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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1920-1921

Theobald Toby Barrett 1920 Diary 57.pdf

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Dad. put down the dining room carpet for Enah first thing this morning and then took Belle out and cultivated corn till noon.
 
Dad. put down the dining room carpet for Enah first thing this morning and then took Belle out and cultivated corn till noon.
  
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It looked so dark and rainy that we didn't get the teamm in to plow corn ground as he had inteneded. I hoed potatoes in the garden till nearly noon and then had to go back to ;ut the cattle out of the back field. It sorinkled two or three times but didn't ammount to much. dad. and i cultivated and hoed after dinner till about theree o'clock when we saw a terrible storm coming up from the north so we wet to the house. The storm rolled up prett y quickly and when it broke it was a fierce one and lasted till nearly six o'clock. It let up at intervals and in one of these Dad Dad. went after Tid. I priainted a show card ledssson. I went down town to-night with Cliff Lown who came in after tea with the cream can. It was raining agian when I started for hime so I stayed at Aunty's
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It looked so dark and rainy that we didn't get the team in to plow corn ground as we had intended. I hoed potatoes in the garden till nearly noon and then had to go back to put the cattle out of the back field. It sprinkled two or three times but didn't ammount to much. Dad. and I cultivated and hoed after dinner till about three o'clock when we saw a terrible storm coming up from the north so we went to the house. The storm rolled up pretty quickly and when it broke it was a fierce one and lasted till nearly six o'clock. It let up at intervals and in one of these Dad Dad. went after Tid. I painted a show card lesson. I went down town to-night with Cliff Lown who came in after tea with the cream can. It was raining again when I started for home so I stayed at Aunty's
  
 
Wednesday June 16th
 
Wednesday June 16th

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Tuesday June 15th

Dad. put down the dining room carpet for Enah first thing this morning and then took Belle out and cultivated corn till noon.

It looked so dark and rainy that we didn't get the team in to plow corn ground as we had intended. I hoed potatoes in the garden till nearly noon and then had to go back to put the cattle out of the back field. It sprinkled two or three times but didn't ammount to much. Dad. and I cultivated and hoed after dinner till about three o'clock when we saw a terrible storm coming up from the north so we went to the house. The storm rolled up pretty quickly and when it broke it was a fierce one and lasted till nearly six o'clock. It let up at intervals and in one of these Dad Dad. went after Tid. I painted a show card lesson. I went down town to-night with Cliff Lown who came in after tea with the cream can. It was raining again when I started for home so I stayed at Aunty's

Wednesday June 16th

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