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Mr James Cameron Island
7th of March 1891 E Wind a very Fine Day Boys made 4 Troughfs Broke on a 2 year old Marsh hay stack Leander went to the store Bought of A McDonald a pair of Boots 1 1 spool of Thread 5 1/4 lb pepper 2 sugar 2 lb 18 soap 8
8th Fine EW a Lamb Hugh Ann came Billy Morris and Mary Morris came Gordon John Craig Tom Rose 3 of the Indian Children here the Mare Died to Day
9th Raining hard to Day and to night Randolph went to Tom Rose's Bee Drew the Mare to the River with the Bull Bismarck Leander John H and Stanley not well all of us Bad with colds
10th W Wind Fine Randolph Leander John and I at the camp cleaning the snow away cutting some Wood
11th a Very Fine Day W Wind Randolph went to Lancaster to Grants Drew some things to the sugar Bush with the Bull the Beam in the calfs place Broke calves out to night all of us Bad with cold but myself
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Mr James Cameron Island
12th of March 1891 Fine commenced to Rain Lewis's 3 children here for Milk Mary Ann in Fort Covington at Angus Mayvills on the Day of the Month Mr D McMaster First came to the Island some Ducks flying Trimmed some apple trees chopped a Little in the sugar Bush Bismarck Leander John H Stanley Livinia and Livinia Tonia all Bad with the cold Coughfin Foggy
13th Fine Rained some Ducks Flying Went up to the camp sawed and Trimed some apple trees wind changed to the West about Dusk and Blew a Regular Hurricane most all night
14th Stanleys Birth Day 1880 Windy West Blustering Blizzards or Drifting all Pretty Bad with colds Livinia Bad with her head Freezing some
15th Windy Hugh Ann Went for the Papers to Hamiltons
16th Fine cold Windy Bismarck went for a pair of Boots to A McDonalds 2..50 Bottle for colds 25 Randolph came from Lancaster had a Hat and shirt John H and I Drew some Wood and split some all Bad with cold