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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1916
Theobald Toby Barrett 1916 Diary 43.pdf
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| + | This morning we took a load of Aunt Ida's stuff that we brought from Port Rowan down with us, down to her, and it was noon when we left there as we were late getting started, we stopped in at Quanbury's on our way home and took their rack off and put on our own waggon box which has been there since the first trip to Port Rowan. Just as we got through dinner who should come along but Mr. Blaikie so he was here all the after noon and part of the evening but wouldnt stay all night, he came up to Alfred's on Tuesday, he was more than loaded with conversation and entertained us with his experiences in the peach country. We just did chores and visited with him all day although we should have gone to the mill. Blaikie wants us to take some of his boxes down to the train to-morrow as he is going to take some to Hamilton He is tired of the city and knocking around and says he is going to have a little place of his own before next winter. Frank went down town to tea to-night at Aunty's. Dad. was to have gone and gone to a meeting of the Mr. Smith reunion committee but as Blaikie was here and he didn't have the names all out he didn't go. Quint was to have come home to-night but didn't arrive. Aunty Alice intends to go to Toronto on Saturday to stay with Roy for a week. Vernon has been up in Brantford with Miss. Very sunny but raw wind. | ||
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and just charged two dollars. Cloudy & cold east wind.
Wednesday March 15th
This has been a very rough day high cold east wind and snow I drove the boys down this morning and went down and shovelled Aunty's snow, they were just getting up when I got there so I had some breakfast with them as I was cold. I didn't do much the rest of the day but sat around and read or sleep. I put a new wick in the incubator lamp and lit it but I wont put the eggs in till it gets going all right. Dad & Enah have been working most of the day and all evening at getting the names out of Mr. Smith's old registers that Huby sent over, they were at it last evening too. To-night I went down to see Marj. The wind had gone down and it was a lovely moonlight night but cold.
Thursday March 16th
This morning we took a load of Aunt Ida's stuff that we brought from Port Rowan down with us, down to her, and it was noon when we left there as we were late getting started, we stopped in at Quanbury's on our way home and took their rack off and put on our own waggon box which has been there since the first trip to Port Rowan. Just as we got through dinner who should come along but Mr. Blaikie so he was here all the after noon and part of the evening but wouldnt stay all night, he came up to Alfred's on Tuesday, he was more than loaded with conversation and entertained us with his experiences in the peach country. We just did chores and visited with him all day although we should have gone to the mill. Blaikie wants us to take some of his boxes down to the train to-morrow as he is going to take some to Hamilton He is tired of the city and knocking around and says he is going to have a little place of his own before next winter. Frank went down town to tea to-night at Aunty's. Dad. was to have gone and gone to a meeting of the Mr. Smith reunion committee but as Blaikie was here and he didn't have the names all out he didn't go. Quint was to have come home to-night but didn't arrive. Aunty Alice intends to go to Toronto on Saturday to stay with Roy for a week. Vernon has been up in Brantford with Miss. Very sunny but raw wind.
