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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1921
Theobald Toby Barrett 1921 Diary 109.pdf
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<td>Matthew Hodge sheared the sheep. Wm. Walker fenced plum orchard</td> | <td>Matthew Hodge sheared the sheep. Wm. Walker fenced plum orchard</td> | ||
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| + | <td>Tue June 11</td> | ||
| + | <td>St. John's church burned this after noon</td> | ||
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| + | <td>Fri. " 14</td> | ||
| + | <td>Drilled corn. Cattle broke out. Dick & I pursued them.</td> | ||
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| + | <td>Wed. " 19</td> | ||
| + | <td>Dad and I do statute labour</td> | ||
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| + | <td>Tues " 28</td> | ||
| + | <td>We spud thistles in corner field. Enah has a ride in Martins auto</td> | ||
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| + | <td>Mon July 1</td> | ||
| + | <td>Started haying. U.S. training ship Wolverine in harbour. John Gordons "City of Port Dover" big attraction. Blakey here to start work</td> | ||
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| Wed. Nov 1 | Bill Cruise's sale. |
| Fri. Sat Nov 3&4 | Threshed buckwheat & alsike & oats. 70 bus bw, 4 bus. alsike @ $10. |
| Sun. " 5 | Church reopened. Pulpit. lectern & prayer desk dedicated to Bishop Baldwin. Mr. Skey & Fa. respectively |
| Wed. " 15 | Snowed enough for bob sleighs. Cold. |
| Thurs. " 16 | Mickey Low was run over by freight train took leg off. |
| Mon. " 27 | Bought 4 ewe lambs from Carpenter for $6.00 apiece |
| Mon. Dec 11 | A son born to the Emery McPherson's (Arthur I think) |
| Fri Dec 29 | Mrs. Jim Allen's funeral. |
| Sat. " 30 | Went skating in the gully & found dandelions in bloom on a bank with south exposure. |
| 1912 | |
| Mon. Jan 1. | Vyse elected reeve and New School by-law carried. |
| Wed. " 10 | Ice cutting on pond started. Trains blocked. My knee bad for week |
| Sat. " 13 | 22° below zero at 8 A.M. |
| Sat. " 20 | We hear spooks at the kitchen window |
| Fri. " 26 | We finish chicken pen. Bruce Dell & Alma Ellis married last night. |
| Sat. Feb 3 | We get new milk cow & calf from Blaikie for $50.00 (Mully & June) |
| Mon " 5 | Coldest winter in 50 years. Froze 5 inches in harbour since Sat. |
| Sun. " 18 | Mrs. Dunbar buried. Mr. Symington died of lockjaw to-day |
| Wed. " 21 | We all went to the Quanbury's for tea. Charlie bound for Ft. William |
| Fri. March 1 | Farewell address & presentation to Mr. Liddy. |
| Tue. " 19 | Walt Steele asked me to take a bass horn in the band. |
| Thurs. " 21 | Blaikey's sale. Frank had never seen an auction sale |
| Fri. " 22 | We shovel out the cut on the side road. I get the horn. Dick a clarionet |
| Thurs. Mar 28. | Aunty sold the back lot to the Gas Co. to drill on |
| Fri. April 5 | Good Friday. I saw & heard robins & frogs for first time. |
| Sun. " 7 | Cold easter. Turkey & Goose each lay first egg. |
| Mon. " 15 | Primus the first lamb born. - 16 - Titanic disaster. |
| Thurs. " 18 | Quint went on Vigilant to-night. Huby opposed to him starting on Friday. |
| Tues. " 23 | Roy married to-night. |
| Thurs. " 25 | Worked up the garden. |
| Sun. " 28. | Went to Pete Boughner's for ringworm cure. Ed. Moon going to the Falls - Clifton House |
| Fri. May 3. | Started seeding - Roy & Vernon here. |
| Sun. " 5 | Swallows came down Cousin Bessie's chimney into room where Tiny was sick and covered the room with soot. |
| Wed. " 8. | Turned out cows calves & colts. |
| Sat. " 18 | Ivey had a big gang setting out cherry trees. |
| Thurs. " 23 | Queen born |
| Peg-leg Hawn died. Ray Quanbury born | |
| Mon 27 - Wed 29 | Dick & Dad try their hands at diary writing. Neighbors help us sow corner field |
| Fri. " 31 | Matthew Hodge sheared the sheep. Wm. Walker fenced plum orchard |
| Tue June 11 | St. John's church burned this after noon |
| Fri. " 14 | Drilled corn. Cattle broke out. Dick & I pursued them. |
| Wed. " 19 | Dad and I do statute labour |
| Tues " 28 | We spud thistles in corner field. Enah has a ride in Martins auto |
| Mon July 1 | Started haying. U.S. training ship Wolverine in harbour. John Gordons "City of Port Dover" big attraction. Blakey here to start work |
