A daily journal from 76 years ago
7th day- 358 days follow (Paid John Jordan) Warm. Foggy and light rain. Went up on the (hill) and got a lift at the foot of the drive over to town. Paid Jordan. Got some socks, a mag, and a hair cut. Stopped in to see Bob at the filling station, saw Con. Bartlett in …
6th day- 359 days follow Arrowheads Fair and warm, about 50 Went up on the hill and saw Mr. and Mrs. H. Went over to the store and got the paper, and stopped at Eleanors and George and I went up to his new house, and Miss G. came up with Charlie Holman and got …
5th day-360 days follow Fair and warmer Sawed wood in back of the barn. Mrs. H. and I went over to the river and ut some pickerel traps in the H.H. gold fish pond, then came home to dinner. Mrs. Con. Bartlett went to the hospital. She has an infected arm, and mental trouble. George …
4th day- 361 days follow Fair and warm. Went up on the hill this A.M. Mrs. H. and I went down to JB’s corner and got a quart of chubs, then we went up to Howlands Pond. There was pretty poor ice about three inches thru the middle of the pond. I put in 10 …
3rd day- 362 days follow Fair and not quite so cold. The Richard Greenwoods were up on the hill today. I fixed a lot of pickerel traps for Mrs. H. She expects to go fishing up at Howlands Pond tomorrow. George and Eleanor were down here this afternoon. Ski went up to the store and …
2nd day-363 days follow Arrowheads Mrs. H. was up on the hill all day. The squirrels were all on deck. Pretty cold today but fair Stopped in at Picks on my way home at noon. She said Walder had all three of his pictures hung in the art exhibit in Boston. Stopped in again at …
1st day- 364 days follow Fair and not very cold. Went up on the hill this A.M. All in bed. From there I went over to the store and got the newspaper. George and I came down and got Marie just before noon. Ski went over to Picks to take care of the boys while …
365th day- The last Day Mild and rained all day. The boss was up on the hill this morning when I went to work. Laer Geo. Crowell came up and they went down to their bogs. I stopped in at noon to see Walder for Mr. H. about doing a part in trying to bring …
364th day- 1 day follows Fair and warmer, cloudy Went up on the hill and fixed the fires, then went over to the store and got the papers and stooped in to see Eleanor and Marie. The minister was in here for breakfast and dinner and supper. In the afternoon he and I went canvassing …
363rd day- 2 days follow Started off snowing turning to hard rain. The boss was up on the hill with a friend when I got up there this A.M. Started up the water heater, dug some snow, dumped the garbage. Thel called up Aunt Ethel up in Beverly and the storm is so bad they …
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