A daily journal from 76 years ago
4th day- 362 days follow Fair & Warmer The telephone men were up on the hill and installed the extension to my tool house. Took me most all day smashing up the frozen earth and filling the trench. Put weather stripping around the sun porch windows. When I came home from work, Victoria, all her …
3rd day- 363 days follow Partly Cloudy Geo Step, Eleanor, Marie, and Suzanne came in for a few minutes tonight. Worked in the house all day. The telephone men didn’t show up. THel, Ski and Eleanor went up to Brockton to shop for Ski. When I took Target out of the pasture I found a …
2nd day- 364 days follow Cloudy & Colder Geo. Step brought out paper this AM. Mrs H called Thel up at 9-30 AM. Thel and I went over to town at noon and got Ski, Bud, and Gerry and brought them to dinner. Ski finished up her job at Coopers today. This afternoon Thel gave …
1st day- 365 days follow Partly Cloudy Geo. Step stopped in the forenoon. I got up late, got my breakfast and house till 1-30 PM. Bud H and Priscilla stopped in on their way home and gave me a wild goose he shot down at the Vineyard. After dinner Thel and I went over to …
366th day- the last day Warm + Rain Mr. H. and Geo. Crowell were up on the hill this morning. So was Pillsbury about the tel. cable. He said they would put it in this afternoon. Rained all afternoon. The masons finished up the chimney. After supper I took a walk over to Walder’s. …
365th day- 1 day follows Partly Cloudy 58 Warm Saw Mr. H., Harry, and Geo. Crowell on the hill this A.M. Harry went back to Boston. I dug all day on the trench. It is 12 in deep all the way now. Mr. H. went over and got his hunting license and he …
364th day- 2 days follow Warmer + light rain Saw Mr. Hornblower, Harry and Geo. Crowell up on the hill this A.M. Mr. H. had a new gun a Browning Automatic 12 gauge. It is a fine looking firearm. Harry has a meeting of the new Plimouth Plantation up at Powder Horn Pond. He showed …
363rd day- 3 days follow Fair + Warmer This morning a fellow came up to work on the telephone extension. I had John Finney + men up to sand the driveway. I was sure slippery. Mrs. H. couldn’t get up the hill with her car. Burned some birch today. Geo. Wetherly was up working on …
362nd day- 4 days follow Fair + Milder So. W. Wind Sawed up logs in the grove. One of them had 22 two foot cuts. Quite some tree. The work is warm to the body but my feet always get cold. I have to stand in snow. This was Thel’s day off. After supper Bud …
361st day- 5 days follow Fair and Very Cold Took a ride up to the store, and up on the hill with Dave and the kids. Came back and we went over to see Pic and Walder for an hour or so. Saw a big flock of starlings in Walder’s swamp. Ski had a day …
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