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{first page} Mr James Cameron Island 16th Dec 1886 W Wind Frosty cut the Butternut sawed the Butt end of went to upper point some frosty John H getting squirrels 17th high W Wind sawed the Butternut 12 and 9 Feet Drew some wood from the Pitt Point 18th Change this morning snowed Rained E Wind soft Leander and I cutting Brush putting it on the Brush fence in the swamp East Wind Breaking the ice near shore Broke on a 4 Ton stack of Marsh hay 19th Sunday Windy 20th Last Day of Fall a Fine Day went to Summerstown a good deal of anchor ice in the channel Bought of Nicholson 100 of Flour 2..40 Electrick oil 25 1/2 lb of Crackers 7 2 pipes 2 a Bushel of Oats J Hamilton in Cornwall Left our Boat opposite Kenneth as the channel is Froze at Summerstown Wind Raised high Breaking the ice to the shore 21st First Day of Winter Nomination for Mr McLennan Windy cutting Brush and putting it on the swamp Fence some snowing 22 Fine calm cutting a Tree on the hill Antwine Bosell and Lemays son here Antwine Fixed the clock gave them a stick for eel poles Gave me 6 EEls 2 Boats Fishing EEls ast Christee told me Young Henerys wife Departed 2 weeks ago Rowena not well to Day something wrong with the Horse 23 Fine Day put hay out of the stack s{cut off} put some in the stable-Loft Fixing shutters for the outside of the Windows the Horse not well Giving him Medicine but he is going to Die 24th Raining E Wind Meeting at Tyo Town and Summerstown Dan McLennan {illegible} to Day {second page} Mr James Cameron Island 25 of Dec 1886 Christmas Day Fine W Wind Frosty the Horse Died Drew him out of the stable got a Muskrat alive put the skin on Rowena's Heas as they say its good for taking the pains out of the head Kind of slippery walking the Eagle Flying about not much snow on the Ground if it was calm the ice would take to night making some 26th ice Took E Wind Frosty cold 27th West Wind Cold some Freezing 28th Election for McLennan & Rayside First crofsing on the ice Fine cold West Wind a good many air holes a good many crooks in our Road went to Hamiltons Frosty to night They say Rayside got in with a small majority of 32 but its not Known right yet it may be contested yet 29th Our Angus' Birth Day Went to Hamiltons Harpers Girls there from Lachine Dan McGreggor there got a Razor and my own Razor from Gordon got some apples Tom went to Cornwall Frosty to night 30th cold E Wind smoky with the Fog out of the air-holes Gusty Hence here crofsing to Antwines its too cold he turned back Bismarck got a Mink skinned him hurted my Back or a pain came on it as I was Lifting a Stick 31st Last Day of this Year E Wind cold snowing Drifting a Man crossed from the south side to the head of our Island on scates