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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1915
Toby Barrett 1915 Diary 93.pdf
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| − | Huby came over first thing and mowed away or hoed in the garden. Dad. & I hauled | + | Huby came over first thing and mowed away or hoed in the garden. Dad. & I hauled in two loads this morning but as he & Huby went to John R's funeral this after noon we had to quit on time. Dad. went with the Masons. In the after noon Frank & I hauled in two loads, we cleaned up the field east of the orchard and got one load off the other field. When Dad. got home he & I got in another load. After tea I walked down town and got my hair cut. It rained a little. Haib died yesterday he has been sick about a month and was only twenty eight years old. The then Dyers kids (boys) were over here picking wild raspberries in the woods all day, they are thick back there Dad. & Frank got up at half past three this morning and went back and picked a lot. Wednesday I got up before five and got fixed up and went down to see Marj. off. She & Mrs. Bagley left for Toronto and from there up the lakes. It was too wet to haul all morning so Dad. & Frank cultivated the garden and the raspberries I didn't do much but hoe a little We put off the load that was on the barn floor before dinner and this after noon Dad. & I got in three more, we were going out after the fourth when it commenced to rain. It had been raining all around us all the after noon and we got a piece of it at night. It rained pretty hard for about an hour. I went back after the cows and got soaked. Aleta McBride was over all morning picking cherries. This morning Thursday, Dad. & Enah & Tid. have been out all morning canvassing the country for names to go on Huby's petition for the custom's office. Dad. got about a dozen nearly all the ones he saw were very anxious to sign it as they all think the job belongs to Huby A lot of them had signed Huby's in town. Mr. McPherson was the only one who didn't sign and he said he was very sorry but he had another man in view. The other man was aparently Wilson as they saw him on their way out and he told them that he had applied for the job but when he saw Huby's petition last night he put his name on it. Huby and Sandy Leitch were over after dinner in the latter's car and Huby had a paper three feet long filled with two columns of names. He had over 200 to-night. Frank mowed all morning the field north of the old garden he finished it soon after dinner. I cut the lawn this morning. Aleta McBride was over and picked the rest of the cherries. After dinner Dad. went out and turned out a lot more hay and about four we hauled in a load. Then we went out and cocked it all up again |
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Huby came over first thing and mowed away or hoed in the garden. Dad. & I hauled in two loads this morning but as he & Huby went to John R's funeral this after noon we had to quit on time. Dad. went with the Masons. In the after noon Frank & I hauled in two loads, we cleaned up the field east of the orchard and got one load off the other field. When Dad. got home he & I got in another load. After tea I walked down town and got my hair cut. It rained a little. Haib died yesterday he has been sick about a month and was only twenty eight years old. The then Dyers kids (boys) were over here picking wild raspberries in the woods all day, they are thick back there Dad. & Frank got up at half past three this morning and went back and picked a lot. Wednesday I got up before five and got fixed up and went down to see Marj. off. She & Mrs. Bagley left for Toronto and from there up the lakes. It was too wet to haul all morning so Dad. & Frank cultivated the garden and the raspberries I didn't do much but hoe a little We put off the load that was on the barn floor before dinner and this after noon Dad. & I got in three more, we were going out after the fourth when it commenced to rain. It had been raining all around us all the after noon and we got a piece of it at night. It rained pretty hard for about an hour. I went back after the cows and got soaked. Aleta McBride was over all morning picking cherries. This morning Thursday, Dad. & Enah & Tid. have been out all morning canvassing the country for names to go on Huby's petition for the custom's office. Dad. got about a dozen nearly all the ones he saw were very anxious to sign it as they all think the job belongs to Huby A lot of them had signed Huby's in town. Mr. McPherson was the only one who didn't sign and he said he was very sorry but he had another man in view. The other man was aparently Wilson as they saw him on their way out and he told them that he had applied for the job but when he saw Huby's petition last night he put his name on it. Huby and Sandy Leitch were over after dinner in the latter's car and Huby had a paper three feet long filled with two columns of names. He had over 200 to-night. Frank mowed all morning the field north of the old garden he finished it soon after dinner. I cut the lawn this morning. Aleta McBride was over and picked the rest of the cherries. After dinner Dad. went out and turned out a lot more hay and about four we hauled in a load. Then we went out and cocked it all up again
