A daily journal from 76 years ago
230th day- 135 days follow Fair + Cooler. Jubie and I mowed brush all day. He had to have another shot in his arm today. Stopped at Pick’s on the way home from work tonight. Helen Finney was there. Ski took a ride up around the mill. Thel went over to Cozette’s. Did a little …
229th day- 136 days follow Fair + Cooler Dave came up from the camp at 8:30 A.M. and got me. We stopped at the store, up on the hill, and at Eleanor’s. I and Dave mowed brush all day, he on his lot and I on mine. I got all of my lot cut but …
228th day- 137 days follow Cooler + Showers Harry and I took the farm truck and took two beds over to Duxbury to Geo. Crowell’s cottage. Then we went up to pick up Lewis Dupree and from there over to the dig. Harry, Lewis and I worked on a new square together. The top soil …
227th day- 138 days follow Fair + Hot. The last three days have been terrific, as hot as we ever have had it. Jubbie didn’t work today. He had to go and get another shot for his ivy poisoning. Watered all day. At my dinner at Pick’s. Walder came home to dinner. Did a little …
226th day- 139 days follow Fair + Hot. Sure was a hot day today. Jubbie and I worked on the cutting garden all day. The blacksmith came and put another shoe on Ski’s horse, to replace the one he lost Sunday. I saw Percy Finney and Ted Seaford going after stripers at the mouth of …
225th day- 140 days follow Fair + Hot. Hot. Jubbie has got a tough case of poison ivy, so I told him to stay home and Dr. it up. Mrs. H. and Martha went to the Vineyard this afternoon. They took enough stuff to last them for a month. When I got home from work …
224th ay- 141 days follow Fair + Hot Mrs. H. went to Boston. Watered all morning. After dinner Thel and I went down to the pond and stayed till about 8:20 P.M. I tried the fishing over in the cove. Got one small mouth Bass and a lot of roaches. We took a ride around …
223rd day- 142 days follow Fair + cooler Jubbie and I mowed brush on the fire belts. Stopped at Pick’s on the way home. There was no one there. When I got home one of the police officers came in here and said that some of Stina Engstrom’s clothes were found down on the Cape …
222nd day- 143 days follow (Arrowheads) Partly Cloudy. Warm After breakfast I rode my wheel up to the Browne site and dug for two hours and had good luck. I found two very good triangular white quartz arrowheads, one large triangular white quartz knife, small piece broken off the point and one corner. I also …
221st day- 144 days follow (Arrowheads) Foggy + Cooler Harry asked me to go over to his dig that Bullen is finishing up over in Marshfield.. We picked a young fellow, a parachute jumper by the name of Dupree and we dug till 2 P.M. with the Bullen troupe. I found two important colonial artifacts, …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 