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{first page} Mr James Cameron Island 2nd of April 1885 East Wind Turned stormy snowing hailing Drifting Blustery had 15 pails of sap about 5 Quarts of Syrup Froze hard Last night Teams crofsing the 2 Roads ice seems to be good yet stormy to night 3rd Good Friday High E Wind snowing Blowing drifting Great Banks of snow 4th Lily Calved Stormy E Wind hailing snowing Drifting shovelling snow every place Blocked with Banks of snow Kind of soft 5th Easter Sunday wamr sun shining sap run some snow Deep 6th Tapping some 7th Boiling 8th made 3 1/2 Gallons of Syrup Hot sun Robins Pewit Blackbirds Grass Bird Rained heavy Put out some Manure and some Loads of snow out of the yard 9th 23 Years Married to Day Randolph crofsed to PO got a Lot of Papers from Dan Bought 2 Packages of Prize Tea he got 2 Pitchers with them 2 spools of Thread 10 paid all this Breaking the Roads as they are Blocked up Boiled 1/2 Gallon of syrup 10th Fine cutting sumacks for sugar Bush Wood on the P Point 11th one of the yearling calves Dead got Fast in the stall Fine crust good boiling 40 pails of sap E Wind cutting Brush for the cows 12th Low Sunday in the Bush Made Syrup 13th Boiling in the Bush 14 made 40 lbs 15 made 30 lbs seen 2 Indians crofsed from Chrisitees Island over to the north shore 16th Randolph sick Leander and I in the Bush Boiling the Girls gathered sap 17th Mr J McDougall here and Alexander Lissy and Lissy Rose The Teacher he found the ice over 3 Foot Thick in the channel he went Back and Set the Team after the Girls as there was a Good deal of water on the ice Got the Globe of the 20th Sent Mrs McDougall a 2 lb cake and Bottle of Syrup Stanley in the Bush {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 18th of April 1885 Our Duncan's Birth Day 2 cows calved to Day Spotty and Jennie seen First Black Ducks a Flock made 46 lbs of sugar Rowena in the Bush to Day E Wind Fine Let out the Lambs and sheep for the First Time holes coming in the ice close to shore cattle out Picking 19th Boiling 20th sugared and made syrup 21st sugared and made syrup 22nd stump of Basswood cut a Lower Point put out manure 23rd put out the Banking in the Cookhouse Spotty Died Boiling in the Bush 24th Quit the sugar Bush took home the Rigging Drew some sticks of the Ice on the Pit Point 25th St Marks Day ice opened here and opening very slow Randolph shot a Rat the First ever he shot spreading manure a Fine Day a Few Grains of snow this Morning 26th Raining hard 27th ice Jamming Fine Took away West Banking 28th Frost Last night taken away E Banking but its Froze so hard we will leave it alone for a While Froze hard last E Wind snowing to Day and Fine shot a Duck ice Jamming before the Door 29th Grenada's First Trip to Summerstown Drew the saw Logs to the Bank Lots of snow and ice around the house 30th Randolph crofsed to Summerstown Bought of John Summers Tea 50 Goblet prize Lamp chimney 10 Laces 5 paid this Bought of Mr Ward Tax 5 cents on Credit Leander JH and I to head of Island seen the Fox the Grenada's First Trip to Cornwall 1st of May Fine North East Wind high shot a yellow hammer Fixing Fences piling wood 2nd of North E Wind Randolph to F Covington Bought of McCartney 2 Dollars of Calico Boots 1..25 handerchief pants paid Bought Collar 1 Dollar paid Bought of Long Box of Matches 12 1/2 on Credit sold Rats 1..75 putting out manure went to Sturgeon Island Leander and I got a Duck