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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1913
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Saturday January 4thCharlie Martin was over for an hour's visit this morning and told Dad as he was leaving that he had ---- ---- over there which he wanted Dad to look at. He said his mother fell off the back steps before Christmas and nearly broke her leg. He also told us his sister Mrs. Maylaughlin had a baby girl about two days after Enah's boy came. Dad thought they aught to trade as Mrs.Maylaughlin was all prepared for & had a boy named and it was the other way sound will Enah. This after noon we did chores and Dad went down to see Enah I went over as far as Martin's with him and saw the ------ which were all washed, fanned, powdered and the dark feathers pulled out of them and ready to start on the fire train for the Boston show. We also saw Charlie's ---- horse but which has an awfully sword looking --- on it. I cut wood and practice on my horn when I got home. Lily came over soon after I got back with her steam engine. Dad has to go down again to-night to sit with Enah. She is blue because the boy ever cises his lungs now & ---- ----- last night. Cold saw wind all day but sunny and thawing. Sunday January 5thFrank,Dick & Lily went down to sunday school and |
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Aunty and I went down to church and were a little late we went into Mrs Lawson's to see how Enah was on our way down and Aunty Maude was with her which suprised us very much but she said she didn't think it would last her a bit. Mrs. Roy Silverthorne was there in a very low condition, her little baby which was born last night, died and she didn't know it yet when we were there. Dick and I went down and had a good skate this afternoon though the ice was rather rougd. Dad went down and got Faulkner to bring Enah & the boy home in the covered in bus an it didn't hurt either one in the least Al drove at a snails pace. She was telling Dad his opinion of ---- She spoke in the grieved monotone which he assumes for such occasions and said "I told ----, when we elected you ----- you promised to build good roads. You haven't done 15 cents worth of road work but spent all the money in sticking up that coup by me. Now what you had better do is to put which is ------the man in you built it from then you & Bill Graham look ---- ----- in with him take a stick of dynamite and blow ----- Bell to save Fanrad expences!" --- said Al. I told him that two weekdays and he hasn't spoken to me since. Beautiful day. Froze ---- last night but thawed all day. Colder & look storm to-night. |
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