A daily journal from 76 years ago
113th day- 252 days follow Fair + Warm (Arrowheads) Walder and Pic came up on the hill just before dinner to look at the place. They gave me a ride home at noon. After dinner Bill came up and he and I took a ride out to North River Bridge, the whole place was plowed …
112th day- 255 days follow Fair + Warmer This has been a fine spring day. Finished weeding the flower beds. Thel bought a new lawn mower. Dot called up from Winthrop and said they won’t be down this weekend as planned. She said Jesse and Davene have the measles. After supper I took a walk …
111th day- 254 days follow Fair + Warmer This is the nicest day we have had. When I got home at noon Thel told me Ernest Johns had shot himself. When I was a kid there were four of the old timer lobstermen. Joseph Boutin went crazy, Frank Simmons went crazy, Charlie Pierce shot himself, …
110th day- 255 days follow Fair + Warmer Cleaned out the drains at the foot of the drive. Bud came up a few minutes before noon and gave me a ride home. The cherry trees up on the hill are beautiful. Weeded flower beds all the afternoon. A Swede won the Boston Marathon race yesterday. …
109th day- 256 days follow Arrowheads Fair + Warmer Set out some plants in the flower beds this A.M. Bill came up on the hill this A.M. He said he and Charlie had a disagreement about Indian + early whites. I took half of the holiday off, rode my wheel up to the Browne Site …
108th day- 257 days follow Cloudy + Cold Worked around the cutting garden all day. After work tonight I stopped in to see Pick and the kids. Pick has had a couple of weeks of ear ache, and she has lost eight pounds. Tomorrow in the Marathon race. I wonder if Cote will win today …
107th day- 258 days follow Arrowheads Cloudy + Cool George, Marie, + Suzanne were in here this morning. The kids had an egg hunt. Moved Charlie Sherman’s lumber out of the way. I took a ride with Geo. and the girls down to JB’s corner. After dinner Thel gave me a ride up to the …
106th day- 259 days follow Fair + Warmer Mowed lawns all this A.M. After dinner, Thel, Grandma H, I, Eleanor, Marie and Suzanne took a ride down to the camp. It was fine down there. The pump worked fine, and I put my boat in the pond and it didn’t leak hardly at all. The …
105th day- 260 days follow Foggy Cool Mowed lawns and worked on the flower beds. I saw a rabbit down on the front drive and a hen pheasant up by the house. Bill came up on the hill this A.M. with his grandson. My seedling in the cold frames are coming up. Roy Holman’s …
104th day- 261 days follow Rain + Cooler Rained hard this .M. Did some work in the barn. There seems to be a lot of crows around this Spring. Saw seven marsh quail in the valley. Turned the water on in the barn and everything seems to be O.K.
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