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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1918
Theobald Toby Barrett 1918 Diary 125.pdf
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down to Dad. but as his train was late they didn't get home till quite late. Dad. had a {?} good time at the Fair I guess as it was a lovely day. Roy came up to-night too.
Saturday October 12th
It rained a little during the night so was too wet to do any thing at the clover seed this morning. I started to make a crate to ship Mr. Bent's ram lamb in but didn't finish it. Dad. and Frank cut up more wood and brought in the cabbages from the garden with the {?} and waggon. This after noon as it was a nice day and Marj. is going to be in {Nabticoke?} over Thanksgiving day (Monday) she and I went after chest nuts. We went up north of Vittoria and only stopped at three trees but got a lot of nuts, they were thick on all the trees. We got requested to leave one tree by an angry farmer so we did. after we got all the nuts we could. It was a lovely afternoon and we got home before dark. Dad. and Frank hauled in the clover seed that was bunched up but the rest was a little too wet.
Sunday October 13th
Dad. Enah and I drove down to church this morning and I walked down. Frank didn't go down as he