A daily journal from 76 years ago
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 …
362nd day- 3 days follow Fair and mild Both of the squirrels were up at the feed boxes today. Thel went up on the hill this afternoon and cleaned up the house for the new years party. Jimmy Ray called me up tonight and he has a collection of Indian artifacts that he is trying …
361st day- 4 days follow Partly cloudy and mild. Shot a rabbit in the blackberry patch. This afternoon I saw the red and the grey squirrel at the feeding box covered up some time. Quite a lot of small birds around today. Saw Treglawns gang working over on Mrs. Greenough’s property. The heater seem to …
36th day- 5 days follow Fair and a lot warmer There was a grey and a red squirrel eating grain out of the same feed box. Saw three rabbits up on the hill and got one. Eric got poisoned last night from eating some paint. Eleanor was down to see Thel. I skinned out 3 …
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