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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1925

Theobald Toby Barrett 1925 Diary 129.pdf

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{Wednes}day October 28th
 
{Wednes}day October 28th
  
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{It beg?}an to snow about day break this morning and and {word obscured} up til afternoon. It then lartly cleared up but {word obscured} cold and is freezinf hard to-nigjt. The landscape {word obscured} a wintry aspect with all the beauty of fresh snow {word obscured} trees with th4e added colouring of red green {word obscured} brown oak & beech leaves and a few yellow maples {word obscured} have not dropped yet; which with the after noon sun {word obscured} on and through it gave a picturesque effect that {word obscured}description. I soent the whole day cleaning and {word obscured} the storm wimdows. I took them down cella rto do {word obscured} McDomald was in to0ngijht to see if the rtoadcheques
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{It beg?}an to snow about day break this morning and {word obscured} up till after noon. It then partly cleared up but {word obscured} cold and is freezing hard to-night. The landscape {word obscured} a wintry aspect with all the beauty of fresh snow {word obscured} trees with the added colouring of the red green {word obscured} brown oak & beech leaves and a few yellow maples {word obscured} have not dropped yet; which with the after noon sun {word obscured} on and through it gave a picturesque effect that {word obscured} description. I spent the whole day cleaning and {word obscured} the storm windows. I took them down cellar to do. {word obscured} McDonald was in to-night to see if the road cheques

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{Tuesd}ay October 27th

{Trum?} Walker came in this morning to ask me if I {word obscured} {thrash?} for him to-day if he needed me. I told {word obscured} so young John came in to tell me to go over {word obscured} and Trum told me he had told George {word obscured} to tell me not to come so I came home again {word obscured} apples the rest of the day and got all my {word obscured}{p}icked about 12 bushels tree-run and some {word obscured} and some nice looking apples that {I don't?} {k}now the name of. Fine day but cool wind.

{Wednes}day October 28th

{It beg?}an to snow about day break this morning and {word obscured} up till after noon. It then partly cleared up but {word obscured} cold and is freezing hard to-night. The landscape {word obscured} a wintry aspect with all the beauty of fresh snow {word obscured} trees with the added colouring of the red green {word obscured} brown oak & beech leaves and a few yellow maples {word obscured} have not dropped yet; which with the after noon sun {word obscured} on and through it gave a picturesque effect that {word obscured} description. I spent the whole day cleaning and {word obscured} the storm windows. I took them down cellar to do. {word obscured} McDonald was in to-night to see if the road cheques

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