A daily journal from 76 years ago
295th day- 70 days follow (Arrowheads) (Sauci) Partly Cloudy Mild Mr. Griffith was up on the hill today. After dinner I went up to the Browne Site. Saw both Mr. + Mrs. Griffin there. I found three good arrowheads, four points, and two bases, a few chards of pottery, a deer tooth, and a …
294th day- 71 days follow Fair + Warmer Piled up brush and watered. Mr. Griffith was working on the house today. This A.M. I picked up the prettiest milk snake I ever saw by my cold frame. It was 40 inches long. Mr. Griffith wouldn’t even touch it. Jubbie said he was a woodcock but …
293rd day- 72 days follow Fair + Cool N. Wind Pheasant shooting started today. The one in the valley was in Percy Finney’s garden this afternoon. Jubbie took the afternoon off to go hunting. Mr. Delano and Griffith was working on the house today. Mary Grogan went up to the Boston house to cook over …
292nd day- 73 days follow Fair, Windy, + Cool Mr. and Mrs. H. came up on the hill this A.M. and left for the Vineyard this afternoon. Geo. Crowell was up too. Delano was working on the house. I worked most of the day in the cutting garden. I had supper at Ski’s tonight. Jubbie …
291st day- 74 days follow Fair Windy + Mild Jubbie and I dragged out brush out and cut down some more. We got the T.V. set back today. Had to have a new aerial. Bobby and Gretchen didn’t show up tonight. I wonder if they are up at the hospital. Eleanor and the girls were …
290th day- 75 days follow Fair + Warm Delano was up on the hill this A.M. He is going to do some work on the house. I saw Mrs. Greenwood Sr., Mrs. H. Mr. H., and Geo. Crowell today. Jubbie found some apples partly eaten in the tool house. I told him that there was …
289th day- 74 days follow Fair Windy + Cool Cleaned up down stairs this A.M. George St. was in for a few minutes. Arthur Pyle called me up and said Harry wanted to meet me at the H.H. site at 1 P.M. and he would have an archeologist with him- a Carl Fernstrum. I went …
288th day- 77 days follow Cloudy Cool Jubbie and I cleaned the house. Mary Grogan came on the hill. This morning we saw a swell cock pheasant down by the Beach Club. Dave and his family and Mrs. Nowell’s sister and her husband came this afternoon. I walked over to town to a meeting of …
287th day- 78 days follow Fair + Warm Jubbie and I finished up the trees near the house, and moved the sand box. I ut a new floor in it. I heard my first loon cry this morning. Harry called me up this afternoon. He said he had got some money to finish up the …
286th day-79 days follow Fair + Cool Jubbie and I took down the big pine tree by the sand box. After work I stopped in to see Pick and Walder and had supper with them. Walder had to go back to work so I came home early. Charlie Sherman came in about 8 P.M. and …
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