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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1917

Theobald Toby Barrett 1917 Diary 123.pdf

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Sunday September 30th

Enah and I drove down to church this morning and Frank walked down. Enah stayed down to dinner and to-night to tea as she had to go to Vittoria with the choir and to play in church to-night. The held Harvest thanksgiving services both here & in Vittoria to-day. Mr. Millman came up the other night and Ade. Orm. & Kathleen all came up in the car this morning to take Paw & Mrs. Millman home. This after noon Frank and I went down town. Kathleen and I went up to call on the Harry Moon's. Harry was lying on the sofa but the doctor told him he would have to stay in the house another week. His boils are pretty well healed but they have his lung straped in so that he can't breathe through it. Ade & Orm walked over here to the farm to see Dad. and Paw took all the rest for a ride in the car. I came home to tea but Frank stayed down Just before we had tea All the Millman's but Mrs. came over here in the car. I rode down with them about eight and after waiting for about enough half an hour for Mr. Farney to get through talking went up to Miss Martin's with Marj. and her. I called in at Aunty's on my way home but they had taken Enah and Frank home. It has been cloudy raw and windy all day and feels like frost to-night.

Monday October 1st

Dad. sowed my experimental plots of wheat this morning and I disked them in. We then hooked on the plow but before we got out all the Millman's came over to say good-bye to us and were here for half an hour or so. Dad. then went out to try plowing the rest of the strip along the side road that Frank started in the spring for corn. He plowed all the after noon and said it was very hard but could be plowed. This after noon Frank and I went down town and sold five baskets of tomatoes and got a load of shingles off Cousin Willie's barn roof. Windy & rather cool but sunny

Tuesday October 2nd

We got the ewes all over in the barn this morning and picke dout seven that we thought were worthy of a place in the Simcoe show ring, two aged ewes three shearlings and two ewe lambs, we separated them and out the rest back in the orchrad. Dad then went out to finish the plowing and Frank and I started to trim thre show sheep. Jack Martin's man came over to get Dad. to go and look at one of Jack's Jerseys which had got bloated up on the frozen clover as it

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