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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1913
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had his wool with him to take to market I went down in his rig with ours. We had 45 1/2lbs and at 18cts got $8.19. Dad get 1/7 of that. Frank gers 1/4 of what is lefy & I get the balance. Tupper beat us by a dollar and he only had six fleeces to our seven but his were bigger sheep, he had fifty smething pounds & got the same price. We took it down here tio Penman's. Vyse was working in Uncle Ward's side hill so I wernt to see him about the rolle tthat is here for us but he says it isn't the right one. | had his wool with him to take to market I went down in his rig with ours. We had 45 1/2lbs and at 18cts got $8.19. Dad get 1/7 of that. Frank gers 1/4 of what is lefy & I get the balance. Tupper beat us by a dollar and he only had six fleeces to our seven but his were bigger sheep, he had fifty smething pounds & got the same price. We took it down here tio Penman's. Vyse was working in Uncle Ward's side hill so I wernt to see him about the rolle tthat is here for us but he says it isn't the right one. | ||
| − | This afternoon Dad. buried the little colt and I worked a little in the garden. Mrs. Brad Bowlby came in to see Tiddums I guess and Aunty & Enah went down town Aunty stayed all ight. | + | This afternoon Dad. buried the little colt and I worked a little in the garden. Mrs. Brad Bowlby came in to see Tiddums I guess and Aunty & Enah went down town Aunty stayed all ight. Ada. & Hubert Lawrie were over for awhile. Hubert is just here fir a day or so. About five o'clock Dad. & I drove Belle out to Jim Waddles's. |
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| + | I went down to band practice to-night ansd didn;t get to bed till twelve. Dick came home with me his new suit came to-day. Pretty hit, breeze. Tom Law's autombobile upset last night the other side of Simcoe and nearly killed Harry Dyer and injured Tom. They thought at first that Dyer's back was broken but that report was contradicted later, but he is in pretty bad shape on Dimcoe | ||
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had his wool with him to take to market I went down in his rig with ours. We had 45 1/2lbs and at 18cts got $8.19. Dad get 1/7 of that. Frank gers 1/4 of what is lefy & I get the balance. Tupper beat us by a dollar and he only had six fleeces to our seven but his were bigger sheep, he had fifty smething pounds & got the same price. We took it down here tio Penman's. Vyse was working in Uncle Ward's side hill so I wernt to see him about the rolle tthat is here for us but he says it isn't the right one.
This afternoon Dad. buried the little colt and I worked a little in the garden. Mrs. Brad Bowlby came in to see Tiddums I guess and Aunty & Enah went down town Aunty stayed all ight. Ada. & Hubert Lawrie were over for awhile. Hubert is just here fir a day or so. About five o'clock Dad. & I drove Belle out to Jim Waddles's.
I went down to band practice to-night ansd didn;t get to bed till twelve. Dick came home with me his new suit came to-day. Pretty hit, breeze. Tom Law's autombobile upset last night the other side of Simcoe and nearly killed Harry Dyer and injured Tom. They thought at first that Dyer's back was broken but that report was contradicted later, but he is in pretty bad shape on Dimcoe
