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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1913

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them off with a bullet every time I saw them light tjis afternoon. Dick did not bet home to tea again to-night. It rained hard last night and this morning but cleared off and has been quite cool & windy today.
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them off with a bullet everytime I saw them light this afternoon. Dick did not get home to tea again to-night. It rained hard last night and this morning but cleared off and has been quite cool & windy to-day.
  
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The boys went down to Sunday school and church Dad (after a good deal of squirming) also attende trhe morning service, he tried to induce me to go but when I unselfishly offerd to stay at home to take his place he couldn't very well get out of it. I cut a littl wood watered the horses & fooled around. I wemnt out once with the rifle in quest of crows but as none were in evidence in the vicinty of the cornfoeldd I in my wrath sought to drive a bullet to the heart of the hickory nut tree, but owing to my unpraciced marksmanship it escaped unscathed. Lila came over this afternoom amnd she and Frank went bacl to the gully armed woth the rifle and rerturned this evening with a quantity of wild strawberriesm which we were nt aware of being developed into an edible condition, Dad, Enah & Tiddums went down to the Woodson's tioll the latter grw into such a state of excitment which was
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The boys went down to Sunday school and church Dad (after a good deal of squirming) also attended the morning service, he tried to induce me to go but when I unselfishly offerd to stay at home to take his place he couldn't very well get out of it.  
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I cut a little wood watered the horses & fooled around. I went out once with the rifle in quest of crows but as none were in evidence in the vicinity of the cornfield I in my wrath sought to drive a bullet to the heart of the hickory nut tree, but owing to my unpracticed marksmanship it escaped unscathed.  
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Lila came over this afternoon and she and Frank went back to the gully armed with the rifle and returned this evening with a quantity of wild strawberries, which we were not aware of being developed into an edible condition, Dad, Enah & Tiddums went down to the Woodson's till the latter grew into such a state of excitement which was

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them off with a bullet everytime I saw them light this afternoon. Dick did not get home to tea again to-night. It rained hard last night and this morning but cleared off and has been quite cool & windy to-day.

Sunday 8 9th

The boys went down to Sunday school and church Dad (after a good deal of squirming) also attended the morning service, he tried to induce me to go but when I unselfishly offerd to stay at home to take his place he couldn't very well get out of it.

I cut a little wood watered the horses & fooled around. I went out once with the rifle in quest of crows but as none were in evidence in the vicinity of the cornfield I in my wrath sought to drive a bullet to the heart of the hickory nut tree, but owing to my unpracticed marksmanship it escaped unscathed.

Lila came over this afternoon and she and Frank went back to the gully armed with the rifle and returned this evening with a quantity of wild strawberries, which we were not aware of being developed into an edible condition, Dad, Enah & Tiddums went down to the Woodson's till the latter grew into such a state of excitement which was

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