April 21st 1877 Came from Hamiltons Bought of J Summers yesterday 2 yds of calico 1/2 lb Tea Matches snowing hard 22nd Jim Hopkins and wife here a Fine Day Gave here a 2 lb cake of sugar 23rd The Festiva of the English St George's Day A Fine Day Firing in the Morning I went to J Hamiltons Trimming trees 24 Began to Dig the Garden 25th St Marks Day cold North Wind part of the Day Fine at J Hamilons Gordon and i came with 50 lbs of Flour 26th crofsed to Hamiltons Livinia Planted 12 Beds of Top onions 27 Trimming 28th Raining to night Steamer Anderson came up 29th The Anderson went Down Dan Summers and Rodney Briggs here tonight their hunting on the Kit Kit I came home this morning 30th Planted 68 hills of Potatoes Digging the Ground First Light Lit up to night Taking away the Banking from the house Rain and Windy 1st Day of May Digging the Potato Ground 2nd Digging I Forget the Rest of this 6th HughAnn Bismarck and I went to the Kit Kit Rofs's and Charlies Island Found and axe a Fine Day 8th setting Fires 10th Fixing Fences 11th Went to Summerstown Got a Letter and paper from Charlie Altering Jakes Colt a year old John Cary and McDougall Got a Bag of Potatoes 50 lbs of Flour from John Spotty calved to Day 12th Gordon came home 13th Bismarck and I in the Bush 14th Covert the milk house Jack came home 15th th The heifer Maud calved the steamer Frank Maxwell came up 16th Fishing Got 28 Fish Rain and Thunder tonight 17th Digging and Fixing Fence 18 West Wind Blary Calved cutting Brush 19th Went to P.O. Rec Pay from G Renshaw for hay and settled what was Due him Bought 1 sack of oat meal and a sack of cornmeal Tea Paper pipes Box Matches Towel Got some potatoes from Tom Summers and a pail form George Planted Toms the Pig lefs to night 20th Went to Christies for Welch Onions {first of entry missing} Week with them to Tom Summers Got cake of sugar {first of line missing} came and Went home Gave 1 Doll 20 cents to Bal{missing} care the Dog