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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2_021
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2
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Date
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1899
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Creator
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Elizabeth Van Sant
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Description
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Elizabeth Van Sant transcribed letters
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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51 Today we took two pictures of the rejuvenated and renovated Tatters. He could be induced to sit still only by his love for bittersweet berries. He had not had any for some time, so when placed on a cluster of the stems he proceeded to feed, and stayed long enough for us to get the photographs, which offset those previously taken during his molting period. Oct. 21 A week of dieting has made little change in the birds. We weighed the grosbeaks today: Tatters 2 oz 5 pwt 11 gr Fluff 2 oz 21 gr It is almost impossible to bring myself to limiting the amount of their food, but it must be done. They are too fat to be in good health. The orioles were altogether too lively to permit themselves to be weighed. We managed to get two good photographs of Fluff today, bribing her with bittersweet. We had not realized how steadily the birds had grown out of their baby ways until we under took to pose them, and they flatly refused to be posed. Only the happy thought of their love for bittersweet berries enabled us to get phtographs of Tatters on Oct. 14th and of Fluff today. Oct. 28 Today we lost Fluff, and Tatters, and Orie. By some miracle Olus escaped unharmed; the sparrows also were uninjured. The room became over-heated; and I shall always think if the birds had not been so fat they would not have succumbed. It is a sad day in our household; for our birds are our much-loved companions.
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Rights
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