A daily journal from 76 years ago
187th day- 179 days follow Fair and Cool, Thunder shower At 2:30 the boss called me up to come up on the hill. Harry came down after me and I went up and found that the kitchen sink drain was all stopped up. I had it free in about half an hour. Then we went …
186th day- 180 days follow Fair + Warm This A.M. Ski and I took the horse and buggy for a ride, and we went up the Russell Mills Road. We saw Uncle Tommy Graves and Roscoe Holmes’ horse get his foot caught in a rope and break away and heat for So. Pond. We rode …
185th day- 181 days follow Fair + Warm Saw Mr. H. and Geo. Crowell on the hill this A.M. After dinner I mowed the lawns at home. Rode my wheel over to Walder’s and rode over to town with them. They took the baby over for her first month old check up. The Dr. told …
184th day- 182 days follow Humming Bird Fair + cool Jubbie and I worked all day dressing up the gardens. I found the hummingbird’s nest again. I saw her gathering fuzz off some ferns and watched to see where she went with it. She took it up on a linden limb about ten feet behind …
183rd day- 183 days follow Light Showers, Warm Sprayed the lawns for Brown Patch today. Put some fertilizer on the pool grass. Saw a mail Red Start up on the hill. Very sticky this evening. After supper I took a look at part of Jennie Chandler’s and found nothing. Claire Driscoll came in for a …
182nd day- 184 days follow Fair + hot Mrs. H. went to Boston today. After I got home from work Thel, Cozette, Archie, Grandma H. and I went down to the canal and we went down by the Old Bourne bridge and had our supper. There was three large ships passed by us while we …
Fair. Wind East. Fine Day Trimmed edges and weeded beds all day. There was a woman up on the hill taking pictures of the garden at Noon. Thel went off on a mystery ride tonight. Huck Davis stopped for an hour or so, to talk out in front of the house tonight. The road department …
180th day- 186 days follow Fair + Hot Trimmed edges and weeded flower beds. I came home for my dinner and stopped to see Pic and the kids at noon. On my way home from work tonight I found a red wallet on Ed Manter’s lawn at the corner. It belonged to Jeannette Whitely of …
179th day- 187 days follow Cloudy + Cool Eleanor called for me this A.M. and I went up to her house and had dinner. George worked over at the stand this A.M. After Thel got through for the day Thel and I and Geo. and Eleanor and the two kids took a ride up to …
178th day- 188 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Cooler Saw Mr. H, Mrs. H., Geo. Crowell, Mary G. and Sally on the hill this A.M After dinner I went up to Browne dig. Dug and all I got was one tiny chard of pottery. While I was on my knees hoeing there was a steady …
