A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cloudy, warm wind So. My finch is alive and eating fine. Caught a whale of a rat in our pantry, Ski has got five now. Mrs. H was alone on the hill this Geo Crowell came up and they went down to Rochester. Paul didn’t come up so …
ToDay is the Birthday of 600 from Thel Fair and warm wind SoW. Had a tuft of a stomach fur of a rabbit in my rat trap under the barn on the hill. Saw a flock of a dozen or 15 yellow finches in the popular tree up by the barn. Victoria, Eric, and Mrs. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Jesse Brewer Thanksgiving Day and I have never seen a better one from the weather angle. Fair and warm, wind SoW. Worked in the garden some. Percy Finney walked up on the hill with me. Eleanor and I went out to Kingston, I saw Mrs. Sherwood, she is looking fine. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cold wind N.E. Worked all day trimming up around the house. Thel and Ski worked late delivering turkeys for tomorrow. Thel drove me over to the armory. We had morning pictures of the war in Russia, the siege of Leningrad, Moscow, and Sevastopol, Stalingrad, and fighting over all …
ToDay is the Birthday of North easterly rainstorm, cold. Carl came up on the hill this am. He said he saw Don Vintona a couple of months ago “nuff said.” Wrote a letter to Harry Hornblower and one to Bobbie and one to Kingsbury Brown. Stopped in to see Pic and Eric, they are fine. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Light showers, wind So. Took some milk bottles and a bundle over to the other place. Set a couple of mouse traps in the house. Saw Serico, and Old Gus H over at Henry H’s garage. Cleaned up the rose beds and buried them up with loam. Came home around …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. Went up on the hill and did the chores. Thel, Ski and I took a ride down to the C.C. Canal, we saw a fleet of six P.T boats coming thru the Canal headed for the Sagamore end. We went along over the head of …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. Mary, Martha, and a girlfriend and Nettie are on the hill. Saw a large flock of geese. Got a letter from Harry Hornblower. The Holman brothers got three deer down Maine. Bill and I went up to Browns this afternoon and dug in the new …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, fine day Wind So. Geo Cromwell came up on the hill this morning and gave me a box of cranberries. Came home at noon around by the river, saw a fowl in the reeds by the Beach Club, thought it was a coot or Mud Hen. Aunt …
ToDay is the Birthday of Marie Eleanor Brewer Fair and cool, wind West. Saw a flock of 14 geese today. Fred Moon came over this A.M. and got a piece of glass. Raked up grass all day. After supper, Thel, Earle’s wife, and I went up to Rock, we took up 3 turkeys and got …
