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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1918

Theobald Toby Barrett 1918 Diary 71.pdf

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garden to get the harrows so while he was there he hooked Belle to the little straight toothed cultivater of Ben's and I helped him cultivate the garden. He harrowed the parts where nothing is planted and where the last potatoes are not up yet. He then went and plowed till six. Frank has had Joe. & Queen on the disks and roller all day on the corn ground. To-night Frank and I went down town and I met Marj. and Clara Garrie a friend of hers from Toronto who came in on the eleven car and is going to stay over the King's birthday. Very hot and very windy all day.

Sunday June 2nd

Enah and I drove down town church this morning and Frank walked down this after noon. I hooked Queen up and took Marj. and Miss Garrie for a drive down the Lake Shore. We came back past here and I put Queen in and we walked over to see Jack's chickens and then on down town around by the mill. I stayed at the Moore's to tea. We didn't go to church to-night but went down town the beach. for awhile. Dad. and the baby went down to Aunty's this after noon. {Stace?} Lowrie was in to see if he could get pasture for his old {man?}. Cloudy and cooler.

Monday June 3rd

Frank went down town right after break fast to find out about the wool car and found that there was one for the wool at the {L.E.&N.?} siding on Main St. So we went down with our wool and Quanbury's. We found England, Parr & Sidway had all been there with their wool. Frank took the team home and I stayed at the car as Neff asked me to be there to see that all the tickets were on all right. I stayed there till after dinner and didn't have any thing to do as there were only about a dozen brought wool so I slept and studied Latin all fore noon and went with out dinner. I went down to the station to get Ham Thompson's & Art Quanbury's freight bills about half past one. and when I got back I found Billy McNeilly there and he said the freight had been in and gone out again with out taking our car. I don't under stand it as Neff said it was to go out at 2.30. Dad. has plowed on the corn ground all day and Frank had worked the little team on the disks till I came home then I took them and he sprayed the potatoes with the Bordeaux mixture which he prepared this morning. To-night John James & family motored in having come in this after noon from Courtright. They went back down town for the night.

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