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Mr James Cameron Island
19th of Feby 1891 Fine Frosty W Wind Fixing the colts Place as the Mare Broke the Boards Down sawing stove wood some one Drawing Wood From Alexis Island yesterday and to Day Broke the handle in one of the axes
20th Put a handle in the axe E Wind splitting stove wood Boys scating Drifted some all the stacks of hay outside Done
21st Fortunate Day Raining slippery icicles on the trees W Wind Lewis here his wife sick Gave him some Milk 3 Teams went Down the ice From Hopkins Point I think They are Going to Lancaster for saw-Dust for ice houses Molly Calved to Day her First calf Leander to Hamiltons windy the Bull and Heifers out to night Broke on a cake of cheese this week
22nd Washington B Day Livinia and John H went to Lewis's three of them came over with John and Livinia Got some Milk for their Mother cold Windy
23rd Fine E Wind Bismarck went to Lancaster for his Pants 5 Dollars got a Ride up from Charlie Rose Made 12 Troughfs to Day splitting wood
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Mr James Cameron Island
24th Feby 1891 St Matthias Day Fine E Wind warm Bismarck went to Work at Leander went to Sumerstown with 18 lb of Butter 3 Dollars and 6 cents Bought of Nicholsons 6 3/4 of cod Fish 5 and 1 Doz of Herrings 20 53 cents Due Nicholsons 50 Wt of Flour 1..80 Paid Flour Stanley and I up round the north side to the sugar Bush 3 Teams Drawing Wood from Plum Island heard crows to Day for the First Raining hard to night
25th W Wind Raining Fields slippery for the cattle to go to the waer Letting water Run in Places put some water out of the Milkhouse split some ash for Troughfs 8 a Lot of Water on the ice seen 2 Whistlers Ducks going up
26th Fine W Wind slippery Froze some some water on the ice at shore Took the calf from the Heifer Molly cut some Hoop for spoils
27th Fine W Wind one of the Lewis Boys here for a Sive Boys scating owl went off
28th West Wind Fine Drifting cool Boys in the Bush cutting sugar Bush Wood Bismarck crofsed sent a Letter with a Dollar in it for the news Printing Company Toronto got it Registered