{page one} James Cameron Island 19th of May 1899 Ploughing at Back Door of the Barn Ploughed some West of the Wire Fence Fixing the Wire Fence Making Garden Back of the Lane Fence St Dustan Day 20th Fine Putting Manure on the Back Peice Taking away the Banking at the End and North George Annan here for Oats at 30 cents Fernandez went to Fort Covington Got his Parcel of things he sent for Sissy to Jo Douquet 17 llb of Butter at 17 cents 2.89 Eggs 10 Doz 1 Dollar Southern Red Pine 35 cents Paper of Pins 5 cents 21st Whit Sunday Ed Renshaw with the Bags Fine Leander to church 22nd Fine putting out Manure on the swamp Trowling Got a Pike Leander crofsed 23rd 3 of Them to Dundee Sissy Ionia Stanley 2 calfskins 20 Doz of Eggs went for the Harrows Last night Harrowed Potatoes sowed oats and Barley Fernandez Fixing his Boats (Sheared the Sheep on 26th ) {page two} James Cameron Island 24th of May 1899 Queen's Birth Day Fine W Wind 2 of the Boys Leander Fernandez went to Cornwall John H There too Stanley Putting out manure a very Fine Day 25th Fine Ploughing Back Peice Taking out Stumps set Fire to Brush Ed Renshaw here took a Tar Barrel here for Fishing Fernandez painting his Boat 26th Ember Day Fine Ploughing in the Back Peice 27th Ploughed some commenced to Rain Ember Day 3 of Renshaws here yesterday gave the Girls 2 Books 28th Trinity Sunday Fine Leander to church Stanley and Fernandez to Charlies Island Gordon came 29th Royal Oak Day or oak-apple Day Rained Heavy Thunder and Lightning and 2 Heavy showers of Hail wind East and West Began to cut some of the Stove Wood Fernandez crofsed for the Mail Windy Carlo to Lower Point 30th Fine Windy Sawing and chopping and Splitting Stove Wood Bad with Pains to Day cool 31st Last Day of May very Fine Sawing Stove Wood splitting Drew the Logs out of the Grove Lots of Boats Going to Day Harroed the East Potatoes