Tag Archives: Belle Brown

March 5, 1932

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Mary F. C. Pratt

Sat., 5 Morning devotions. Sunshine and Dumas continually back & forth on the south porch scaring the bird away. Marion Haight calls. Make 2 raspberry pies. Send poem “Wonderland Night” to Hindley. Clipping from Wrightman Melton about the mockingbird. Write … Continue reading →

Posted in 1932 Ella, DIARIES, Dumas, From the H. Sheldon Museum, PEOPLE | Tagged "Wonderland Night", Belle Brown, devotions, food, Hindley, letters, mockingbird, POETRY, weather, Wrightman Melton | Leave a comment

February 28 & 29, 1932

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Mary F. C. Pratt

Sun., 28 Snow in the night. Do the morning work & get dinner. Anna’s letter comes. Grace works at funeral pieces & goes to church in between. Karl & family come to dinner. Write Ruth. Kate Dalrymple & Henrietta walk … Continue reading →

Posted in 1932 Ella, Anna Fisher Metcalf, Benjamin Fisher, DIARIES, From the H. Sheldon Museum, Grace Fisher, Helen Fisher Smith, Henrietta Fisher Field, Karl Field, PEOPLE, Ruth Fisher | Tagged Belle Brown, church, devotions, down town, Dr. Phelps, Enterprise, food, Gage cemetery, Grace's flowers, Herbert Burroughs, housework, Kate Dalrymple, letters, Lincoln cabin, looking for lost things, Mary Bowditch Forbes, mockingbird, Mr. Hagar, scarlet fever, weather | Leave a comment

February 22, 1932

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Mary F. C. Pratt

Mon.,22 Morning devotions. Storm all day, at intervals. Type “Lost Bird” for the Enterprise, also for “Versecraft.” Send Bulletin to Ruth, Helen, Gertrude & Anna and a letter to Belle Brown in the hospital. Grace takes part in the Centennial … Continue reading →

Posted in 1932 Ella, Anna Fisher Metcalf, DIARIES, From the H. Sheldon Museum, Gertrude Fisher Thomas, Grace Fisher, Helen Fisher Smith, PEOPLE, Ruth Fisher | Tagged "Lost Bird", Belle Brown, Centennial Washington celebration, devotions, Enterprise, Grace in costume, letters, Mt. Mansfield hikers, POETRY, the Bulletin, typing, Versecraft, weather | Leave a comment

February 13, 1932

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Mary F. C. Pratt

Sat., 13 Morning devotions. Mansfield visible. Dumas does the work. Make 2 mince pies. Letter from Mable Hall Walter. Mend & paste scraps, get dinner, etc. Write a card to Ethel Ballard, to Belle Brown, Birthday greetings to Anna and … Continue reading →

Posted in 1932 Ella, Anna Fisher Metcalf, DIARIES, Dumas, From the H. Sheldon Museum, Grace Fisher, PEOPLE | Tagged Anna's birthday, Belle Brown, Ben Junior, devotions, down town, Ethel Ballard, food, housework, letters, Mable Halll Walter, Mt. Mansfield, scrap book, weather | Leave a comment

February 5, 1932

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Mary F. C. Pratt

Fri., 5 Morning devotions. The sun shines on a white world. I do the morning work & get dinner. Our bird comes a little while in the morning & a lone, hungry chickadee gets a bit of suet. Write Stanton … Continue reading →

Posted in 1932 Ella, DIARIES, From the H. Sheldon Museum, Grace Fisher, PEOPLE | Tagged Belle Brown, Burlington Savings Bank, Charlie Ruscoe, chickadees, devotions, food, Grace E. Fisher, housework, ironing, library, mockingbird, money, Mrs. Haven, POETRY, Stanton Muzzy, weather | Leave a comment

January 7, 1929

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Mary F. C. Pratt

Mon., 7 A gray morning. After breakfast in bed I dress & come down stairs. Not very strong. Write last night a poem for Driftwind. Write letters to-day to Anna & Ruth. Get one from Ruth. Have two naps during … Continue reading →

Posted in 1929 Ella's Diary, Anna Fisher Metcalf, DIARIES, From the H. Sheldon Museum, Grace Fisher, PEOPLE, Ruth Fisher | Tagged arsenic for rats, Belle Brown, calls, Driftwind, letters, Mrs. Belle Clark, Mrs. Ferris, Mrs. Will Jackman, sickness, weather | 2 Comments