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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

25th of December 1900 Christmas Day West Wind a Little Snow cool Leander to church took the Letter to Put in the PO For Maxville Gave 50 cents to Livinia as her Share Leander came had the small Box with a Lot of Things in it a cap pencils and Leads Matches Wax Medal Belts corkscrews Books Silver case and other things Shot an owl Fernandez crossed to chop with Randolph

26th Fine and Fixing the Stove St Stephen's DAy old Mr Currie Buried to Day Froze some to night Windy seen a Mosquito and a Bee

27th St John the Evangelist The Free Masons Day The Foot square and Rule Teaches many a Fool Silk Satin and Scarlet Teaches many a Harlot Moved the Single Stove and put more pipes to it plastered around the wall Wrote a Letter to Dan to Day and sent it off to night Leander crofsed Gordon Finished his Plank at the Wharf snowed some to night

28th St Innocents Day Fine Kind of soft Stanley Drew 3 Loads of Wood Windy to night

29th our Angus Birth Day cold Windy Fixing shelves in the Buttery Feeding the Sheep near the Bush

30th Last Sunday this Year Fine a Few Flakes of Snow West Wind to night

31st Last Day of the Year a very very Fine Day took over the cook stove to the old House from this House Drew 3 or 4 Loads of Wood Thawing some Fernandez Shot a Duck at the Little Island North Side cattle Hogs and Dogs and hens Ducks all right snowed a Little to night Windy to night and cold

1st of January New Year 1901 Fine Windy Frosty cold Boarding some up Stairs had New Years in Wine Fernandez crofsed to Randolphs to chop Took the articles that Minnie Sent to Adelaide and Lilly