File #33141: "Theobald Toby Barrett Diary 1911 86..pdf"

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Monday September 18th Got up very late this morning. Dad worked on the {wheat ground?} all morning but had a few interruptions. Watson's cattle {broke the} fence with ours but we let things go and they went back again before night. Mr Langdon {illegible} came over this morning wanting to buy some of the manure but Daddy would not listen then he wanted by ten acres of soil without success then he wanted to know if the apples were sold and when Dad told him they were he went. Then Mr. Highland and Huby came over. I went out with the team while Daddy came in and sold the blue grass seed to him for seventy-five dollars. Dad's price {illegible}. I chored around all morning. After dinner Daddy and I took the blue grass down and Highland gave him cash in full at the Commercial Hotel and of course he had to treat the boy. To-night Daddy and I went down to hear Mr. Charlton spout but we all did not know what he was talking about and I guess he didn't either. There was a big crowd there nevertheless. Jim Law was there having a fine time till Geo. Hammond tried to put him downstage and then he promised to be good. We did not stay long {rest of sentence obscured}. Tuesday September 19th Up good and early this morning but it looked very rainy. Daddy and I took both teams out. I rolled and he harrowed. Mr. Vyse came over and disked. We were out till about nine when it began to rain and we had to come in. It rained like fun for about an hour making the ground un-fit for work to work on for a couple of days. I read till it stopped raining and then Daddy cut wood till noon and I took it in. This afternoon Dad went back and fixed the line fence between us and Watsons where the cows get over and then shovelled ditches. I cut the lawns cleaned out the stables and cut wood. There was somebody shooting over at Bannister's and the shot was rattling around on the barns where I was cutting wood so I thought I would quit as {thought?} it would tickle. After tea I went over and and got a ball of binder twine to bind corn with to-morrow. I tried the stalks but they break to easily and it takes so long to pick good ones but nice and warm. Miss McBain, Miss Law and Edith Laurie call to-night and scared us all. I thought it was Dick and yelled at them to come in.
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