Scripto | Revision Difference | Transcription

Log in to Scripto | Recent changes | View item | View file | Transcribe page | View history

Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1914

Toby Barrett 1914 Diary 104.pdf

Revision as of Aug 26, 2025, 12:20:43 PM
edited by 10.0.2.100
Revision as of Aug 26, 2025, 12:27:02 PM
edited by 10.0.2.100
Line 4: Line 4:
  
 
Monday July 27th
 
Monday July 27th
 +
 +
We unloade the load of alsike we had on and got in one more and unloaded it before dinner. We got out right after dinner and manage dto get in three by half past six. It is very slow stuff to handle it is so heavy & short and loose. Huby and Frank bunched up the first load. and then Frank bunched all the rest up this after noon. Frank. Odd. came for Dad. while we were at dinner to go and see one of Flemming's horses so Huby and Frank pitched on after dinner till Dad. got back. Enah went down town this afternoon to practice in the hall with some of the ones at conv=cert. Mr. Johnson brought Lila. Tiddums & her home at six. Lila and Tiddums stayed but Enah went back. Huby went down with them. He left word that Mr. Crocker never showed up up and that Murray was coming up on the evening train and she wanted a practice with each of them. She got home about eleven and said Murray didn't cme and Mr. Crocker couldn't be found any where. She forget and left today's paper down there but Lila says it reported bloodshed in Ireland. Cool and pretty breezy akl day. We thought at noon we would get a rain but it seems to have passed over.

Revision as of Aug 26, 2025, 12:27:02 PM

Sunday July 26th

I didn't get up till very late this morning and haven't been off the place all day. I just chored around slept & read. and to-night wrote a letter to Aunty & Aunty Alice and another to Roy. Frank went down to church and Sunday school this morning and has been riding around on his wheel the rest of the day. He went to the stump for a swim to-night. Dad. Enah and Tiddums drove over to John Wess McBride's this morning before Tid. has his morning sleep and he hasn't slept a wink all day. Dad. tried to have a sleep this after noon but Tiddums wouldn't allow it. Dad. and Enah wanted to go down to the Methodist Church to hear Mr. Crocker sing but Tiddums wouldn't go to sleep and was inclined to be cranky so they didn't go. Dick got home late to-night burned to a crisp. I guess he didn't enjoy his sail as much as he expected. He and Hazen didnt get out of the boat till Sunday Morning and they left here at six o'clock Saturday night but there was no wind. They went over to Ryerson's Island where Joe & Hub Long joined them and they went in for a swim. They saw Quint & George Hamaker over there. They had a good sail home they left at twelve and got here about two o'clock. Poor old A.M. Todd formerly of the "Maple Leaf" died to-day of heart failure while in bathing in the lake. They didn't find his body till about three hours afterwards when some people happened to run into it. Nobody missed him. Fair day.

Monday July 27th

We unloade the load of alsike we had on and got in one more and unloaded it before dinner. We got out right after dinner and manage dto get in three by half past six. It is very slow stuff to handle it is so heavy & short and loose. Huby and Frank bunched up the first load. and then Frank bunched all the rest up this after noon. Frank. Odd. came for Dad. while we were at dinner to go and see one of Flemming's horses so Huby and Frank pitched on after dinner till Dad. got back. Enah went down town this afternoon to practice in the hall with some of the ones at conv=cert. Mr. Johnson brought Lila. Tiddums & her home at six. Lila and Tiddums stayed but Enah went back. Huby went down with them. He left word that Mr. Crocker never showed up up and that Murray was coming up on the evening train and she wanted a practice with each of them. She got home about eleven and said Murray didn't cme and Mr. Crocker couldn't be found any where. She forget and left today's paper down there but Lila says it reported bloodshed in Ireland. Cool and pretty breezy akl day. We thought at noon we would get a rain but it seems to have passed over.

The library is committed to ensuring that members of our user community with disabilities have equal access to our services and resources and that their dignity and independence is always respected. If you encounter a barrier and/or need an alternate format, please fill out our Library Print and Multimedia Alternate-Format Request Form. Contact us if you’d like to provide feedback: lib.a11y@uoguelph.ca