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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1916

Theobald Toby Barrett 1916 Diary 81.pdf

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all day, she was here till eleven o'clock to-night and I had to drive her home or at least to the top of the hill where she cuts through Preston's orchard as the mill hill is about impassable I suppose. They got the dining room just about finished. I helped for awhile this after noon painting the wood work Frank and I set out the rest of the nursery stock we got yesterday. He got a Bartlett pear tree and I got a mulberry which I put in the chicken yard and a hydrangea. Art and Charlie Quanbury brought a young cow and a heifer over this after noon which they are going to pasture for the milk we can get from the cow which I guess won't be much. Ham Thompson was also in.

Thursday May 18th

Enah is the only one that is getting any work done these days, the rest of us don't seem to feel like it Dad. and I went back and fixed up the gully fence a little this morning and this after noon I drove down and got some groceries and paint for Enah. She is make the other part of the house look pretty nifty. I went down to see Aunty and Aunty Alice while I was down toewn and found Mrs. Jackson there from Port Rowan to see Aunt Ida. Dad. helped Enah this after noon I think, Frank has been gathering up old rags & junk for the ragman most of the after noon. Cloudy & cold

Frisday May 19th

Dad. and Frank got started at

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