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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1915
Toby Barrett 1915 Diary 141.pdf
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| − | Dad. got a good day in plowing to-day but didn't quite finish the oat stubble. I spent most of the morning tidying up the rubbish between the wood shed and the shop and cleaned the windows and swept down the cobwebs in the <s>cow</s> horse stable. This after noon I chopped down the rest of the cherry trees which were along the plum orchard fence and started to get a trench dug for my hedge Holly Bush came in to-night to get a loaf of bread. He brought Enah over a sack of flour the other day to have her bake a loaf or two of bread a week. Very windy and cold all day. It snowed a little and is freezing hard to-night. | + | Dad. got a good day in plowing to-day but didn't quite finish the oat stubble. I spent most of the morning tidying up the rubbish between the wood shed and the shop and cleaned the windows and swept down the cobwebs in the <s>cow</s> horse stable. This after noon I chopped down the rest of the cherry trees which were along the plum orchard fence and started to get a trench dug for my hedge. Holly Bush came in to-night to get a loaf of bread. He brought Enah over a sack of flour the other day to have her bake a loaf or two of bread a week. Very windy and cold all day. It snowed a little and is freezing hard to-night. |
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<s>Tuesday</s> Wednesday November 17th | <s>Tuesday</s> Wednesday November 17th | ||
| − | Quint came over with Dick last night to stay | + | Quint came over with Dick last night to stay awhile so he Frank and I picked up a few more apples and took them up to Walker Waddle's for cider. Dad. drove down in the buggy and got two of the kegs from down at Aunty's for us to take up as he didn't want us to drive way down around that way. We didn't get back till after one o'clock. We didn't have quite enough apples we filled the two ten gallon kegs and put about thirty in the barrell, we came back by town and left a keg at Huby's and one at Aunty's. Dad. drove Aunty up to the cemetry this morning and had to go over to Tupper's to thrash this after noon. Aunty stayed here to dinner and I drove her back this after noon, when |
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Said. Davis, May Perry & Gladys Fischer came over with her after church. It has been cloudy and cold all day.
Monday November 15th
Dad. got a good day in plowing to-day but didn't quite finish the oat stubble. I spent most of the morning tidying up the rubbish between the wood shed and the shop and cleaned the windows and swept down the cobwebs in the cow horse stable. This after noon I chopped down the rest of the cherry trees which were along the plum orchard fence and started to get a trench dug for my hedge. Holly Bush came in to-night to get a loaf of bread. He brought Enah over a sack of flour the other day to have her bake a loaf or two of bread a week. Very windy and cold all day. It snowed a little and is freezing hard to-night.
Tuesday November 16th
This morning as it was pretty cold I got Dad. to help me move the colony house It took quite awhile to get it on the skids but once it was loaded it slid along in fine shape. We put it in the yard where we set out the raspberries. Dad. went right back and plowed when we got it over and has plowed all after noon. He finished the oat stubble and got started to plow in the weeds. I separated the chickens put the pullets in where the cockrels were as that is to be their winter quarters, put the cockrels in where the old hens were and put the old hens in the colony house. I then ran the wagon out of the shed and started to pick up some apples off the ground in the orchard for cider. I picked all the after noon but didn't get the wagon box full. It was milder to-night but was snowing quite hard about dark.
Tuesday Wednesday November 17th
Quint came over with Dick last night to stay awhile so he Frank and I picked up a few more apples and took them up to Walker Waddle's for cider. Dad. drove down in the buggy and got two of the kegs from down at Aunty's for us to take up as he didn't want us to drive way down around that way. We didn't get back till after one o'clock. We didn't have quite enough apples we filled the two ten gallon kegs and put about thirty in the barrell, we came back by town and left a keg at Huby's and one at Aunty's. Dad. drove Aunty up to the cemetry this morning and had to go over to Tupper's to thrash this after noon. Aunty stayed here to dinner and I drove her back this after noon, when
