Monday.
Ice in the pail under the pump, and quite a frost.
Commenced perambulating the town bounds.
At 7. 30 A. M. rode in company with —— and Mr. —— to the bound between Acton and Concord near Paul Dudley's.
Mr. —— told a story of his wife walking in the fields somewhere, and, to keep the rain off, throwing her gown over her head and holding it in her mouth, and so being poisoned about her mouth from the skirts of her dress having come in contact with poisonous plants.
At Dudley's, which house is handsomely situated, with five large elms in front, we met the selectmen of Acton, —— and ——
Here were five of us. It appeared that we weighed, —— I think about 160, ——155, ——about 140, —— 130, myself 127.
—— described the wall about or at Forest Hills Cemetery in Roxbury as being made of stones upon which they were careful to preserve the moss, so that it cannot be distinguished from a very old wall.
Found one intermediate bound-stone near the powder mill drying-house on the bank of the river.
The work men there wore shoes without iron tacks.
He said that the kernel-house was the most dangerous, the drying house next, the press-house next. One of the powder mill buildings in Concord?
—— described the wall about or at Forest Hills Cemetery in Roxbury as being made of stones upon which they were careful to preserve the moss, so that it cannot be distinguished from a very old wall.
Found one intermediate bound-stone near the powder mill drying-house on the bank of the river.
The work men there wore shoes without iron tacks.
He said that the kernel-house was the most dangerous, the drying house next, the press-house next. One of the powder mill buildings in Concord?
The potato vines and the beans which were still green are now blackened and flattened by the frost.
Found one intermediate bound-stone. See September 12, 1851 ("And the old selectmen tell me that, before the present split stones were set up in 1829, the bounds were marked by a heap of stones, and it was customary for each selectman to add a stone to the heap.")
He said that the kernel-house was the most dangerous. See January 7, 1853 ("The kernel-mill had blown up first, and killed three men who were in it, said to be turning a roller with a chisel. In three seconds after, one of the mixing-houses exploded.")
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, September 15, 1851
Ice in the pail under the pump, and quite a frost. See September 15, 1859 ("This morning the first frost in the garden, killing some of our vines."); September 15, 1851("The potato vines and the beans which were still green are now blackened and flattened by the frost."); See also September 14, 1852 ("This morning the first frost"); September 21, 1854 ("The first frost in our yard last night,")
Ice in the pail under the pump, and quite a frost. See September 15, 1859 ("This morning the first frost in the garden, killing some of our vines."); September 15, 1851("The potato vines and the beans which were still green are now blackened and flattened by the frost."); See also September 14, 1852 ("This morning the first frost"); September 21, 1854 ("The first frost in our yard last night,")
Found one intermediate bound-stone. See September 12, 1851 ("And the old selectmen tell me that, before the present split stones were set up in 1829, the bounds were marked by a heap of stones, and it was customary for each selectman to add a stone to the heap.")
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