{page one} James Cameron Island 13th of Nov 1900 Froze hard last night Fine East Wind Turned Windy Began to snow about 1/2 past 4 o clock Jo Lemay here Got 4 lb of Butter 90 cents Stanley taking over the Barn Slabs and taken the Flat step stones From this House putting Boards around this house for the Banking and they took them away to Spite me a Stormy night for a While 14th Fine cool West Wind Working over at the Building got Rat and a Leg Fernandez crofsed took 2 Loons Boxed up to send to Montreal to Be stuffed Stanley Fixing a place for the 2 Rams as the calves has their Place Lots of Boats went to Day the Ground covered with snow not much shooting to Day Froze Last or to night 15th Fine Cool got 2 Scottish Americans From Dan Fixing around the House put the Milk in the Pantry out of the cellar West Wind 16th Fine cool W Wind Plastering stables Freezing to Day and to night putting some Straw out of the Barn Salmon River Froze 17th Fine Day E Wind Stanley Plastering Cow Stable Randolph here Eddy here Shot 10 Ducks out in the Blind no Boat out of Salmon River to Day Seen a Crane Wind changed to West this Evening 18th Sunday Leander came Down from Jos hunting with Mr Malby hunting not very good 19th Began taken the things over to the New House Raining snowing Blowing a Blustery ugly time to move got there after Dark which is not a good Omen {page two} James Cameron Island 20 Nov 1900 Rained to night Randolph here shot 5 Ducks Kind of Bad Weather water high 21st on This Day of the Month D McMaster Departed 1846 (Senior) Fine Turned Windy and Rained some Lots of Shooting to Day Went to the Bay got 2 Rast to Day First Baking in the new house Randolph here very windy Stanley working at the cellar Drain an eclipse on the Sun very very windy this afternoon and to night and Rain Randolph stopt to night 22nd Fine Lots of Boats going to Day 2 Big Steamers passed Down The Druges and Scows Left out here to Day Ed Renshaw here he is out with Jo Lally Took a Lot of Traces of corn over to the other House New Moon comes in this Morning St Celisa's Day 23rd Fine Big Wind Last night Went around the Island Found a Bun or Punt Took over the Lime to the other House Measured 10 Bushels of Wheat to go to Mill a Rout about the Satchel they took it out of the Room and hid it on their Mother Water high took a Jar of Randolph to Dundee for oil had Randolphs Boat some Trees and Limbs Down with the Wind 24th Fine cool East Wind Stanley to Mill to Day some cool and Windy to night Fixing irons and Tools in the old House chopping some a Lot of shooting Below to Day a pair of overals Bought 25th St Catherin's Day Stormy E Wind Raining Eddy here 26th Raining Hailing Blowing East Wind Took over the Milk Snowing 27th Fine East Wind Randolph here on the Little Island Eddy here taking over the sticks of the Barn for a pig Pen 2 Boats went up Steam Barge went Down