{page one} Mr James Cameron Island January 9th 1879 all open in the steamboat Channel not cold West Wind North and South Wind Drawing Wood chopping stove Wood slippery for the Mare where there is ice as she is not shod yet Let out the sheep to Day our Yard Full of Snow Banks 1 stack of Marsh hay Finished 10th cold and Frosty Lots of Anchor Ice Going Down went to the upper end of the Island to see the ice very Frosty I think it will take in the Steamboat channel to night chopping Wood around the House Broke on the Marsh hay stack about 2 Tons in it put the stake holes in the Little sleigh put ashes in the Leech Barl as the other 3 is Full 11th The ice must have taken through the night as I went to the head of the Island and its taken acrofs went up a peice on it and turned Back as its only a shell but if it Freezes to night it will be Good tommorrow Randolph and I on the north side for cedar chopped the ends of a soft maple for Lott 11 Feet a Fine Day not Freezing much some Freezing to night Finished Making Bismarck's Coat 12th Sunday a very fine Day the ice taken acrofs to Hamiltons before Daylight Freezing some to night 13th 3 men Fishing EEls Back of the Island I crofsed to Hamiltons took Dinner Went up to the store Got a Letter in the office from Dan with 2 Heard Gordon went to Williamstown put a few small Bushes on my Road Bought 3 lbs of Rice 15 Bought 1/2 lb Tea 20 2 spools of Thread 8 Pipe 1 the ice very Rough took supper at Hamiltons came home the ice is only a shell Christopher McRae crofsed at Hopkins to Summerstown 14th crofsed to Day Brought Gordons Pants to Hamiltons exchanged Hugh Anns Boots 25 on exchanging them Bought of Mr Ward 50 Wt of Flour 2..30 Castor oil {illegible} Bought of Summers 3 1/2 yds of cotton 28 {illegible} of sugar from Mr Ward {illegible} night at Hamiltons Frosty Frosty {page two} Mr James Cameron Island Jany 15 1879 A Fortunate Day I came from Hamiltons took part of my Flour as the Ice is very Rough a Frosty Fine morning Broke some of the Jammed Ice Down so to Get through it Fine But turned very Frosty Freezing hard to Day and to night chopping stove Wood Feeding the cattle more than extra as its cold Wrote a Leter to night to sent to Dan 16th very stormy North East Wind Drifting and snowing Freezing hard Fixing some of the chairs put a Handle in the Little Axe Bismarcks, turned more moderate in the Afternoon 17th Drawing Wood Randolph and I some cold some Cutters and Teames crofsed Summers's Road for the first Drew a soft Maple Log from the House to the Bank 11 Feet some Water coming in the swamp John Hamilton to Lancaster to Day Lost his cap 18th I crofsed to put the Letter in the P.O 3 cents paid JS addrefsed it for me Bought of Mr Ward 8 cents worth of matches fot 2 Bunches a very fine morning snowed a little Turned to Drifting Blustering Water Raising some near shore John Hamilton to Cornwall early this morning on the Boture Tom thrashing Took the rest of my Flour over to Day I made 2 halfes of it the other Day so it would not be so heavy on the rough ice and the ice is very Rough a social up at Mr {cut off}kins Last night made 17 Dollars Tom Summers Tom Munroe Donald Angus to Cornwall to Day pay up J Grants affair cutting Stove Wood 19th Sunday a very fine Day the sun came out in the Afternoon awful warm went around the Lower Point put the snow out of the canoe and raised it up some Quit milking the cows twice a Day to Day