March the 1st 1862 Mr James Cameron Island Saturday March the 1st 1862 helping Lashey to Split March came in Stormy Like a Lion I suppose it will go out Like a Lamb Lashey to the Store Got a Letter or Valentine From a Very Loving Peice as it has a Warm turn in its contents Gave Lashey an order on A Summers for 4/5 1/2 to myself Pork 4/2 The Ice almost impossible to Travel (Postage 7 cents) Sunday the 2nd A fine Day 3rd Shrove Monday Lashey Chopping the Hicory Maple Tree all nots Lent himm 13 lbs of Flour Bag & all Baking most of the Day Stormy East wind 4th Shrove Tuesday Lashey Making an Hand Sleigh for himself Stormy Rain Snow & Wind 5th Ash Wednesday Lashey Chopping the Ironing & Mending Stormy some 6th Drawing Drags helping Lashey to split 1 Tree I see Great crofsing to & From Salmon River hurted Grey in the Deep Snow or crust 7th A Fine Day helping Lashey to split Ducks for the First I seen going Down Christee & Wife here brought a very fine iron Wedge to see Gave them Salt for nothing wanting to Buy hay for his cows Lent him the inch augur Making a Bargain for to Keep his cow to Pay me in sugar for the Hay 8th Lashey went to hunt cleaning the pipes took home a Drag Killed a Rat a Very fine Day Cattle what there is is all hearty Sunday the 9th Bill Morris & another Man here to Sending the Book to Livinia a very fine Day Went Down to the hay Island Good crust this Morning the 1st we had this Winter Ducks Going to the West 10th Cleaning My Guns and putting my ammunition in order for any emergency Raining some Lashey came the Eagle came Wind high to night cleaning the canoes some {second page} 1862 Mr James Cameron Island March 11th A Fine Day Lashey chopping A great deal of snow & water on the Ice Drew some Drags Baking 2 hens went out 12th This Day McMaster came to the Island First Lashey to the store Came cnows to 14/9 out of the store Seen Charlie Drawing from Rofs Island Bad Travelling the snow so soft cutting Drags in the Bush 13th Good crust this Morning Drawing Drags Looking for a sleigh crook cut Down 2 ashe Trees a Fine Forenoon East Wind Looks Like snow seen a Team crofsing Summers's Road 14th Christee here for hay Seen a Fox splitting the sleigh crook in the Bush 15th A Very stormy day Lashey Made a Box for his sleigh took in a Channel Cat to cook Wrote a Letter for --- to show some Body East wind Blowing hell to Split Great Dreams Ships Barges Latitudes papers church 16th Sunday Stormy Day East Wind 17th St Patricks Day in the Morning Lashey Went for his Flour Little Stormy Great Banks of snow Trimming trees took home the crook for the sleigh Washing Most awful Dreams no Very well these Days 18th cutting Beames and shafts for the sleigh Bad going in the Bush with Deep snow 19th Last Day of Winter Seen 3 Wild Geese for the first came 2 of Christies going up on the ice nothing will do them but they much come the way of my poison and their Dog made free in Taking it which will be the end of his Days Fine Day Great Going to Salmon River Parsons not mnay Trimming Trees in the Grove 20th First Day of Spring and a very fine Day it is Went to Salmon River