A daily journal from 76 years ago
256th day - 110 days follow Harry This morning Harry and I went over to Marshfield to Starrets to look at the Winslow House digs. And from there we went over to the Webster House and had Broil chicken dinner. We came back to Fords Antiq Shop and looked the stuff over. From there we …
255th day - 111 days follow Saw a green snake up on the hill. Harry and his wife, Martha, and I went over to the pasture to pic out a house lot and into the old henhouses to see if it can be turned into a museum. Spent the first part of the afternoon picking …
254th day - 112 days follow Fair When I went up on the hill this AM I saw Harry and Mrs. H, they invited me to take a trip with them down to their bogs at Rochester. The water heater furnace had burned out, took me about an hour to get it going right. Came …
253rd day - 113 days follow Fair Eels Mr. Hornblower and I had a talk about the village in back of the house . Mrs. Hornblower and I pisces two bushels of wild grapes in an hour this morning. After dinner, I went down to the river and looked in the eel trap and found …
252nd day - 114 days follow Fair Bill and Mrs WHiting came in and spent the evening and Bill had some good fishing stories about bass he caught during his vacation. I haven't got our deeds back from the registry yet.
251st day - 115 days follow Fair Worked all day building an eel trap and eel car, got the trap finished but have some work to do on the car. Mrs H and Martha went sea clamming and got three. Thel, Ski, and Victoria are going up to Whitmans to Eleanor’s shower. I am going …
250th day - 116 days follow Cloudy Pheasants Mowed lawns and trimmed hedges. Showed Mr. H a sketch of an eel trap I thought up, he thought is a good idea so I am getting the stuff to make it. On the way back from dinner I saw Phil Chandler and stopped in to see …
249th day - 117 days follow Fair Saw Mrs. Harry and Hank. Watered stuff all day. Thel had a bushel of bountiful plumbs given to her by the Rounds. Harry will be back again Saturday for nine days. There is to be a shower for Eleanor up in Whitmans tomorrow night. Mr, Hornblower is at …
248th day - 118 days follow Fair A year ago today I caught the big bass. Eleanor and Ski came up this morning and brought up some mild and meat. Jubbie caught a small small mouth bass. Archie and I went out to try for a big pickerel Archie had a bite from a big …
247th day - 119 days follow Fair Thel and I slept on the porch last night and we had a light thunershower, didn’t last long as the moon came out. The tree toad was on the small oak tree in front of the pump. Archie and I fished most all day, caught perch and roaches …
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