A daily journal from 76 years ago
343rd day- 23 days follow Fair + Mild Worked up on the hill till 10 A.M. when the telephone man came to line up a new job for me. While I was there George Stefani drove up and he had a doe deer in the trunk of the car. He started to hunt by Cleft …
342nd day- 24 days follow Fair + Warm Went up on the hill this A.M. and packed up a pair of blanket covers, and sent them to Dimp. Found 3 boxes in the barn. Called up Geo. Crowell. He said it was turkeys, so I went back up on the hill and hung them in …
341st day- 25 days follow Showers. Mild. Thel took George and I up to the top of the pine hills and dropped us off. We took a walk up the Lookout Road and I found plenty of deer tracks, put in a couple of hours watching deer run. Then we took a walk down …
340th day- 26 days follow Fair + Warm This has been one of the finest Dec. days on record. George picked me up at 9:30 A.M. We took a ride up to Greenwoods, looking for deer tracks. Found the tracks of not more than one there. Then we came back to this side of John …
339th day- 27 days follow Fair + Mild Trimmed up the pine tree. After dinner I took out one of Ski’s windows and put in a new pane of glass. After supper I started to go over to see Pic and Walder. I met an Air Core Soldier on the corner of Cliff St. I …
338th day- 28 days follow Cloudy + Mild Today did a job I have been dreading for some time. That is taking down the large pitch pine tree that died by the rose garden. I had to climb the tree and rope the limbs so they wouldn’t fall on the roses and the hedges. After …
337th day- 29 days follow Fair + Warmer Put manure on the flower gardens till I used up all of the manure. There were flies and grasshoppers out traveling on their own power, good for Dec. After dinner Thel gave me a ride over to town and I went into Jordan’s and got a pane …
336th day- 30 days follow Fair + Mild Very heavy frost this A.M. Put manure on the flower beds today. Bud was up here this afternoon and worked on his floor. Dr. Wilde called me up at noon and he said that my new glasses are at his office. The crows were very active today, …
335th day- 31 days follow Fair + Cooler Carl Bolt was up on the hill this A.M. to find out if I intended to go deer hunting next week. Raked up more rubbish. At noon I got a couple of books from Harry Hornblower, one Boston Business, the other the Plimoth Plantation. After dinner I …
334th day Rain + Colder Mrs. H. and Mary left for Boston this morning. I got a letter from Harry Hornblower. Thel and Helen Griffin went off for a ride in the car this afternoon. A sharp shinned hawk flew by me this afternoon with a mouse in its claws. The partridges are still on …
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