A daily journal from 76 years ago
140th day- 225 days follow (hummingbird) Fair + Warmer The women were up on the hill today. Redo was up to look at the hot water system. Paid Jubbie $4.75 all that was due him up to this week. I saw a female hummingbird today, the first one this season. Sent a letter to White …
139th day- 226 days follow Clearing. Warmer Fertilized the lawn. The women were on the hill. After dinner Thel took me to town to the Dr’s about my knee. Bought a pair of moccasins. Went back up on the hill this afternoon. Margaret Nickerson came in here while Ski was down at the barn and …
138th day-227 days follow Warm + Rain George and Marie came in awhile this morning. We went up and took them home. When we got back Bill was here. He said they had a good meeting out at Dick Bent’s last night. He and I went out to Kingston to look over the site that …
137th day- 228 days follow Fair + Warmer Put on screens. Jubbie cleaned windows. This afternoon Bill and I went up to the Browne dig. I got two nice side notched arrowheads, fine points. When we got home Dave + his family were here. After supper we brought Bob and Gretchen up, and Walder and …
186th day- 229 days follow Fair + Warmer The women were on the hill today. Did some painting. Jubbie’s check hasn’t come thru yet so I advanced him twenty dollars. After I got thru work I went over to H.H. boat house and put my boat in the river. Looks as if it may rain …
135th day- 230 days follow Fair + Warmer The Cape Cod Co. truck was up on the hill today carting old shingles to the dump. Put top dressing on the bowling green and got it finished. Took 8 wheelbarrow loads. Ski saw a raccoon when she was riding her horse up back of the county …
134th day- 231 days follow Cloudy + Cold The women were up on the hill all day. I sent the slipcovers to Grey the cleaners. The Express Co. left a parcel that belongs to H.H. so I took it over to the greenhouse. Bill came up on the hill. He had my story typed, so …
133rd day- 232 days follow Fair + Warmer The weather bureau says this is the warmest May 13 on record. Worked around the flower gardens all day. The women were up on the hill house cleaning. The chewinks, catbirds, king birds are back. After dinner I went down to Manter’s Point and called up Steve …
132nd day- 233 days follow (Knee) Fair + Warmer Mrs. H. was on the hill this A.M. After dinner I went over to see Dr. Kelley about my knee. He said about all I could do for it was to keep it bandaged for support, and to come back a week from today so he …
131st day- 234 days follow Fair + Warm Went up on the hill saw Mrs. H., Harry, + Dimp. Came home and Walder and the boys stopped in and we did a little archery. After dinner Thel took me over to the high school and Alvin, Lawrence, Burgess, and I shot all the afternoon. She …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 