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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1911
Theobald Toby Barrett Diary 1911 78..pdf
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− | Arose late as is the custom on the Sabbath and husstled my self to get down and ring the bells - but Wiser was there so it did not matter. Dick did not get up till after I left so of course did not come down. I came out of Sunday School a little early and found Faulkner beating the starch out of one of his Arabs with a whip because it would not stand still to get its forelock clipped. I went home to dinner as we had a couple of young {roosters?} and Roy stayed down to Huby's. After dinner I started to read " A Houseboat on the Huby Roy and Aunty Maude came over about three and we all went back to the gully. Huby took the gun back which Daddy got last night but did not see any thing to shoot at. Daddy shot a couple of times at a crow this morning but missed him. I brought the cows up as it was | + | Arose late as is the custom on the Sabbath and husstled my self to get down and ring the bells - but Wiser was there so it did not matter. Dick did not get up till after I left so of course did not come down. I came out of Sunday School a little early and found Faulkner beating the starch out of one of his Arabs with a whip because it would not stand still to get its forelock clipped. I went home to dinner as we had a couple of young {roosters?} and Roy stayed down to Huby's. After dinner I started to read " A Houseboat on the Huby Roy and Aunty Maude came over about three and we all went back to the gully. Huby took the gun back which Daddy got last night but did not see any thing to shoot at. Daddy shot a couple of times at a crow this morning but missed him. I brought the cows up as it was {Margin note} about five and went into the house for a short time and when I came out they were just disappearing at the end of the lane. So Tige & I went abck againand Tige got ahead of me and chased them up to the far end of the gully so I had to go after them. When we did get them milked the separatorhooked and we hadto take it all apart and rthen only got very little cream. However we got down to church Huby went home to tea and Roy down to Woodsons. After church Enah went by |
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Sunday September 3rd
Arose late as is the custom on the Sabbath and husstled my self to get down and ring the bells - but Wiser was there so it did not matter. Dick did not get up till after I left so of course did not come down. I came out of Sunday School a little early and found Faulkner beating the starch out of one of his Arabs with a whip because it would not stand still to get its forelock clipped. I went home to dinner as we had a couple of young {roosters?} and Roy stayed down to Huby's. After dinner I started to read " A Houseboat on the Huby Roy and Aunty Maude came over about three and we all went back to the gully. Huby took the gun back which Daddy got last night but did not see any thing to shoot at. Daddy shot a couple of times at a crow this morning but missed him. I brought the cows up as it was {Margin note} about five and went into the house for a short time and when I came out they were just disappearing at the end of the lane. So Tige & I went abck againand Tige got ahead of me and chased them up to the far end of the gully so I had to go after them. When we did get them milked the separatorhooked and we hadto take it all apart and rthen only got very little cream. However we got down to church Huby went home to tea and Roy down to Woodsons. After church Enah went by