File #43159: "Theobald Toby Barrett 1917 Diary 110.pdf"

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down town to-night. Frank and I walked. Frank, Enah and the baby went up to the Sunday school but Dad. visited with Aunty Alice and Aunt Ida. Aunty was up at the Johnsons tending George who has the whooping cough while his father and mother were at the Sunday school. I went up to Andrew Innes's and got a pair of rubber boots and then took a little chicken up to Cousin Loll and by the time I had visited with her for half an hour it was too late to go to the {illegible}. Thursday November 1st I spent most of the morning doing chores and getting things ready for to-night as I expected to be up at Ham's this after noon with Frank helping him fill his silo. Dad. plowed all day. We went up right after dinner but Ham said it was too wet and didn't expect us up. It snowed quite a lot during the night and as his corn was all down in sheaf it would have been nasty handling. We came home and hooked Joe & Belle to the waggon and went down to Art Ryerse's where we borrowed their root pulper. Lloyd told Frank the other day we could have it for all winter as they have no roots this year. To-night I went down town and after coming over to Silverthorne's with Marj. went to the show. Friday November 2nd Dad. and Frank were in the back field all day plowing and shovelling out ditches. I did all the chores up this morning. Aunty came over at noon and this after noon I went back down town with her and got my bank order from Waller's cashed and got some groceries. My arm has been pretty sore today and I gave it a long soaking again to-night. It has broken out in little blisters around the original spot and is quite badly swollen. To-night Chris Quanbury came over and got twenty pullets for which he paid me $0.50 apiece and four smaller pullets and a cockrel which I got $1.00 apiece for. I have decided to sell off the whole bunch except maybe ten or a dozen and pay Charlie Ivey (or try to) last winter's feed bill with what I receive for them as if I keep them and buy feed again this winter as I would have to I would be farther in the hole than ever even if they laid exceedingly well. Frank and I helped Chris take the bunch down to his place on wheelbarrows. Sunny and snow nearly gone but freezing in shade. Saturday November 3rd My arm was very sore again this morning so I
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