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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1914

Toby Barrett 1914 Diary 32.pdf

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a rope on his front foot and we tried pulling him out that way but he would just paw and must have thrown himself a dozen times or more some times right under Belle's or Harry's feet. At last one time when he threw himself I took a hitch around a post with the rope on his leg and by dragging him out and not giving him a chance to fly back we at last got him out. He didn't seem at all mad and I took him down to the corner and back and he went beautifully. We didn't do any thing much the rest of the day but chores and I had a little snooze after dinner. Frank worked at the old house after he got home from school he is boarding it up so as he can fill it in with sawdust around the ice. Thawed all day, some snow & cold wimnd.

Simcde writing this w ehave put in quite a night of it. I wentover to the barn about eight o'clock and found dad's ewe with a lamb. I came to the house and got Frank and Dad. who was asleep n the chair the only sleep he had all night to come out, while they were there anothe rone arribed, so we brought the frst one to the house to get warm, we noticed the sick one the one who have been watching all day looked very much as if she would lamb in. a few minutes, but she didn't til baout four o'clock. We all sat up for a long time, till Dick came home and he and Frank went to bed. I sat up till about one or tewo and then I swent to bed. Dad. sat up and out at the barn all night with the two lu=ittle felows as they were both very weak at first but got stronger and he held an old coat over them a long time to keep them warm till they went to sleep and stopped trymg to crawl out and till the old one lay down besid them and stopped

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