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Mr James Cameron Island
Feb 10th 1891 W Wind Fine Mardi Gra a cutter crofsed From Lewis's its Mr John Frasher wanting the Road to Summerstown the Boys took the Mare to the Bush for a soft maple to make Troughs putting in Fine hay out of the stack a Ton in the stack of Fine hay yet sowed sawed some stove wood
11th Ash Wednesday Fine W Wind sawing stove wood making Troughfs for sugar Bush about 18 made to Day a mock sun on the south side of the sun had the Harnefs on the Bull took him to the Bush and the River a Fortunate Day
12th Unfortunate Day E Wind Fine Day Hugh Ann went to Bombay the Boys Harnefsed the Bull Drew a Long Birch Drag with him cutting stove wood made a Whippletree cut 6 Blocks for Troughfs and split them Tonia Riding Downhill with sleigh a Social at the church Bismarck went
13th Splitting stove wood Fine put in hay out of the stack about a Ton the old sheep had 2 Lambs too cold they will Die
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Mr James Cameron Island
Feb 14th 1891 St Valentine's Day Fine Fair and Frosty Drew Drags with the Bull Leander to Hamiltons for the Papers 2 Loads of Hay came to Lewis's the Indian Lewis got a Horse and cutter and Harnefs For a cow and Heifer
15th Martin and Jo came with their new Horse Gordon here Leander to Hamiltons
16th Raining snowed to night E Wind Leander and Bismarck went to Lewis's 2 Lambs Dead thats 4 Lambs Dead now all the stacks of hay in now
17th E Wind snow Drifting not cold sawing stove Wood not very well with a Lump coming on my Left side
18th James Hugh's Birth Day 1855 Fine Blustery high Wind Bismarck went to Lancaster got his watch Fixed 1..50 Leander to Summerstown Bought 3 lb of nails 15 Ginger 1/2 lb 15 Thread 5 1 oz of Rivets 4 Broom 25 Mr Friday Indian Boy here going to Lewis got a Letter From RR McLennan