A daily journal from 76 years ago
237th day - 129 days follow Fair Cool My father David Brewer Father was drowned in Hoits Pond forty three years ago today. Mrs. H and I bought 2 bushe;s of crab apples for Thel to put up. Martha’s dressing table came today and the crate it was packed in was all to pieces. …
236th day - 130 days follow Fair Had a cord of hard wood come up from the bosses cranberry bog in Rochester. I have known for years that there was an Indian Campsite in Ira’s, Phil Chandler is putting up a fence around the property and I checked up on the post holes and there …
235th day - 131 days follow Showers Thel went to Boston today with Helen Holmer. Ski was home today and did the housework. Picked a lot of tomatoes up on the hill for preserving. Betty Burnap stopped in a few minutes tonight, she said she is leaving for Manchester Comm. Thursday to work in a …
234th day - 132 days follow Went up on the hill and saw Mrs. H, she said she was going to call up Thel and making beach plum jam. Thel and I went to church this morning. The preacher was Dr. Trask of Manomet. THel, Ski, Helen Covell, and I went down to camp. The …
233rd day - 133 days follow Cool Sure feels fine to have a cool day for a change. Screened a bunch of loam to top dress the lawn Monday. After dinner I pulled up the rest of the onions and cleaned the tops off of all of them. Got out my target and was shooting …
232nd day - 134 days follow Fair Put top dressing on the green up by the house and on the bowling green. Brought down some beach plums sugar and tumblers from the hill for Thel to make some jam with. Saw Martha Driscoll at noon and she said she let Dixie out last night and …
231st day - 135 days follow Rain The nine weeks drought ended today and did it seem good after 9 straight days of 100 temps. I got a letter from J.O. Brew of Coneb-ridge thanking me for being willing to loan to the Peabody Museum of Harvard specimens from my collection. THel went to Boston …
230th day - 136 days follow Hot I rowed around the pond once trowling and got nothing. We started for home at 4 - PM and I got out up on the hill and watered some of my plants and they sure did need it. Called up Finney about the laundry hamper. There was a …
229th day - 137 days follow Hot Arrowhead Fixed the oars did some work on the boat and fixed the screen. Thel and I went over to G.H. and got a piece of ice. On the way back I got out at Haskills bog with my hoe and dug for 1 ½ hours at the …
228th day - 138 days follow Hot Went up on the hill and watered some of the plants. I and Thel went down to the pond after dinner. THel and I went fishing and caught a few small red perch and a lot of small crappies. I walked over to Archies lot and saw where …
