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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1919
Theobald Toby Barrett 1919 Diary 125.pdf
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Dad. went over to Tupper's this morning and has been over there all day thrashing. Frank and I left for Simcoe first thing this morning and took the seed up. Frank stayed up there with it and had it cleaned but I came back with the team and got home about noon. I spent the after noon doing chores and put a few more shingles on the chicken house roof. Frank didn't get home till after dark. He got a check for about $2.40 for the alsike and there is about a bushel of red seed up there which they cleaned out but which they wouldn't buy on account of the dock seed in it, but as it is easy to get out of the field we thought we would sow it and sell a bushel of our red seed. Frank went down to-night to hear Cridland. Fine day rather cloudy. | Dad. went over to Tupper's this morning and has been over there all day thrashing. Frank and I left for Simcoe first thing this morning and took the seed up. Frank stayed up there with it and had it cleaned but I came back with the team and got home about noon. I spent the after noon doing chores and put a few more shingles on the chicken house roof. Frank didn't get home till after dark. He got a check for about $2.40 for the alsike and there is about a bushel of red seed up there which they cleaned out but which they wouldn't buy on account of the dock seed in it, but as it is easy to get out of the field we thought we would sow it and sell a bushel of our red seed. Frank went down to-night to hear Cridland. Fine day rather cloudy. | ||
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| + | I have been all day killing my crate of. {illegible} cockrels. I killed and picked rthe thirteen of them and finished soon after four. Dad. and Enah helped me take out the pin "feathers." I had to change all my apparel when i got through Frank was all morning fixing up the fence along Iveys line and the front field and we put the rams in there & the ewes over in the orchard and field east of it as the rams got sos that they wouldn't stay in there at all and this morning the homliest one of the n=bunch was in with the ewes. Dad. ckleane dout ditches this morning. This after noon Frank went down to the dentist's and up creek after school and didn't het home till about seven o'clock. I went down town to-ngijht. Pratt had a meting to-night at which Dr Annie Backhouse spoke, she was at Auntie's for tea.It is wonderful and sad a way acrook and liar like Pratt is known to be can wheedle public semntiment into thinking he is an hionest man and worthy to be their representative in the House. Alan Tibbitts was over this morning to say good-bye, for he is over this morning leaving for Fort Francis this after noon to get there in time to vote. It has been a beautiful day. | ||
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The paper to-day reports the wonderful recovery of two littlle girls in the Chicago hospital who were poisoned about two weeks ago by their crazy mother with bichloride of mercury. On Saturday Dr. Carter the specialist who has been working with them said there was no hope whatever for the eldest girl but to-day says that a real miracle has been performed and that they both will recover.
Tuesday October 14th
Dad. went over to Tupper's this morning and has been over there all day thrashing. Frank and I left for Simcoe first thing this morning and took the seed up. Frank stayed up there with it and had it cleaned but I came back with the team and got home about noon. I spent the after noon doing chores and put a few more shingles on the chicken house roof. Frank didn't get home till after dark. He got a check for about $2.40 for the alsike and there is about a bushel of red seed up there which they cleaned out but which they wouldn't buy on account of the dock seed in it, but as it is easy to get out of the field we thought we would sow it and sell a bushel of our red seed. Frank went down to-night to hear Cridland. Fine day rather cloudy.
Wednesday October 14th
I have been all day killing my crate of. {illegible} cockrels. I killed and picked rthe thirteen of them and finished soon after four. Dad. and Enah helped me take out the pin "feathers." I had to change all my apparel when i got through Frank was all morning fixing up the fence along Iveys line and the front field and we put the rams in there & the ewes over in the orchard and field east of it as the rams got sos that they wouldn't stay in there at all and this morning the homliest one of the n=bunch was in with the ewes. Dad. ckleane dout ditches this morning. This after noon Frank went down to the dentist's and up creek after school and didn't het home till about seven o'clock. I went down town to-ngijht. Pratt had a meting to-night at which Dr Annie Backhouse spoke, she was at Auntie's for tea.It is wonderful and sad a way acrook and liar like Pratt is known to be can wheedle public semntiment into thinking he is an hionest man and worthy to be their representative in the House. Alan Tibbitts was over this morning to say good-bye, for he is over this morning leaving for Fort Francis this after noon to get there in time to vote. It has been a beautiful day.
