A daily journal from 76 years ago
54th day – 312 days follow 50 Cloudy Took the chubs out of the laundry sink and took them over to the river. Saw Steve, he didn’t seem to know much about the electricity, didn’t know if it was to be shut off or not. Ski got a letter from Alex, he is still in …
53rd day – 314 days follow Cloudy 1 hoe 2 arrowheads, Whitehorse & Manomet Walder called me up while I was getting my breakfast. Went up on the hill and things are OK. Bill came up about 9-30AM and we went up to Beaver Dam Road and hunted both sides of the road and found …
52nd day – 315 days follow 38 Fair Fair and much warmer. Mrs. Hornblower and I went up to the Stones Mansion to get a stone Chinese statue and three other stone objects that used to be in the Stones lower garden. The old Mansion is being torn down. I see that they have got …
51st day – 316 days follow 0 Cold Mrs. H called me up this morning and said that the house was cold as the furnace had shut down. She read some letters from Bud’s wife and Harry’s. Walder and Eric came in a few minutes. Dave and I took a walk up the back road, …
50th day – 317 days follow 2/0 Fair Arrowhead Gee! But it was cold this morning with high north wind. When I got up on the hill Mary and Martha were there, they came last night. Thel had a nice brown quartzite arrow head and a small piece of an old fashioned slate pencil. That …
49th day – 318 days follow 38 Fair Things G.H. on the hill this morning. Went over to see Steve. This afternoon I went over to the cow farm for milk, butter, and vegetables, got a ride back in the truck. On my way home from work I stopped in to the Engstroms, they had …
48th day – 319 days follow 38 Fair After I fixed my fires I went over to H.H. and found Tom Doten and Budreau at the manhole, the water had all self drained and John O’Brian had been up and had gone down to the Electric Light Co. to get them to fix it up. …
47th day – 320 days follow 35 Cloud About 10 am I noticed there was no electricity on the hill, none coming into the house. Called up Mr. McMasters of the P.E.L., he said he would send a man up. White Fuel furnace man came today after dinner. P.E.L repair man came over and said …
46th day – 321 days follow 40 Fair Rained hard last night and took off most of the snow. Made a paddle for the scow down at the pond. Stopped in to see Pic and Eric, they are fine. Didn’t see anything of the Crow, but did see a flock of starlings and a blue …
45th day – 322 days follow 32 Fair Dug snow the first part of the fore-noon and burned brush piles in back of the barn. Saw fie quail on my way home at noon. A year ago this morning the glass was down to sixteen below zero. Eleanor called up and said she would be …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 