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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1914

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Friday February 6th
 
Friday February 6th
  
We took a load of grist to the mill this morning six bags of oats anf four of corn, we got one bag of thre oatsd rolled for thr cickens. Tige. Farr was in for awhile to see if he could rent some of the back of the place for pasture but of course there was nothing doing. Dad. went down town right after dinner to give the deeds of his lots to Jim Caley but as Cousin Willie was sick they couldn't get them fixed up sp he & Emnah will have to go down some other time to sign off. he got home about four and we then went down to the mill for our chop. We had quite a tme getting up the hill as it was very icy and ther horses slipped all the way.
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We took a load of grist to the mill this morning six bags of oats and four of corn, we got one bag of the oats rolled for the chickens. Tige. Tarr was in for awhile to see if he could rent some of the back of the place for pasture but of course there was nothing doing. Dad. went down town right after dinner to give the deeds of his lots to Jim Caley but as Cousin Willie was sick they couldn't get them fixed up so he & Enah will have to go down some other time to sign off. he got home about four and we then went down to the mill for our chop. We had quite a time getting up the hill as it was very icy and the horses slipped all the way.
  
Old Jonas was over this morning to get a dose of salts for his pig which he says he thinks will die Dad. looked at it and he thinks so too. if it does he will only have one left as two have died already. Allan & Jim Law were in to night Allan's horse got its legs cut in some way he doesn't know how and he wanted dad. to look at it. I got up at half past four this morning to read the new books and also learn a little Latin out of Dad'd old book. It froze prety hatrd last night and there was a cold east wind a;l momrning but it turned mild at noon and has been snowing & raining alternately all day. afternoon Poor Tiddums felt very miserable this morning and they thought the poor little one had the earache but after he had his sleep he felt a lot better - and has been all rigt the rest of the day
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Old Jonas was over this morning to get a dose of salts for his pig which he says he thinks will die Dad. looked at it and he thinks so too. if it does he will only have one left as two have died already. Allan & Jim Law were in to-night Allan's horse got its legs cut in some way he doesn't know how and he wanted Dad. to look at it. I got up at half past four this morning to read the new books and also learn a little Latin out of Dad's old book. It froze pretty hard last night and there was a cold east wind all morning but it turned mild at noon and has been snowing & raining alternately all <s>day</s>. afternoon. Poor Tiddums felt very miserable this morning and they thought the poor little one had the earache but after he had his sleep he felt a lot better - and has been all rigt the rest of the day
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Saturday February 7th
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I got up about half past five this morning learned latin till Dad. came out about half past six, then I went out to do chores It has been blowing a hurricane and snowing all day. so we didn't do anything but chores and Dad. cut a pile of wood. This afternoon Frank went down town this afternoon to see if there were any waves on the lake but there weren't although it was a south west wind, but likely there is a lot of ice in the lake. Dad. and I started to make a book case for the new books out of the box they came in. Frank got some cloth down town to line it with. I got thirteen eggs to-day. It has been pretty cold and very blizzardy to-day.
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Sunday February 8th
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Frank went down to Sunday school and church and Dad. and I went down to church this morning we were late for although we came accross the pond we had to stop in at Henderson's as my ear. got frozen by the cold wind on the pond. and we went in there where Dad. thawed it out with snow I nearly froze my hand holding snow on it from the pond up there. We came around by Huby's on our way home and got the old glue pot to make some glue for our book case and also looked at the old chicken house as we are going to bring it over here for a breeding pen. This after

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Friday February 6th

We took a load of grist to the mill this morning six bags of oats and four of corn, we got one bag of the oats rolled for the chickens. Tige. Tarr was in for awhile to see if he could rent some of the back of the place for pasture but of course there was nothing doing. Dad. went down town right after dinner to give the deeds of his lots to Jim Caley but as Cousin Willie was sick they couldn't get them fixed up so he & Enah will have to go down some other time to sign off. he got home about four and we then went down to the mill for our chop. We had quite a time getting up the hill as it was very icy and the horses slipped all the way.

Old Jonas was over this morning to get a dose of salts for his pig which he says he thinks will die Dad. looked at it and he thinks so too. if it does he will only have one left as two have died already. Allan & Jim Law were in to-night Allan's horse got its legs cut in some way he doesn't know how and he wanted Dad. to look at it. I got up at half past four this morning to read the new books and also learn a little Latin out of Dad's old book. It froze pretty hard last night and there was a cold east wind all morning but it turned mild at noon and has been snowing & raining alternately all day. afternoon. Poor Tiddums felt very miserable this morning and they thought the poor little one had the earache but after he had his sleep he felt a lot better - and has been all rigt the rest of the day

Saturday February 7th

I got up about half past five this morning learned latin till Dad. came out about half past six, then I went out to do chores It has been blowing a hurricane and snowing all day. so we didn't do anything but chores and Dad. cut a pile of wood. This afternoon Frank went down town this afternoon to see if there were any waves on the lake but there weren't although it was a south west wind, but likely there is a lot of ice in the lake. Dad. and I started to make a book case for the new books out of the box they came in. Frank got some cloth down town to line it with. I got thirteen eggs to-day. It has been pretty cold and very blizzardy to-day.

Sunday February 8th

Frank went down to Sunday school and church and Dad. and I went down to church this morning we were late for although we came accross the pond we had to stop in at Henderson's as my ear. got frozen by the cold wind on the pond. and we went in there where Dad. thawed it out with snow I nearly froze my hand holding snow on it from the pond up there. We came around by Huby's on our way home and got the old glue pot to make some glue for our book case and also looked at the old chicken house as we are going to bring it over here for a breeding pen. This after

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