A daily journal from 76 years ago
69th day - 296 days to follow Temp 42 Chopped down trees all this afternoon. After dinner Eleanor and I went over to town , she sent for some baby chicks and I got a permit to have a fire tomorrow. Took a walk up to Whipples and hunted on the piece I used to …
68th day - 297 days to follow Temp 35 Fair and cool. Worked all day on the trees in the grove. Aunt Tirzah has finally decided to go down to Saveryo Pond and Thel went over to town and bought her a dress to wear down there. Geo Holman’s two kids were here all day. …
67th day - 298 days to follow Aunt Tirzah Fair and cool Chopped on the apple trees up in the corner, Thel stopped there at noon and said Aunt Tirzah wanted to come right up so we did and found that Nellie has to leave for a rest as she is all played out. And …
66th day - 299 days to follow Cloudy all day today. Worked all day and finished up the spruce trees, they made just 60 logs. Tom Doten stopped a few minutes this afternoon, he was picking up Brush. Cozette, Ginnie, and her Eddie were over here to dinner. I got a ride over to town …
65th day - 300 days to follow Temp 45 Arrowhead Cleaned up around the front of the house. Came home by Geney Finneys and found a good scraper. Stopped at Picks, nobody home. Found my steel trap I lost in the brook. Looked in Holtons garden, nothing there. When I got home I had to …
64th day - 301 days to follow Temp 44 Fair and mild. Worked all day sawing up the spruce logs. Went up to Aunt Tirjahs at noon, her oil burner is kicking up again. Victoria and the boys were over here for dinner and stayed all the afternoon and to supper. Went up to Aunt …
63rd day - 302 days to follow Arrowheads Went up on the hill this morning and found a watering pot for Mrs Whipple. Bill Whiting came up this morning and we went out to Miss Alden’s in Duxbury and I found one perfect triangular grey arrowhead, one perfect white quartz arrowhead, unusual shape base and …
62nd day - 303 days to follow Temp 4 Arrowheads Fuller Hammond 8.00 Stopped in at Picks on the way home at hoon, they are all fine. Got a letter from Fuller Hammond and a check for $8.00. And a letter from Mrs Hornblower with two tickets to the Flower SHow. The wrecking crew started …
61st day - 304 days to follow Frank Holman Pestle? Frank Holman had a fire in his beef house. I hear Frank has got a divorce from his wife. Worked up in the orchard on the apple trees. Saw Joyce Wood, Go. Manter and Gramp Swift. There was a flare burning off Rocky Point when …
60th day - 305 days to follow Temp 44 Fair and warm today, the best we have had yet. March came in like a lamb. There was about an inch of light snow last night and I was amused to see the tracks of a dog, a cat, a rabbit, and a skunk had been …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 