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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1925-1926
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It snowed five or six inches during the night but didn't freeze hard enough beneath it to make sleighing. I went over to the school house in good time and shovelled the snow and waited till after eight to see if Art. Quanbury came along to work at the bridge, but as he didn't I decided he thought the weather too bad and so I came home and made a storm door for the porch. | It snowed five or six inches during the night but didn't freeze hard enough beneath it to make sleighing. I went over to the school house in good time and shovelled the snow and waited till after eight to see if Art. Quanbury came along to work at the bridge, but as he didn't I decided he thought the weather too bad and so I came home and made a storm door for the porch. | ||
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| + | This after noon I drove down town and settled up at the Canning Factory. My corn & peas to-gether ammonted to $110.99 but by the time seed and a load of silage I got last winter was deducted my cheque was $89.64. I went up town and paid my taxes and got some condensed milk and some hinges & latches for the new storm doors also a pane of glass to out in the one on the porch. I was in at Billy Lanf=gs for over an hour as old Billy was in a talkative mood, so by the time I sy=toppe din at Aunty's & the farm it was dark when I got home. | ||
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not have thought that his good sense would have let it carry him so far. I haven't the least doubt about his honesty nor has Robb I think but he has one of these machines for measuring gasoline and it may be out of kilter. It is too bad to have a thing like that mar the peaceful & neighborly relations of the Marburg community, especially just before Christmas. I didn't do much this afternoon but let a little more water off the cornfield when it stopped raining. Very mild
Sunday December 6th
It has been a very disagreeable day. Cloudy, windy and wet. We were very late getting up and had breakfast between nine and ten so didn't have any dinner at least not at noon. I sat around the house after I got the chores done till about two o'clock and then I walked over to the farm for awhile. Dad. and Tim were the only ones home. I came back about four and did the chores up before dark and about six we had a chicken dinner
Monday December 7th
It snowed five or six inches during the night but didn't freeze hard enough beneath it to make sleighing. I went over to the school house in good time and shovelled the snow and waited till after eight to see if Art. Quanbury came along to work at the bridge, but as he didn't I decided he thought the weather too bad and so I came home and made a storm door for the porch.
This after noon I drove down town and settled up at the Canning Factory. My corn & peas to-gether ammonted to $110.99 but by the time seed and a load of silage I got last winter was deducted my cheque was $89.64. I went up town and paid my taxes and got some condensed milk and some hinges & latches for the new storm doors also a pane of glass to out in the one on the porch. I was in at Billy Lanf=gs for over an hour as old Billy was in a talkative mood, so by the time I sy=toppe din at Aunty's & the farm it was dark when I got home.
