A daily journal from 76 years ago
47th day – 320 days follow 35 Cloud About 10 am I noticed there was no electricity on the hill, none coming into the house. Called up Mr. McMasters of the P.E.L., he said he would send a man up. White Fuel furnace man came today after dinner. P.E.L repair man came over and said …
46th day – 321 days follow 40 Fair Rained hard last night and took off most of the snow. Made a paddle for the scow down at the pond. Stopped in to see Pic and Eric, they are fine. Didn’t see anything of the Crow, but did see a flock of starlings and a blue …
45th day – 322 days follow 32 Fair Dug snow the first part of the fore-noon and burned brush piles in back of the barn. Saw fie quail on my way home at noon. A year ago this morning the glass was down to sixteen below zero. Eleanor called up and said she would be …
43rd day – 323 days follow 25 Fair Went up on the hill this morning and stopped into see the Engstroms, they are fine. Met Mr. Hornblower just before I got to Cliff St. When I got home I put out some bread for the gulls, a crow came ad ate all he could, then …
43rd day – 323 days follow 20 Snow Finished up the material to send to Fred Johnson at Andover. Mrs. Hornblower called me at noon and said they are all back from Bud’s wedding, she as bought a statue of Buddah that used to be in C. A Stoner flower garden. She said Bud and …
42nd day – 324 days follow 22 Snow Snowing a little when I got up and kept snowing all day. This afternoon I went around the route with Thel this afternoon and it was tough going. Eleanor put Thel’s car down in Ira Ward’s shed. Rusty Bounds and the Minister came down and brought Eleanor’s …
41st day – 325 days follow 25 Fair Cold 6 pickerel deer Bill Whiting called me up to see if I would go pickerel fishing, I told him O.K. He came up here at 9 A.M. and we went to White Island Pond. We went to the second narrows and put in ten traps and …
40th day – 326 days follow 10 Fair Cold Bud wedding day Cold as heck this morning. When I got up to the hill the furnace wasn’t going, down to 48 in the house. I don’t know yet if the pipe out in the sun room is frozen or not. Thel took me over to …
39th day – 327 days follow 27 Fair Fair and cold, wind No. When I got up on the hill this morning I found the furnace had kicked off again and the house was quite cold. After dinner I worked in the kitchen with Thel taking off wallpaper so some new can be put on. …
38th day – 328 days follow 33 Partly Cloudy Bobbie Cold this morning, warmed up later in the day. Wind N.W. changing to So. Trimmed shrubbery and raked up rubbish all day. One thing I have noticed this winter is that there has been far less juncos than in times past. When I got home …
