A daily journal from 76 years ago
33rd day- 332 days follow Arrowheads Fair and not too cold. The boss and Mr. Bubbins were up on the hill this morning. Geo. Crowell came up later. Sawed wood in back of the barn. After dinner Bill and I took a ride down as far as West Barnstable hunting arrowheads, no plowed land at …
32nd day- 333 days follow Colder this A.M. but for a change the sun is out. Swept up the whole house. We got a nice long letter from Ski. She is still enjoying her stay. Tom Doten came over this morning and put some sand on my back driveway. I put a bar across the …
31st day- 334 days follow Snowed most of the night turning to rain then fog and freezing now. It is the iciest I ever saw, it ( ) ground and trees all coated over. Went up on the hill and finished up the harness. Went over to the store and got …
30th day- 335 days follow Mild and cloudy started to snow at noon. Worked in the cellar cleaning up harness. Phil Chandler has dug all the small cedar trees in his pasture and cut off all the brush around the edges, and it is a great improvement over last summer. Quite a lot of snow …
29th day- 336 days follow Fair and not too cold. Dot Dunlaps kid was sick in the night and had a Dr. Went over to the store and got the paper at noon. Thel took the car of Evelyns over to the garage to have it fixed. Cleaned harness this afternoon. Stopped by to see …
28th day- 337 days follow Went up on the hill and cleaned up harness in the cellar. Wrote an essay on how to build and maintain a bowling green and am sending it to Mrs. Hornblower for a Mr. Metcalf of Georgia. We had another letter from Ski. After dinner I wrote a long letter …
27th day- 338 days follow Clear and cold. Walder stopped for me this morning and we dropped Eric off for Sunday School then we went up on the hill and waited 1 ½ hours for the boss to wake up. After he had his breakfast we all went up to the golf links to take …
26th day- 339 days follow Warm and Cloudy. After dinner I took a walk over thru Bates pasture to Huck Davis garden, looked that over, found nothing. Then went up to the Ira Ward piece in back of the pasture. Found only one flake on three acres. From there I looked at the sand banks …
25th day- 340 days follow Rained hard first part of last night turning to snow, about two inches of it on the ground this A.M. Fair thru the day melting most of the snow off. Eleanor and Marie were here for dinner. Stopped in to see Archie and Jubbie on my way home from work. …
24th day-341 days follow Warmer and cloudy. Sawed wood in back of the barn. We got a nice long letter from Ski she wants to stay there longer. Finished sawing up the loose wood and started in the stacked pile. Stopped by to see Pick and the boys on my way home from work. There …
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