Bicentennial Parade - Browns Mill Float
New Ipswich Historical Society
August 26, 1950
New Ipswich Bicentennial Parade - Driver Anne Dodge Lizotte, Patricia Nutting.
New Ipswich Bicentennial Parade. Float of the Old Brown Mill, the first Cotton Mill in New Hampshire, Photo provided by Mr. Camille S. Bourgeois Jr.
Photos of Browns Mill
William Jurian Kaula diary - December 1897
Two December entries today. No entries for 8th, 9th, and 10th. Catching up to the “present” day.
7 Dec 1897
Keeping a journal is apt to be a little tiresome task if there is not an occasional bit of excitement or amusement, but owing to my poverty this month I am not able to go out in the evenings where it would cost a franc. My usual allowance of from $40 to $50 a month is sufficient to cover all my wants under the usual circumstances but after the outlay of furnishing the studio I have been reduced to much less than ever before for anything but living expenses. It is possible to spend any amount of money in Paris if you have plenty. It is not possible to collect much artistic studio furnishings, art photographs, bric-a-brac, etc. and have proper working materials, besides paying tuition at a school, studio rent, with the additional greater amount spent for actual living necessities, with the sum of $600? Yes. $600 a year is not an extravagant allowance. It does not include having private models or buying more than one or two picture frames. No wonder that the majority of the boys cannot dress well or afford to go about in the way that they were accustomed in America. Among the boys at our restaurant I find that they average about three francs a day for their meals - about seven sous for breakfast, eighteen or twenty sous at noon, and about twenty-five to thirty for dinner in the evening. Living in the country usually costs more as it is generally necessary to go to a hotel which is seldom less than five francs a day.
11 Dec 1897
I went with Miss Lufkin to the opening of a sketch exhibition at the Women's Club. As there was no jury for admission the collection was a very large one so that an extra room and hallway had to be utilized besides the regular gallery. There was such a large attendance of the fair sex that I was unable to examine the works except in a hurried manner. I saw many clever and serious studies of merit by some of the women who have already made some sort of a reputation in America. Miss Clara MacChesney of New York is well known for her watercolors of figures and interiors. Miss Elizabeth Nourse has also some work which is beyond the average student.
On this day - December 17, 1908
James Roger diary entry
17th (Thursday)
Hard frost 16 degrees. Very cold day wind NW. David working with Corbett at Church well till dinner time, then teaming for Royce in afternoon. Sewing Circle in the vestry tonight. Mrs. McKown called this afternoon. Got pc from Hamish.
On this day - December 17, 2020
Two years ago two Blue Jays had a dispute over the suet.
Power Outage
The power went out at 19:30 last night, restored at 2:30. Thankfully I was able to get this newsletter out. How did you fare in the storm?
6 in of snow, no problems. Nice shot of 2 arguing blue jays. In 1965 I took a graduate course at UNH in animal behavior. It was fun, spent a lot of time watching birds, including chickens. These creatures with bird brains survive the harshest conditions that would be a challenge to humans. So Kaula has trouble living on a $600/yr allowance in 1897. In 1930 my father worked 'breaking roads in New Ipswich for $2.25/day. I would estimate that would translate to less than $1/day in 1897. So Kaula gets a working man's wages as an allowance and complains. BTW, My father later worked in both the Highbridge and Greenville Mills as a loom fixer. He could fix anything.
Power is still out here on town hill. I heard 88% of New Ipswich is without power.
That's my aunt Anne Lizotte on the float.