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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1918
Theobald Toby Barrett 1918 Diary 88.pdf
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up Saturday. When we got up we found Rus Lampkin here fixing the windmill and soon after Dr. Grant Enahs Chinese missionary uncle came over. He and Frank went over to the old garden to hoe the strawberries and I sawed the rape-seed on the garden back of the shop and just went in to get the team out to harrow it and the orchard over when it began to rain and a very heavy thunder storm came up and flooded things for half an hour or so and then cleared off. but we couldn't do any thing on the land Enah and Tid were down at the Zealand's at the Sunday school picnic but said they didn't get wet as they went in the house. Dr. Grant. stayed to tea and Frank drove him down to the side walk after tea.
Friday July 12th
Dad. and Frank have worked over in the garden hoeing and weeding all day. I spent most of the morning raking and cutting the lawn. This after noon I finished tying up the tom atoes and then came up and dug holes for the beds of spring bulbs where they are marked on the blue-print. They are up near the road fencing the very stiff red clay so I just dug them about a