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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1925
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He had just heard from George Barret in California who said that he knew Dad. was the man they were after and hoped he would get a good fat slice of turkey out of it as he deserved it and he guessed he needed it. He told them about the time Uncle Joe married his sister and they all went up to Farm Leigh and celebrated for two days and three nights, but that was in the days when the best rye whiskey could be bought for 25 cts a gallon. We had dinner at the hotel in Port Rowan on Mr. Park's treat and then went to see Miss Wood and Mr. Jackson, who both remembered the old family well and were quite willing to make affadavits. Miss Wood also had the old church records kept by her father and his old diarys which told of several of the deaths, marriages and the christenings of Aunt Louisa's children. I think Mr. Parks considered it a very satisfactory trip. He will have to go up again when he gets his affadavits draughted out properly to haver them swear to them. We got back to the farm about six and Harry B and I came right home. Frank had gone down at noon and met Azadouhy and taken her out but I found her in a very worried mood. When she arrived home on Saturday, she found they had been threatening to arrest her step-father because he wasn't working on a farm and her brother was out of work too. She is bound to go back to-morrow to "explain" to her mother. I think she had an idea that Shands would give her father a job but they don't want him. Marj. got Mabel to drive her over to Tuppers after four to ask him but he didn't like the idea of a foreigner around. I went up to Shand's after tea and called up Carter and he said he would see Bramhill in the morning and that he was sure the fellow could get work. Azadouhy brought a lot of postcards of Constantinople which she showed us to-night. She said "Oh! dear, I do like that place." I asked her why her step-father ever left there if he liked it, and she said "He like it there, but oh the Turk her fight all the time. North east wind and much cooler to-day. | He had just heard from George Barret in California who said that he knew Dad. was the man they were after and hoped he would get a good fat slice of turkey out of it as he deserved it and he guessed he needed it. He told them about the time Uncle Joe married his sister and they all went up to Farm Leigh and celebrated for two days and three nights, but that was in the days when the best rye whiskey could be bought for 25 cts a gallon. We had dinner at the hotel in Port Rowan on Mr. Park's treat and then went to see Miss Wood and Mr. Jackson, who both remembered the old family well and were quite willing to make affadavits. Miss Wood also had the old church records kept by her father and his old diarys which told of several of the deaths, marriages and the christenings of Aunt Louisa's children. I think Mr. Parks considered it a very satisfactory trip. He will have to go up again when he gets his affadavits draughted out properly to haver them swear to them. We got back to the farm about six and Harry B and I came right home. Frank had gone down at noon and met Azadouhy and taken her out but I found her in a very worried mood. When she arrived home on Saturday, she found they had been threatening to arrest her step-father because he wasn't working on a farm and her brother was out of work too. She is bound to go back to-morrow to "explain" to her mother. I think she had an idea that Shands would give her father a job but they don't want him. Marj. got Mabel to drive her over to Tuppers after four to ask him but he didn't like the idea of a foreigner around. I went up to Shand's after tea and called up Carter and he said he would see Bramhill in the morning and that he was sure the fellow could get work. Azadouhy brought a lot of postcards of Constantinople which she showed us to-night. She said "Oh! dear, I do like that place." I asked her why her step-father ever left there if he liked it, and she said "He like it there, but oh the Turk her fight all the time. North east wind and much cooler to-day. | ||
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He had just heard from George Barret in California who said that he knew Dad. was the man they were after and hoped he would get a good fat slice of turkey out of it as he deserved it and he guessed he needed it. He told them about the time Uncle Joe married his sister and they all went up to Farm Leigh and celebrated for two days and three nights, but that was in the days when the best rye whiskey could be bought for 25 cts a gallon. We had dinner at the hotel in Port Rowan on Mr. Park's treat and then went to see Miss Wood and Mr. Jackson, who both remembered the old family well and were quite willing to make affadavits. Miss Wood also had the old church records kept by her father and his old diarys which told of several of the deaths, marriages and the christenings of Aunt Louisa's children. I think Mr. Parks considered it a very satisfactory trip. He will have to go up again when he gets his affadavits draughted out properly to haver them swear to them. We got back to the farm about six and Harry B and I came right home. Frank had gone down at noon and met Azadouhy and taken her out but I found her in a very worried mood. When she arrived home on Saturday, she found they had been threatening to arrest her step-father because he wasn't working on a farm and her brother was out of work too. She is bound to go back to-morrow to "explain" to her mother. I think she had an idea that Shands would give her father a job but they don't want him. Marj. got Mabel to drive her over to Tuppers after four to ask him but he didn't like the idea of a foreigner around. I went up to Shand's after tea and called up Carter and he said he would see Bramhill in the morning and that he was sure the fellow could get work. Azadouhy brought a lot of postcards of Constantinople which she showed us to-night. She said "Oh! dear, I do like that place." I asked her why her step-father ever left there if he liked it, and she said "He like it there, but oh the Turk her fight all the time. North east wind and much cooler to-day.
Tuesday April 28th
