{first page} Mr James Cameron Island 26th of Feby 1883 Randolph Came from Mr McDougalls him and Aleck went to see the cars and the RailRoad the First Time he ever seen them ice slippery 27th Election Day for Rayside and McLennan Rayside got in cold and Blowing 28th Mr Streeter Buried to Day in Fort Covington 2 Men here Mr Cunningham and Mr Howlesworth Randolph to Mr McDougalls for Oil 1st of March St Davids Day the Festival of the Welsh I went to Summerstown Bought of Mr Ward 1 pair of Boots 3..15 10 lbs of Oatmeal 36 Pail 20 Bought of J Summers 1 Box of Radway Pills 23 1 Box of Worm Losenges 25 paid this Races in Dundee 2nd Randolph to Hamiltons for Cornell Farlinger there a Fine Day 3rd Crofsed to Mr Wards with a Tennet of Butter 36 lb pail and all 25 cetns Bought of Mr Ward 50 lbs of Flour 1..62 1/2 Boots for John 95 on credit Bought of J Summers 2 yds of Linsey 30 cents paid this spool of Thread got a Ride Down to Hamiltons with John McLauglin 4th Came from Hamiltons Fine Frosty 5th Randolph went to the Gore fort Hugh Ann to come home Fine Frosty Randolph came Back to Mr McDougalls stopt all night there cutting wood and hay in the Mow 6th Hugh Ann and Randolph came home Windy cold some and Fine E Wind Bad with my shoulder its paining me hard put Eclectric oil Duck oil and RR Relief on it mixed them all together Drifting to night 7th cutting hay cold 8th Cold Windy Freezing 9 Mr McDougall here Got a Print of Butter 8 or 9 lbs Got 1..50 this is the time we expect the Big Wind got my Boot crows {second page} Mr James Cameron Island March 10th 1883 Went to Summerstown East Wind Fine Snowing Blowing kind of soft Rain Wind changed through night to West 11th Snowing Drifting West Wind Crows came this must be the crow Winter 12th On this Day of the month D McMaster First came to the Island West Wind cold Drifting some snow Barked 2 chairs to day Hugh Ann Making a Drefs for Livinia 13th cutting Basswood on the Bank Thawing Fine warm 14th J McDougall here 75 cent on the Balance of the Butter cut some on the Bank at the Pitt Point 14th Stanley's Birth Day 1880 15th Cold Frosty went to the Bush Dug up some Troughs made 2 Troughfs at the Door 16th Cold Fine Went to Summerstown Bought of J Summers soda 5 Worm Candy 12 1/2 paid this Bought at Hamiltons 50 wt of Flour 1..50 John Summers got a Lot of Books and Tea to Selll a Prize of a nice Book by Buying 6 Packages of Tea 1/2 lb in each Packet 25 cents for Package Got an Almanack Mr Patterson a Bee at Isacc Viponds cutting Firewood J Hamilton not very well Heard Jo Duckett went to Hopkins Point and the Fitspatricks came to Dr Dickinsons Island heard Mr Wells took his wife away from Billy Bone take the Hay of the stable Loft Stanley very sick Wigglers coming in the Waterholes snow Deep in the Bush Tom Jack and Mrs Hamilton Went to Fort Covington to Day 17th St Patricks Day Fine West Wind Turned Stormy The Festival of the Irish Races in Dundee Randolph to Summerstown 1/2 pint of High wines 15 cents high Wind to night Stanley not well 18th Palm Sunday Raining snowing to night windy Stanley ver sick water on the ice some Princefs Louise Birth Day 1848 W Wind 19th E Wind Blowing hard snowing Drifting 20th Spring cold in the Morning in the Evening when spring came in very Fine Vernal Equinox