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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1915
Toby Barrett 1915 Diary 123.pdf
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| − | Dad. got in a pretty good day's plowing to-day across the gully, this morning I sawed some wood oiled the | + | Dad. got in a pretty good day's plowing to-day across the gully, this morning I sawed some wood oiled the buggy and did a few chores while Frank husked five shocks of corn and went down and got some flour. This afternoon I went nutting with Essie & Marj. We went way up the front road above Port Ryerse and got a few hickory nuts, a few chestnuts and quite a lot of wallnuts. The chestnuts are hardly ripe yet although some of the burrs are wide open. We would have got more on Farr's place but the trees were so close to the barns that we didn't dare make much noise clubbing and across the road on Smythe's place we thought we saw some of them coming after us so didn't take time to gather as many as we might have. |
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Friday October 8th
Dad. & I hauled manure all day to-day and got out twelve loads we want to get the yard cleaned up as soon as possible so that we can thrash when the machine comes down here again to thrash out Art. Ryersie. Between loads I got a couple of holes dug to set the posts for a grapevine trellis east of the house but I didn't feel very well after the first load or two so didn't do much. Mrs. Millman was over this after noon for a little while, she expected Paw. Orm, and a Mr. Brown some freind of Orm's up to-night. Aunty Alice was over to dinner and bought a couple of young cockrels from me I killed them to-night & Dad. plucked them but didn't clean them they weighed 8 1/2 lbs uncleaned and she gave me 18 cts a lb. which is the same price as at Coleman's. Colin Ryerse rode in for a little while too. Art & George have gone off to the Caledonia fair so Colin is taking things easy Mrs. Millman told us that Roy. Vernon & Rebecca landed in down at Aunty's for dinner, so to-night I took Enah down to choir practice and after making a few calls one of which was to get Roy's suitcases at the station I went down there and waited for Enah, all the Woodson family & Cousins Bessy & Harry Ansley were there Jean Marks came up with them this morning. There has been a cold wind all day and is cold to-night.
Saturday October 9th
Dad. got in a pretty good day's plowing to-day across the gully, this morning I sawed some wood oiled the buggy and did a few chores while Frank husked five shocks of corn and went down and got some flour. This afternoon I went nutting with Essie & Marj. We went way up the front road above Port Ryerse and got a few hickory nuts, a few chestnuts and quite a lot of wallnuts. The chestnuts are hardly ripe yet although some of the burrs are wide open. We would have got more on Farr's place but the trees were so close to the barns that we didn't dare make much noise clubbing and across the road on Smythe's place we thought we saw some of them coming after us so didn't take time to gather as many as we might have.
