A daily journal from 76 years ago
157th day- 209 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy + Rain Trimmed around the bowling green. Saw Mr. H. and Geo. Crowell. After dinner Bill Whiting and Rolland Engstrum from Bridgewater went up to the Browne Site and dug for about an hour. I got two good white quartz triangular points and about ½ of a soapstone …
156th day- 210 days follow (Victoria has a Daughter) Partly Cloudy + Warmer Mr. Delano was up on the hill this morning. He took the weather vane off the barn. Mowed with the scythe and weeded flower beds today. Jubbie worked this afternoon. Thel picked me up at the foot of the drive tonight. Eleanor …
155th day- 212 days follow Partly Cloudy + Fair Worked all day in the cutting garden. Fred Moon came over in the afternoon. Saw a rabbit on the front drive. Ate my dinner in the barn. Got a ride home with Richard Greenwood. Thel went out tonight to a party with the help up at …
154th day- 212 days follow (Arrowheads) Partly Cloudy + Warm Worked all the morning digging up a place in the fire striip to plant some buckwheat and millet. Thel came after me at noon. Beauregard was to finish up the wiring. After I got through work I took a ride on my wheel over to …
153rd day- 213 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy + Mild Transplanted some of the cutting beds. John O’Brien and his two men were up on the hill putting in a lot of new switches and plugs. When I came home from work Thel and I took a ride up to the Browne dig. We both hunted …
152nd day- 214 days follow Rain Rained hard all day. Geo. S. came here this morning + took me up to his house for dinner. After dinner Geo and I, Eleanor, and the two girls took a ride down to May’s for a couple of hours. There was quite a gang there. Tout showed Geo. …
151st day- 215 days follow Warm + Showers Memorial Day today. No horse show.. Dave came up from the camp this morning and took me back to the camp. When I was there I went out on the pond fishing and got caught in a shower and got soaked and came ashore, and when the …
150th day- 216 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warmer Lewis Fugazzi was up on the hill. He and I put up some new shades in the sunroom. After dinner I went over to H.H. boat house and got my boat. Saw Adrian Whiting bird hunting. Rowed it up to Griffin’s landing. Went over to the …
149th day- 217 days follow Fair + Warm Worked on the cutting garden. Mrs. H. was very pleased with what the Garden Club had to say about the gardens yesterday. I took my lunch to work today, the first time for 29 years. I heard Al’s wife moved out. After supper Thel took me over …
148th day- 218 days follow Cloudy A.M. Fair P.M. Mrs. H’s Boston Garden Club arrived to inspect the gardens this afternoon. They seemed to think it looked pretty good.. Thel did her first day’s work up at the Johnson’s Stand. After supper Thel and I took a ride up to Boot Pond and I fished …
