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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1918
Theobald Toby Barrett 1918 Diary 131.pdf
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Tuesday October 29<u>th</u> | Tuesday October 29<u>th</u> | ||
| − | Dad. finished plowing his field to-day but did not get a full day in as he was pretty tired after sitting up all night with Frank Awde. He didn't get home till day light. Frank went down town Flemmings and they finished thrashing about four o'clock. I didn't go as Mr. Flemming said yesterday he didn't ex pect us both but Frank said they could have used me early in | + | Dad. finished plowing his field to-day but did not get a full day in as he was pretty tired after sitting up all night with Frank Awde. He didn't get home till day light. Frank went down town Flemmings and they finished thrashing about four o'clock. I didn't go as Mr. Flemming said yesterday he didn't ex pect us both but Frank said they could have used me early in the day. I didn't chores and picked apples all day but didn't get in a very long day at the job. Fine day. |
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| + | Wednesday October 30<u>th</u> | ||
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| + | Frank and I picked apples all day and got all the Spy's picked and a lot of the {name?} or Vande veers as John's man called them the other day. Dad. started to plow the side hill across the gully to-day. We want if we possibly can to get it seeded down wiwth Alfalfa next year. It began to rain about four o'clock and drizzle all evening. I went down town to-night and intended to stay all night but when I got to Aunty's they told me that Neff had been down and wanted me to go to Guelph with him to-morrow. He had telephoned Tige before and wanted me to go but I told him I couldn't, but when he came down and went over to the farm Dad. saidI could go so he came all the way down to Aunty's to tell me. As it had cleared off a little I went home for the night. Cloudy and rain. | ||
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| + | Thursday October 31<u>st</u> | ||
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| + | Tige M<u>c</u>Bride was down before break fast this | ||
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and rained all morning. We hung around down there for an hour or so and then Tupper brought us home in his car we went down town with him first to get some g asoline. Frank spent most of the morning cleaning up root seed. and I cleaned harness. This after noon I went down town to get him mooth fixed as the filling came out of it yester day. I got my hair cut and went down town tip's to get a suit and a hat. I brought them back on approval. Young Earl Awde came over this after noon to ask someone to go down and stay all night to-night so Dad. went down. There is great conster nation in town over the news which arrived this morning of Billy Faulkner's death. He died in England but no one knows what of but suppose it was the Flu. He just enlisted a little while ago.
Tuesday October 29th
Dad. finished plowing his field to-day but did not get a full day in as he was pretty tired after sitting up all night with Frank Awde. He didn't get home till day light. Frank went down town Flemmings and they finished thrashing about four o'clock. I didn't go as Mr. Flemming said yesterday he didn't ex pect us both but Frank said they could have used me early in the day. I didn't chores and picked apples all day but didn't get in a very long day at the job. Fine day.
Wednesday October 30th
Frank and I picked apples all day and got all the Spy's picked and a lot of the {name?} or Vande veers as John's man called them the other day. Dad. started to plow the side hill across the gully to-day. We want if we possibly can to get it seeded down wiwth Alfalfa next year. It began to rain about four o'clock and drizzle all evening. I went down town to-night and intended to stay all night but when I got to Aunty's they told me that Neff had been down and wanted me to go to Guelph with him to-morrow. He had telephoned Tige before and wanted me to go but I told him I couldn't, but when he came down and went over to the farm Dad. saidI could go so he came all the way down to Aunty's to tell me. As it had cleared off a little I went home for the night. Cloudy and rain.
Thursday October 31st
Tige McBride was down before break fast this
