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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1917
Theobald Toby Barrett 1917 Diary 26.pdf
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| − | We started to chop open the big barn doors going into the barnyard this morning so that we could get in with the sleigh to haul out the manure that was in Johns pen but when we got the doors opened we were interupted by Tommy Jackson who brought over his mare, the same one that Lorne had over last year, to have her teeth filed down. | + | We started to chop open the big barn doors going into the barnyard this morning so that we could get in with the sleigh to haul out the manure that was in Johns pen but when we got the doors opened we were interupted by Tommy Jackson who brought over his mare, the same one that Lorne had over last year, to have her teeth filed down. She was a very mean brute to handle and took all {illegible} of us She struck Dad. once in the head with her head and hurt his nose quite badly. Tommy thought our flock of sheep was improving in type. This after noon we loaded on the manure and Frank and I took it down to Aunty Alice's. When we got back Dad. & Frank put what little there was left in the pen on the sleigh and Dad. and I took it out to the old garden. We also hauled the hay for the horse stable and cows over with the Sleighs. Froze hard last night but sunny & mild to-day. |
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| − | She was a very mean brute to handle and took all {illegible} of us She struck Dad. once in the head with her head and hurt his nose quite badly. | ||
Wednesday March 7th | Wednesday March 7th | ||
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Tuesday March 6th
We started to chop open the big barn doors going into the barnyard this morning so that we could get in with the sleigh to haul out the manure that was in Johns pen but when we got the doors opened we were interupted by Tommy Jackson who brought over his mare, the same one that Lorne had over last year, to have her teeth filed down. She was a very mean brute to handle and took all {illegible} of us She struck Dad. once in the head with her head and hurt his nose quite badly. Tommy thought our flock of sheep was improving in type. This after noon we loaded on the manure and Frank and I took it down to Aunty Alice's. When we got back Dad. & Frank put what little there was left in the pen on the sleigh and Dad. and I took it out to the old garden. We also hauled the hay for the horse stable and cows over with the Sleighs. Froze hard last night but sunny & mild to-day.
Wednesday March 7th
