A daily journal from 76 years ago
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 …
246th day - 120 days follow Thel $7.00 Mary told me this morning that Harry received a telegram summoning him back to Washington. I was sorry to hear that as he expected to be here 12 days more. Thel and Eleanor put up tomatoes this morning. Jim Adams has been taken up to a hospital …
