File #44123: "James Cameron 1893 Diary 7.pdf"

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{page one} Mr James Cameron Island 16th of March 1893 Fine W Wind A J Baker and Mrs Baker here Good Going on the ice Spotty Dead Drew her out on the ice 17th St Patrick Day The Festival of the Irish Fine Leander and Annie to Dunde with Butter 17 1/2 lb Bought of Tyo axe 75 cotton Calico Boots 90 sugar Ginger 2 Bottles of RRR 50 Bill Morris and Willie here From Lancaster Shingles and sawdust I sawed ash For oars cut 2 Logs 1. 8 Feet one 7 1/2 Blustering this Evening some snow 18th St Joseph Day on the Day Vicky Departed 1887 Fine Drew 2 Loads of Wood Bored the Heifers Horn as she has the horn Distemper Got a Gimlet and spirits of Turpentine From B Morris Stanley sick in Bed 19th Fine Dan Spinks came with the Mail and the Picture The Birds Eye view Toronto cames with the Toronto News Good scating 20th First Day of Spring E Wind Fine Races in Lancaster a Great many going on the ice Leander went up to John Ponds for hay he is not at home cut some wood Sun crofses the Line 21st Rain W Wind High Equinoxial Gales A Team crofsed over at the East End of the Island about Dark went above the Sturgeon Island going south and was then turned East cant see where its going {page two} Mr James Cameron Island 22nd of March 1893 Livinia Seniors Birth Day Fine E Wind Leander went to John Ponds for hay got 1/2 Ton of Marsh hay Took the 2 Barrels Down from the camp to soak 4 Teams Drawing Wood from Tuppers Island Johnny Craig and Annie his sister here Told us that it was Peter Buchanan that crossed over Last night 23rd E Wind Snowed some Hail cold Wind Leander went to John Ponds for the other 1/2 Ton Thats a Ton of Marsh we got Stanley and I up to the Bush seen the small owl Bad with a cold 24th Fine Rained Took some of the snow out of the Boats cutting sugar Bush Wood Heard Dan had a set to with another Lawyer Blackbirds came cranes came 25th Leander to Dundee took Butter to Bill Got 2 Pigs to be paid in sum{cut off} got his Milk can and 3 Tins for syrup Annie came had 2 Papers Tapt 70 Trees to Day not running well 26th John Hamilton Camerons B Day 1876 The 2 Miss Frasers and Miss McDonald Teacher here our 2 Girls went to Lewis and From there to Hamilton Got the Papers Seen the Fight the Lawyers Maud calved
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