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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1916
Theobald Toby Barrett 1916 Diary 72.pdf
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and each with a white strip in its face.Dad says he had done nothing else but grieve all day, not that in itself it is such a loss but they were such a pair of beauties and no reason in the world why they shouldn;t jhave lived if they had come straight. I wernt down with Frank and helped him put on a load of wood which was about half of the cord that Dad bought from Cousin Phoebe. I then went down and gave Aunty Alice anothe rdsya in the garden, they couldn't get a man to come so had started to dig it themselves. Frank got anothe rload after dinner but got it alone. It was nice beech and maple wood and she gav ehim a,lt of old boards too. Huby went to Simcoe this after noon and heard about our twin colts up tere beofr I did. I got home about dark and set out some little daisys, violets and a pamnsy plabt that Aunt nancy gave me. Lovekly sunny day and quite hot.
Sunday April 30th
I was ther only member from this house at chirch this morning
