A daily journal from 76 years ago
275th day- 90 days follow Fair and real cool. Worked today in the grove near the cemetery. There was a funeral this afternoon and some one was buried in the Atwell lot. Eleanor and her babies were here at noon for dinner. They are all fine. Jennie Chandler had a bulldozer tear out a driveway …
274th day- 91 days follow Fair and much cooler. Small shower in the afternoon. Harry came up on the hill this morning and I went down to Manter’s point and packed the beach wagon for him, as he is moving back to Boston today. The rest of the day I was helping Mrs. H. pack …
273rd day- 92 days follow Partly cloudy and very muggy. Started in trimming up the trees and brush near the cemetery. Mrs. H. picked the cut flowers to get ahead of a frost. Feels as if we might get a thunder storm this afternoon or tonight. Rained like time this afternoon. Mary Foley was up …
272nd day- 93 days follow Fair and warm fine day. Got up first and rode my wheel around the square stopped at the sand bank found nothing. Stopped at the bridge and talked with Mick Swift’s youngest boy and a fellow on a wheel. Got the paper and went up on the hill. After dinner …
271st day- 94 days follow -Arrowheads- Fair and warm fine day. Mr. H. went to New Bedford. Bill came up after dinner. Bill came up and we went to the dig. I had good luck this afternoon. The first thing I got is a small red triangular arrowhead as good as any I ever saw …
270th day- 95 days follow Fair and cooler fine day. Mary Foley was up on the hill this A.M. Mowed the lawns. There was a heavy stand of grass. I got a letter from the Boss at noon and in it was a present for Jubbie, a check for $50.00. Saw a grey squirrel up …
269th day- 96 days follow Thel and I went down to the camp today. We went down this morning and I went out and trolled for awhile before dinner, didn’t get a strike. After dinner Thel and I did some shooting. We broke one arrow. I went fishing an hour in the afternoon and caught …
268th day- 97 days follow Fair and cloudy. After supper I took a ride on my wheel up to the corn field at the Withington’s and hunted for arrowheads and found only one fair white quartz point. They had been digging potatoes and it looks as if the greater part of the crop had rotted …
267th day- 98 days follow Cloudy and warm. Did chores in the house today. Geo. Dunlap went after stripers and got none. The Whiting that tore down Fraser’s barn lives in Manomet on Bartlett Road. He came from Lynn. After supper I took the 6 P.M. bus over as far as the Post Office. Then …
266th day- 99 days follow Mild and partly cloudy. Got the Mass. Arch. Soc. program and ballots today. Mrs. H. and Martha are going to Boston today. Martha’s going from there to school in Conn. on Wednesday. Thel took the car over to the garage to have some work done on it. Mary Foley was …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 