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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1919
Theobald Toby Barrett 1919 Diary 99.pdf
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and found Dad. and Enah asleep and Frank had gone down to the Cave with Lila, they stayed to tea down at the Ward's. Roy came over to the Woodsons with me and later came over here and stayed to tea Enah drove him home with Mexico about dark and brought Tid. back with her. Very hot & very windy.
Monday July 28th
Frank cut hay out by the side road all morning and Dad. and I hoed potatoes. This after noon Frank started to rake the hay and leave the patches of alsike. I went out when I thought he had enough raked to cock up but the wind was so strong I couldn't do any thing with it so I came back and started to hoe the potatoes. Dad. took the buggy down town after dinner as he thought one of the axles was sprung. He noticed it the other night when I was driving out and told me that the wheels didn't track. He took it to Joe Howell's and had him come out and look at it while Joe was trying to figure out what was the matter Alan Law who was in the shop burst forth in a loud peel of merriment and informed Dad that the wheels were changed and sure enough that proved to be the case, some one to play a trick, had changed the front and hind wheel on the offside and we had never discovered it it. I suppose
Has been done playing. Frank had it at the garden party awhile ago about 5 o'clock that enough and it started off for Charlotte Ville to pick huckleberries as they had a card the other day from George broadly inviting them up. Frank and I got our chores done up fairly well and then I went down to band practice. Aunt Nancy died last night. Aunt Ida is back.
