A daily journal from 76 years ago
274th day - 91 days to follow First frost of this fall, light, pulled up tomatoes and trimmed cedar bushes. Mrs H called up and said she is bringing down two new girls tomorrow, an aunt and niece. When I got home tonight Pic and her two boys were here and they stayed to supper. …
273rd day - 92 days to follow This morning I put on a pair of boots and went over to Eban’s pond and cast a plug all the way around the pond. And got two strikes and landed one nice pickerel. I met two young fellows over at the pump house and one was a …
272nd day - 973 days to follow Saw Mr H this am he was on his way to his bogs. Caught a young rat up on the hill. After dinner Bill came up and we went up to the Brown site. His son-in-law drove us up and came after us at 5 pm. Bill found …
271st day - 974 days to follow Showers early this AM and cloudy all day. Jubbie didn’t show up today. After supper I mowed down weeds in the garden. Eleanor’s pullets laid 18 eggs today, the most in one day. There is quite a lot of radishes in the garden come up from seed from …
270th day - 975 days to follow Fair and Cooler, fine day. Did a lot of watering up around. The ballots came for the election of the officers of the MA Society to be held in Boston Oct 13. Jubbie came to work this afternoon. Dimp went to Boston today. I heard that the deal …
269th day - 976 days to follow Fair and a little cooler. Watered lawns and beds all day. Dug a bushel of potatoes tonight. Eleanor’s pullets laid 12 eggs today. Eddie Hathaway’s wife was in here at noon. Thel went out to a party tonight. Swallows are flocking up to start their migration. The Driscolls …
268th day - 97 days to follow Fair and hot. Jubbie worked today. After supper Charlie Sherman came up with Mr Murphy of Winter St, the fellow that recently dug up the Indian skeleton on Winter St. THey got here about 7-3- and stayed till 11-30 looking at my artifacts and discussing Archeology. Murphy filled …
267th day - 98 days to follow Cloudy and warm. This morning I went over to Jabez Corner with Mrs H and Martha, we went down to the boat house and we dragged up the Old Squaw and put her in the boat house for the winter. Picked grapes, green tomatoes to be preserved. Thel …
266th day - 99 days to follow Brown’s Dig Went up on the hill and fixed the fires, saw Nellie and Mrs H. Stopped in for a few minutes to Walder, Pic and the kids, they are all fine. Just after I got home, Bill Whiting and I went up to the dig, his son-in-law …
265th day - 100 days to follow Finished splitting up the kindling. After dinner Thel, Eleanor, Marie, and I took a ride up to Wilmongton to see Dave and Dot and the kids, we stayed there about three hours. Dave has found a new job with the Beard Research lab up at Harvard Sq Cambridge. …
