A daily journal from 76 years ago
290th day - 75 days to follow Fair and clear. Perfect day. Worked all day on the pine trees. Went over and saw Steve Treglawn. He had just got back from a trip to NY state. Saw a flock of quail on the back drive. Geo went duck hunting and got nothing. Bob and his …
289th day - 76 days to follow Shut off water. Geese. First real sign of fall today, saw a small flock of 13 wild geese flying over the hill at 4 PM. Jubbie worked today. The cook said Mrs H called up and said they took Hank to a hospital and he may have to …
288th day - 77 days to follow Fiar and cool. Jubbie worked today. Mrs H and Dorothy and Hank went to Boston this morning. They were taking Hank to Boston as he got both hands quite badly burned both hands he did it on a radiator over at the Bewsters. After dinner I went up …
287th day - 78 days to follow Fair and cool Went up on the hill and did the chores. Bill came in this AM he was bothered about a axe he used to have, Geo and Eleanor went out to dinner to his mothers. Dug some potatoes. After dinner Thel, Ski, and I went over …
286th day - 79 days to follow MAS Meeting Fair and cool. Bill came up this Am about 8 we went to WHitman and picked up Seamus and he drove up to 40 Trinity Place to the MAS semi ann meeting. Bill, Adrian and I went out with Charlie to a Johnson restaurant and had …
285th day - 80 days to follow Warm and showers. This morning when I went up on the hill and saw Mr H he and I went out back of the barn and I skimmed out the two hind legs and the loins of the black bear, what a job and what a stick, Stopped …
284th day - 81 days to follow Partly cloudy and cool. Did chores in the house and cut off some more tree limbs. When I got back up on the hill after dinner there was a dead Bear in my tool room, it came by express from Maine. Arthur Bubbins sent, it had been gutted. …
283rd day - 82 days to follow I came to Plymouth 48 years ago today. We got off the train at the station and rode up to Mrs Miles where father boarded in the house where Dr Haggart lives. We had dinner there and then went up to the bird farm with father and saw …
282nd day - 83 days to follow Mocking bird Fair, showers, Fair and colder. Finished trimming the back drive. This morning when I was sweeping off the front porch a bird fluttered over into the bushes, it was quite dizzy, probably had flown into the plate glass dining room window. I took a good look …
281st day - 84 days to follow Fair and cool. Beautiful day. Mrs H went up to the Golf Links and picked a lot of mushrooms and gave me about half of them. Lots of butterflies around today. Ski dug a row of potatoes and got about 5 pks. Chicago Cubs won today in a …
