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James Cameron Island

24th of Feby 1900 Fine East Wind Rained Gordon here Leander and Gordon crofsed

25th Sunday Stormy Leander crofsed Sacrament in Summerstown Quinquagesima Sunday cold

26th very Frosty Windy West Flowers Froze though well covered Fernandez to Summerstown a Fortunate Day

27 Fine Shrove Tuesday Frosty Tried the Mill the 2 Boys crofsed to Summerstown Sent a Letter to Don Cameron Bodore Butler County Kansas USA soda

28th Ash Wednesday E Wind Snowing Drifting Trying to Thrash oats about 2 Bushels Arquarts son here going to Lancaster to the Hotel Mr Barnhart here Mr Wesly Pased up Got all English Paper from Dan Hurries Barnhart got a Stick of Hicory

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James Cameron Island

1st of March 1900 St David's Day the Festival of the Welsh the Leek Taffy came in Like a Lion or adders-head East Wind Drifting and Snowing

2nd Windy Drifting Wind changed to West Martin here for Butter got a Musk-Rat

3rd Stormy Drifting

4th Cold Uncle John's William Henry Shadgate Camerons Birth Day

5th Fine Day Broke a Road acrofs Bought of Haggarty Sack of Flour sugar

6th East Wind Stormy Snow Drifting Wind changed to West Rained and Blew Hard all night

7th Fine Leander crofsed to Summerstown not much Travelling got a Rat

8th verry Fine Day Doing nothing Leander crossed Lots of snowbirds and Sparrows

9th Fine Day Randolph here Boys cutting Wood Ed Renshaw here Fernandez a cold Leander crofsed

10th Fine Snowed some Last night Leander a cold crofsed with Team to Summerstown

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