I got up on the hill this A.M. I found a note from Mr. H and a new eel spear. The note was for me to put a pole on it. After supper, Thel …
282nd day- 83 days follow Partly cloudy, much cooler. Worked putting away porch furniture and cutting limbs off the apple tree. Ski went to Brockton the day before yesterday and lost her watch. Thel went to town yesterday and she bought a coat, hat, and suit. Howard Morse called up to tell us that the …
281st day- 34 days follow Fair and cooler, good day to work. Mowed lawns all morning. Went over to take a look at H. H. flower garden, saw Mr. Beales there. Priscilla Rich and her mother came up on the hill just before dinner time to pick flowers to carry up to Dimp. Priscilla said …
280th day- 85 days follow Fair and warm, wonderful day. Lots of robins, flickers and crows up on the hill, two kinds of sparrows, cedar wax wings and a downie woodpecker. After supper Thel and I went up to Eleanor’s. George was painting a floor. We played 8 games of crib. They won 6. Very …
279th day- 86 days follow Fair and warm, wonderful day. Rode my wheel up to the store and got the paper. Then went up the hill, saw Mrs. H. She was getting ready to go to the Vineyard. Stopped in to see Walder and Pic and the boys. Mr. Bailey from Kingston came in and …
278th day- 87 days follow -Arrowheads- Bill Whiting was up on the hill this morning for a few minutes. After dinner he came up and we went up to the dig. I got some good stuff, two fine long arrowheads concave side stemmed. They are very sharp and good. Two crude red points, several parts …
277th day- 88 days follow -Arrowheads- Fair and warmer fine day. Mary Foley was on the hill this morning. The flock of fall robins are on the hill and they will stay as long as the dogwood berries last. After work I rode my wheel over to the barber shop and got a haircut. On …
276th day- 89 days follow Fair and warmer fine day. Sawed off some more limbs in the grove. Stayed at home this afternoon and finished the dog house and dug some potatoes. After supper Thel and I went up to Eleanor’s and we went and played cribbage all evening. We won. Ethel Swift went up …
275th day- 90 days follow Fair and real cool. Worked today in the grove near the cemetery. There was a funeral this afternoon and some one was buried in the Atwell lot. Eleanor and her babies were here at noon for dinner. They are all fine. Jennie Chandler had a bulldozer tear out a driveway …
