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James Cameron Island

16th of December 1900 Randolph here had the Mail Gave Him a Letter to put in the PO To John Cameron Kansas Junction City Eddy with Mail too cold Time

17th Frosty Fernandez crofsed to chop took his saw cold Foggy Grinding axes not very well Pigion over at the Barn Froze hard

18th Freezing Foggy East Wind Sent a Letter to Day Sent a Box of Ducks with 12 in it Leander crofsed to Haggartys with them Bought Sugar 50 cents worth and 25 cents worth a Boom 25 Randolph and Fernandez cutting wood for Captain Baker

19th Kind of Soft cleaning the Thrashing Machine Fixed 2 or 3 Shelves Rained some Last night Made a Step for the Thrashing Machine and Rained some to to night

20th Fine Soft snowed some caught 8 or 9 Perch Stanley put out some Manure took over the Sewing Machine Digging the Manure from the outside cellar Door and putting straw under Washing to Day Fernandez here for a Stick of Hicory and took 2 axe handles Last Day of Fall

21st First Day of Winter Foggy a Fine Day Leander Went to Lancaster Crofsed to Fraser Point Bought Tea a Bottle of Strawberry Stuff Crofsed to Renshawas or Summerstown about the Shortest Day of the Year Broke on one of the Marsh Hay stacks at the Barn St Thomas Day New Moon

22nd Fine Day East Wind Stanley chopping Stove Wood Fernandez came had 4 Dull axes to Grind and a crosscut saw to File

23rd Fine Eddy Renshaw here Boys after Ducks Rained some to night

24th Christmas Eve Fine Leander to Summerstown council all over Bought the Stove at Haggartys 1 gallon of coal oil got 2 Letters 1 From Helen and a Dollar in it a Book From Daisy and 2 Ties a Letter From Dan

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James Cameron Island

1900