A daily journal from 76 years ago
327th day- 38 days follow Rain + Warmer George + Marie were in this morning. I went up on the hill and saw Mr. H, Mrs. H., Bud + Priscilla. Did some chores, and cleaned the largest native rabbit I ever saw. Bud shot it on the Vineyard. Mr. H. gave me two geese. After …
326th day- 39 days follow Arrowheads Partly Cloudy Jubbie and I took down the largest tree on the place at the foot of the drive. It was a big Austrian Pine. We made twenty two foot cuts when we sawed it up. Bill came after dinner + we went up to the Browne dig. I …
335th day- 40 days follow (Evelyn’s father died) Fair + Warmer Mr. Delano was up on the hill this A.M. He took down the broken weather vane and put a cord in one of the windows. Jubbie and I worked on the pine trees. Evelyn Holman’s father died this afternoon. At noon I saw the …
324th day- 41 days follow Fair + Cool Finished up on the rose beds. They are all set for the winter. Harry showed up at 11:00 and he was on the way home from the Vineyard. He had a load of ducks and geese that he left in the barn cellar. He and I loaded …
323rd day- 42 days follow Fair + Warmer Drained out the pools and found several frogs on the bottom. One of them was a whopper 12 inches long. I took them over to the river for the winter. Worked on the flower beds today. The rest of Chandler’s land was plowed today. Hope I have …
322nd day- 43 days follow Fair + Cool Ski took a ride up to see me on the hill this A.M. The piece of land across the brook in Jennie Chandler’s was plowed this morning. I sure hope to have some good arrowhead hunting on it, although the camp site is on this side of …
321st day- 44 days follow Fair, Cool, + Windy Mr. H., Mrs. H., Bud and Priscilla were there. Mr. H. and Bud took a walk around the place to see if they could find any game. Bud got a double on a cock pheasant and missed over in Greenwood’s. Mr. H. got a shot at …
320th day- 45 days follow Fair + Cool This morning I went up on the hill and fed the dog and turned up the heat in the house. Thel and I rode over to town and picked up Bob and Gretchen, and we rode up to Reading to Sailor Tom’s and had dinner. From there …
319th day- 446 days follow (Arrowhead) Fair Windy Cool Jubbie and I worked on the trees all morning. The cock pheasant was down on the meadow this A.M. Thel worked up at the store today. Bill came up after dinner and we went up to Porter Harlow’s in Manomet. Bill found a grooved sinker. I …
318th day 47 days follow Fair, Cool, Windy This A.M. I went over to Eel River bridge and rowed up to the Browne site and I found one fine white quartz stemmed type arrowhead, two pieces of soapstone from different pots, one rim piece is fine material , one white quartz scraper, one triangular white …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 