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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1911

Theobald Toby Barrett Diary 1911 36..pdf

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Wednesday July 5th

Bill went back and mowed first thing this morning and Enah and I went out and picked all the cherries. We got about ten quarts. of

Daddy went out and fixed the windmill and hoed some of the garden and then went over to Vyse's and got another piece of chain for the well and a pair of double {treds?}. When we got through with the cherries I went out and hoed the rest of the garden which looks fine. Then I went and started to rake up and mow the lawn that Daddy cut the hay off the other day but it will have to be snipped of with the sythe.

After dinner Bill raked up and Daddy and I cocked up and it was awfully hot. I raked for a while when we got on the {---?}.

{Margin note} It has been another very hot day, but a nice breeze. Dick went down town to-night and got a fancy pair of shoes. He says that Huby nearly collapsed with the heat and had to get Dick Faulmary to bring him home but after undressing and lying in the grass for a couple of hours and having a swim recovered and is coming over to-morrrow.

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