A daily journal from 76 years ago
270t day- 95 days follow (Bridgewater) Fair + Cold Saw Mr. H, Harry, and Dorothy. Bill Whiting came up while we were at dinner so we made arrangements for a trip this afternoon. Thel and I picked up Bill and Lottie in town and took a ride up to the site that the Attleboro group …
269th day- 96 days follow Fair + Cold Mowed brush today. Jubbie worked this afternoon. There is a lot of flickers around this Fall. Thel went up to a stork shower at Mildred Holman’s tonight. Harry Hornblower called me up at 9 P.M. tonight. I haven’t got used to my new tooth yet. Ski has …
268th day- 97 days follow Rainy + Cold Cleaned up the barn today. Thel and Ski came up to the hill and got me. We went over to town and I got a haircut, and went up to Dr. Douglas’s and he had my tooth finished and put it in. Thel went over to Hathaway’s.
267th day- 98 days follow Cloudy + Cool After dinner Thel and I went up the other side of Quincy. I bought a suit of clothes there. We came back to Brockton and I bought a hat, socks, and shirts. On the way home we stopped at the Homestead at Kingston and had supper. When …
266th day- 99 days follow Fair + Real Cool I saw a flock of quail in the buckwheat patch this A.M. Mrs. H. went to Boston to have her wisdom teeth extracted. Drucilla Greenwood drove her up. The heater on the hill does come on when you push the thermostat. After supper Thel, I, Geo. …
265th day- 100 days follow (First day of Fall) Warm Rain + Cool. Rained most all day. Jubbie didn’t work today. After supper Thel and I took Grandma Holman for a ride out and around Duxbury and Kingston. The Johnson Stand closed today. Thel and Ski finished up for the summer.
264th day- 101 days follow Partly Cloudy. Geo. picked me up and I went up to his house. We took a ride up as far as Chris Swift’s old bog to look for deer tracks, we saw the tracks of perhaps four different deer. We took a hike up into the hills and I refound …
263rd day- 102 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Cool Harry and Dimp + Hank left the place at 7 A.M. for Martha’s Vineyard. Martha went too. This has been the coolest day we have had yet, but it seems good. Priscilla Rich came in and gave her $2.00 for the Salvation Army Drive. Bill came …
262nd day- 103 days follow Cloudy + Light Rain Mr. and Mrs. H. went down to the Vineyard this afternoon. Jubbie didn’t work today. Pic said she saw a cock pheasant in her yard, when I was there at noon for dinner. Looked over two of our wild grape places and there are none on …
261st day- 104 days follow (Arrowhead) Fair + Cool Geo. came down after work + took me up to his home to supper. The two ducks I gave them are doing fine. I found one nice white quartz arrowhead behind the hotel garage, and one felsite base. Ski went horse back riding tonight. Jubbie worked …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 