A daily journal from 76 years ago
254th day - 111 days to follow Fair partly cloudy. Hot. Mrs H went to Boston this am. Stopped in to see David and gave him a mellon, he said Oh Boy! He sure likes them. Saw a green snake on the hill. My peaches are ripe. The gremlin is walking all around the house.
253rd day - 112 days to follow Light fog in AM and hot. Sawed and split kindling today. The hummingbirds are still here. Picked 1 ½ bushels of tomatoes up on the hill. Picked some lima beans and four mellons in the garden, cut some corn stalks and gave them to Phil’s cattle, he gave …
252nd day - 113 days to follow Cooler and foggy till 10:30 am This morning I went over to Triangle Pond and I fished off the fallen pine tree. I caught two nice big red perch on worms and then couldn’t get any more bites so I cast out a spoon and 3 pickerel chased …
251st day - 114 days to follow Fair and hot. Mrs H went up to the Golf Links and picked mushrooms. After dinner Thel and I went down to the camp. We were just starting in Fishing Walder, Pic, Eric and David came over to the Camp and they stayed till after supper. THel and …
250th day - 115 days to follow Temp 87 Fair and real hot. Mrs H went up to the Country Club and picked some mushrooms. Jubbie came back up on the hill today. Finneys shovel was digging a cess pool at Hymie Riders on Cliff Street, the soil was hard silicre. When I got home …
249th day - 116 days to follow Fair and hot. Worked all day awing limbs off trees between the barn and the fire belt. Mrs H took a trip down on the Cape. Just before I quit work Dr Hagart and his wife showed up and he asked me to play a game of bowls, …
248th day - 117 days to follow Fair and warm Cleaned out the dog pen, mowed lawns, ect. The girls has bought a developing set from Sears Roebuck and they are busy trying it out. Had a long talk tonight with Mr Taylor for the natural gas man. Bob and Gretchen were in here for …
247th day - 118 days to follow Sea Bass Fair and much cooler. Sawed and split kindling all day. Picked 1½ bushels of tomatoes on the hill. Bill Whiting came up on the hill this AM to see if I sent Seamus application in. He said that Wes Whiting caught 10 pounds of stripers last …
246th day - 119 days to follow Fair and cool. Thel and I came home early by the AM and we stopped on the hill and I fixed the fire. After I got back to the camp I went fishing for an hour or so and got nothing. After dinner Archie and I went over …
245th day - 120 days to follow Fish Arrowheads Rain. Archie, Jubbie, Billie Cox, and I went over to Elbow Pond and we borrowed a boat. I picked up a very fine white quartz stemmed Arrowhead in the sand on the beach. The first sign I have seen of anything of Indian culture there. We …
