A daily journal from 76 years ago
182nd day - 183 days to follow Temp 90 Hot and fair. We slept at the camp last night and got up early this am. The Hathaways were at their camp over night for the first time. I went out fishing this AM and got one good pickerel, we ate him for dinner. After I …
181st day - 184 days to follow Temp 90 Fair and hot. Cleaned up some around the house. Saw Mr H and Mrs and Geo Crowell After dinner I rode over to the sand bank and looked it over found nothing. Rode up and saw that my canoe was allright. From there I rode up …
180th day - 185 days to follow Temp 85 Aunt Tirzah Hot and fair today. Wrote a long letter to Harry last night. Cleaned up hay I had mowed, and tied up the plants and tomatoes that got blown in the storm. Thel told me that Aunt Tirzah died at Noon today in the Taunton …
179th day - 186 days to follow Temp 70 Nook Farm Abraiding Stones Carted coal from the barn over into the house cellar. Mrs H went to Boston this AM early. I caught a young rabbit eating the bean vines on the hill. Gilbert Harlow came in while I was at dinner, he was looking …
178th day - 187 days to follow Temp 68 Small Hurricane High wind and rain. There is quite a lot of damage to trees again caused by the wind. Mowed today across the drive from the house. There is a woodchuck has eaten one row of beans up on the hill. When I got home …
177th day - 188 days to follow Temp 80-58 United Nations Charter Started off warm and foggy and changed from So wind to NoEast and started to rain hard, supposed to be the tail of a hurricane that has been sweeping up the Atlantic coast from Florida and it’s blowing real hard now. Eleanor picked …
176th day - 189 days to follow Mr Higgins the tree Surgeon man was up on the hill today looking over some trees that they are to fix up from Hurricane damage. I asked him if he had some good axe men in his crew and he said yes, I have some good ones. So …
175th day - 190 days to follow Put in pump at camp. Borrowed a large stilson wrench from Ruth Finney and took it to the pond to use on the pump. Thel and I went up to the pond after I got back from the hill and the store. Ski’s lunch got put in the …
174th day - 191 days to follow Temp 84 Fair and hot. All the folks were on the hill today, After dinner I worked for a while in the garden but quit as it was so hot. About 3-30 I rode my wheel over to the Nook Farm, saw Geo Lee and had a chat …
173rd day - 192 days to follow Temp 76 Ski dance Fair and warm turning to light fog. Harry’s wife was scared stiff when I picked up a milk snake up on the hill Trimmed shrubs, fixed table this am. Mrs H gave me a box of 00 Buck shot. The Old Colony Memorial gave …
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