A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Cloudy and not too cold. Wind east. Went over and dug Eleanor' car and Aunt Tirzah’s mailbox Came back and dug out the driveway garbage pail and porch. Went up on the hill, the snow is about a foot deep on the level and three feet in some drifts. Saw …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Easterly snowstorm started at daylight. Took a walk over into Greenough's saw a rabbit and got it. The stray cat was up on the hill, it was sleeping in a porch chair. Thelma came up home from town on the bus, she left her car over there. Joe Priopi's …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Snow, cleared up about 10-A.M. Tracked a stray cat up around the hill. Stopped in to see Eric, saw Vick give him a bath. I heard Spider caught an otter. When I got over to the armory tonight I went right on the floor for roll call, then we …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Warm and rain, wind Southwest. Mailed a doily to Mrs. Hornblower. Jack caught two field mice and ate them. Tracked a skunk in back of the barn. Percy Finney stopped, he had his spaniel with him, he was going over to the bridge to see if there are any …
ToDay is the Birthday of Roy Holman born today Worked around the house cutting down honeysuckle bushes. Took a walk over to Arthur woods and found one arrowhead. Saw Dick Adams and Spider on Eel River bridge, they had two muskrats. A couple of men were spearing eels through the ice. Took a look at …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm, wind East. Felt rotten this morning, have a sore throat and feel as if I had been clubbed. Took a walk up on the hill and last night it rained and froze and I never saw it so slippery. I fell flat on my back on …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Warmer today the wind is south. Cleaned out the vines and bushes along the wall between the barn and the flag pole. After dinner I got a tel. call from Paul Goodwin. He wanted to know if I'd go rabbit hunting with him. He came up and we went …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Cold northwest wind today. So cold on the hill that I started up the fire in the kitchen stove. Tripoli was captured by the British today, things are looking better for us every day. Stopped in to see Eric today. He is fine. Walder's aunt Julia was there. I …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair, cold and windy. It was so cold on the hill today I couldn't keep warm working out of doors. Raked leaves and rubbish. I saw Babbins Nickerson today and he said that he had caught twelve foxes this winter, eight of them were worthless, wolly or what is …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Very cold and windy 8/0. I went over to drill tonight, but got excused after inspection. Came home with Howard Corey, he is working at the new shipyard. I had chopped down the birch tree by the stone wall and started to cut out the vines along the wall …
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