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16th of December 1900 Randolph here had the Mail Gave Him a Letter to put in the PO To John Cameron Kansas Junction City Eddy with Mail too cold Time

17th Frosty Fernandez crofsed to chop took his saw cold Foggy Grinding axes not very well Pigion over at the Barn Froze hard

18th Freezing Foggy East Wind Sent a Letter to Day Sent a Box of Ducks with 12 in it Leander crofsed to Haggartys with them Bought Sugar 50 cents worth and 25 cents worth a Boom 25 Randolph and Fernandez cutting wood for Captain Baker

19th Kind of Soft cleaning the Thrashing Machine Fixed 2 or 3 Shelves Rained some Last night Made a Step for the Thrashing Machine and Rained some to to night

20th Fine Soft snowed some caught 8 or 9 Perch Stanley put out some Manure took over the Sewing Machine Digging the Manure from the outside cellar Door and putting straw under Washing to Day Fernandez here for a Stick of Hicory and took 2 axe handles Last Day of Fall

21st First Day of Winter Foggy a Fine Day Leander Went to Lancaster Crofsed to Fraser Point Bought Tea a Bottle of Strawberry Stuff Crofsed to Renshawas or Summerstown about the Shortest Day of the Year Broke on one of the Marsh Hay stacks at the Barn St Thomas Day New Moon

22nd Fine Day East Wind Stanley chopping Stove Wood Fernandez came had 4 Dull axes to Grind and a crosscut saw to File

23rd Fine Eddy Renshaw here Boys after Ducks Rained some to night

24th Christmas Eve Fine Leander to Summerstown council all over Bought the Stove at Haggartys 1 gallon of coal oil got 2 Letters 1 From Helen and a Dollar in it a Book From Daisy and 2 Ties a Letter From Dan

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25th of December 1900 Christmas Day West Wind a Little Snow cool Leander to church took the Letter to Put in the PO For Maxville Gave 50 cents to Livinia as her Share Leander came had the small Box with a Lot of Things in it a cap pencils and Leads Matches Wax Medal Belts corkscrews Books Silver case and other things Shot an owl Fernandez crossed to chop with Randolph

26th Fine and Fixing the Stove St Stephen's DAy old Mr Currie Buried to Day Froze some to night Windy seen a Mosquito and a Bee

27th St John the Evangelist The Free Masons Day The Foot square and Rule Teaches many a Fool Silk Satin and Scarlet Teaches many a Harlot Moved the Single Stove and put more pipes to it plastered around the wall Wrote a Letter to Dan to Day and sent it off to night Leander crofsed Gordon Finished his Plank at the Wharf snowed some to night

28th St Innocents Day Fine Kind of soft Stanley Drew 3 Loads of Wood Windy to night

29th our Angus Birth Day cold Windy Fixing shelves in the Buttery Feeding the Sheep near the Bush

30th Last Sunday this Year Fine a Few Flakes of Snow West Wind to night

31st Last Day of the Year a very very Fine Day took over the cook stove to the old House from this House Drew 3 or 4 Loads of Wood Thawing some Fernandez Shot a Duck at the Little Island North Side cattle Hogs and Dogs and hens Ducks all right snowed a Little to night Windy to night and cold

1st of January New Year 1901 Fine Windy Frosty cold Boarding some up Stairs had New Years in Wine Fernandez crofsed to Randolphs to chop Took the articles that Minnie Sent to Adelaide and Lilly

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2nd of January 1901 unfortunate Day Windy cold Freezing Windy to night ice Making a Little a Weasel on the Island Shot a Shell drake if it was calm the ice would take but its too Windy

3rd Allen's Birth Day 1853 Fine Fair and Frosty ice Taken to Christees this Morning ice taken to Little Island North Side Leander and Stanley crofsed to it ice going Down Making in some Places if it keeps on Freezing this way to night you may crofs tommorro Taken acrofs to Fraser's Point

4th Leander and Stanley went up the ice Leander crofsed Lots of Small holes got the Mail Fernandez came Back with him Snowed some Blustery Freezing hard to night went for EEls got 3 Bought Screws

5th a very Frosty Day Wind Fine Sunshining Working at an outside Door for the Kitchen Fox here Last night got a Blue Bill yesterday on the ice Fernandez crofsed got some of the Mail

6th Epiphany Sunday Fine Randolph and D Spink Fishing got a very Large Pike some Perch 3 EEls our Boys got a Black Duck on or at Little Island South side Began to Snow a Little East Wind not Cold Randolph took the Measuring Tape

7th Fine E Wind Snowing at their Axes Ground 3 of Them took the Black Duck over to the other House Fernandez Went to chop at Mr Charles Craids

8th Annie's Birth Day 1866 a very Fine Day East Wind cutting some of the Trees the Wind Blew Down I went over to the old House Broke on a Marsh hay stack yesterday

9th Fine not very well put out Bushes yesterday to Hamiltons Wharf Took over the Pork and Salted it caught some Perch Snow all off the ice putting out few Loads of Manure Windy to night

10th E Wind Windy cold Big East Wind Storm Snowing Drifting Blue Bill Dead Rain some hail to night Windy

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11th of January 1901 Fine cool East Wind Fixed the cubboard in the N Corner of the Kitchen Blowing snowing Drifting

12th Old Style Drifting Snowing wind changed to West Fernandez came about 2 o clock Snowing hard to night and Drifting Frank Laplante crofsed the Summerstown Roadon the ice with a Horse on the 11th

13th Fine Dan Spink and Randolph here Went Fishing Perch got 2 Went Fishing EEls got 40 Lost the spear {illegible} Large Platter Fernandez went with them to Craigs

14th Fine a Lot of crofsing Christees for EEls Fishing Drew 2 Loads of wood took up a Barrel of Water cleaned {illegible} E Wind

15th Fine Cool East Wind some Drops of Fine Rain Randolph here had a Letter from Dan about the Cornwall Stanley {illegible} Snake Head Tea {illegible} went to night rained {illegible}

16th Fine rained some showers Randolph here Brought the Kansas Journal him and Leander Fishing Perch sun shining getting Kind of sloppy Got 8 Perch and {illegible} some Windy to night

17th Fine Day Leander came went to Lancaster gave him a {illegible} to Buy compound {illegible} strawberry {illegible} Papers his mother {illegible} for {illegible} Douquetts to day Few Perch {illegible} Frank Laplante a Bee to Day

18th Fine a very Frosty Day Randolph came Fernandez came had 2 Bottles of Strawberry 50 Envelopes 20 Bloting Paper 5 took Back 1.25 Pepper 10 Bought Pants overalls Shirts Bottle of Ink Mrs Peter Chisholm in the Gore Buried to Day Carlo not Well wont Eat or Drink very Frosty to night

10th Carlo Died very very Frosty Day George came Make a Neck Yoke Fixed the Pump Summerstown Road Bushed 18th

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20th of January 1901 Fine cold and Frosty East Wind Randolph Dan Spink and John H here 3 of them went to spear EEls got 8 George went off Sent Ionia some things 2 Dollars cash a Belt a Tam O Shanter Soap 2 Kinds of Fish Sweatmeats an Indian with 1 Horse Sleigh and 2 Dogs passed Down the south side Looking for Wood Bushi si his name Sport Followed them he stopt at Lewis's coming Back Leander went over and got Sport he had no notionof coming home John H took 8 EEls with him Fernandez crofsed to Craigs to chop took 2 axes with him Leander crofsed to night not so cold to night Windy to night

21st St Agnefs Day Fine Kind of Warm Wind Drawing Fire-wood 3 Loads in Forenoon Unfortunate Day Unfortunate Day Windy to night Froze hard Rained a Shower

22nd Fine Day St Vincent's Day most Beautiful Unfortunate Day Frosty to night Queen Victoria Departed Born the 24th of May 1819 aged 81 years and 8 months a very Good Queen a Lofs to the Empire George Snider Died as they were talem him to the Hospital

23rd Fine cool Frosty Leander and Stanley in the Bush chopping E Wind Randolph here scated Down took my Kansas Paper Down the Kansas City Weekly Journal January the 17th Wrote a Letter to Dan concerning the Death of Carlo Dated inside the 24th Leander to Summerstown took the coal oil can Windy some cold

24 Fine St Pauls Day if Fair a Happy Day This is Charles Tuppers Birth Day of the Butternut Islad Fernandez came tonight

25th Robie Burns Birth Day a very Fine Day Fernandez to Summerstown cutting some Wood 1 Horse sleigh of Indians went Down to Rofs Island on the North side for Wood Drew 3 Loads to the Bank Logs to the door

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26th of January 1901 A Fortunate Day a very Fine Day a Few Flakes of Snow this Morning an Indian passed Down with a Team to Rofs's Island For Wood splittig Logs at the Door First Time for Stanley to be Shaved Reuben and Jessie came Down on scates From Cornwall 10 minutes to 2 the Left Cornwall and got here 1/2 Past 3 Pretty good for them not Knowing the Road or the ice Leander crofsed got the Mail Received the Gazzeet Almanack From Dan Bought Haggarty Tea and Sugar Fernandez came

27th Fine Randolph and D Spink came had a Spear Dan made himself for EEls in the Mud went to spear EEls got 22 The 2 young Folks Reuben and Jessy started for Cornwall a change in the Moon Snowed through the night

28th Snowing to Day Randolph came Grinding axes had a Dog with him one of the cows calved yesterday

29th Fine cold Day chopping some calm to night Fernandez crofsed to night came Back siad the Revd Mr Mathewson was coming to morrow

30th Fine Day E Wind 2 Rigs of Indians went Down for Wood The Boys Leander and Fernandez went to Lancaster to get the Horses shod 80 cents Kings Fixed the Revs Mr Mathewson and Randolph here Read From the 6th Chapter of The Galations and then Quoted from that also a very Good Prayer Brought me the Christian Herald and in it very good Reading Boys came they say the Road goes Down on the ice From Dan Frasers to Lancaster Bushed Drawing stones to the Wharf there Fernandez crofsed to cut ice for Jo Douquett

31st Fine Fair and Frosty E Wind Stanley and Leander chopping

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1st of February 1901 The Black Month Fine Fair Frosty Fixed the Rings on the End of the Neckyoke chopping some Drawing Wood Wrote a Letter to the Kansas City Weekly Journal Dated he second of February as it Wond go to the PO till tommorow and perhaps not then containing 25 cents Silver St Bridgets Day Drew 3 Loads of Wood Borrowed 25 cents turned Windy Fernandez came to night had a Letter From Jessie in Cornwall and a Lot of very Fine Papers of the Queen and the Big Fire in Montreal

2nd Candle Mass Day a very Fine Day the Bear and Raccoon and Badger will see their Shadows as the Sun shines well all Day Lilly Renshaw came Down for Stanley to help them with putting up their ice Randolph here the Boys chopping till 12 then go Ready to go to Dundee for Kerosene oil gave them the Letter for Kansas City Weekly Journal to put in the office over there took the 5 gallon Jar East Wind 12 cents a Gallon 60 Races in Dundee

3rd Unfortunate Day Septuagasima Sunday E Wind Fine Lilly Renshaw here Leander went up with her Turned windy to night Drifting Full Moon

4th E Wind Drifting snowing some nailing on Boards up Stairs East side

5th Fine Fernandez crossed to to Renshaws to Build an ice house West Wind Stanley and Leander chopping The Marsh hay stack Done this Morning Took the Saw to the Bush cold Time Heard that the Oldest Judge in Canada Departed in the Person of Judge Pringle of Cornwall Buried on the 5th

6th cold Time Mifs Lafflam Buried to Day Fernandez came From Renshaws Killed 6 Roosters to Day very Cold to night

7th Cold Fine sun Shines Windy Fixing some Boards up Stairs Wrote a Letter to Day to My neice in Cornwall Stanley Killed 4 Rusters to Day Unfortunate Day Frosty to night

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8th of February 1901 Gordons Birth Day 1863 Fine Fair and Frosty Fernandez went to Cornwall took 7 of Poultry Windy Fixing Boards up stairs Took the Letter put it in the P.O Gordon 38 years old to Day

9th Unfortunate Day Fine cold Frosty Gordon Went to Lancaster Bought Bought a Lot of clothing came here coming Back Had a Drop of Good stuff Fernandez came From Cornwall

10th Fine cold Frosty Gordon ewnt acrofs Leander crofsed Sexagesima Sunday

11th Fine Fair and Frosty sun shining Drawing cordwood to the Bank Drew Firewood to the Door Stanley chopping Last Quarter of the Moon after 1 in the Evening a Fortunate Day Seen an Owl passing Snowed some to night

12 Fine Drew 2 Loads of the Fine Hay Stack in the Field at the Stone heap Drawing Firewood Ed Renshaw here Unfortunate Day turned a Little Windy at Noon Wrote a Letter to Lily Vitality Association 200 Front Street, Sarnia, Canada Alexander Fraser Evan's Son here got the Load of the crow Bar as they are Working at Stones for the Wharf in Lancaster Gave Eddy the 2 Letters to put in the Post Office with 5 cents to Pay Postage A Letter to Dr T.A. Slocum, 98 Pine Street New York

13th Cold Windy Drifting Snowed Blowing Randolph here Brought the Mail a Letter From Dan got my Kansas Almanack I sent for 25 cents snowed some to night

14th St Valentine's Day Fernandez came from Frasers some cold Blowing Boarding some up stairs in our Room Fired 2 shots at the Fox

15th Cold Frosty Drifting Snowed Blowing Fixing some in the cellar as the Frost is touched a Few of the Potatoes Banking some snow around the outside wall of the cellar Killed a Muskrat

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16th of February 1901 Unfortunate Day Mild Kind of Fine Fernandez went across to A. Frasers Stanley and Leander Drawing Firewood a Fox passed over to the Back Bay got a Rat snowed some to Day Drew 3 Loads of Firewood Wrote a Letter for the Star put a Dollar in it my Date is 26th of Feby Leander to the store Bought of Mr Haggarty 1 Box of Soda Biscuit 25 Soda 10 Fernandez came from Frasers

17th Shrove Sunday Unfortunate Day Quinquagesima Randolph and Donald Spink here Jo Mitchel and 1 of Lewis Boys here had Horse and Cutter Wanted Wheat for their Mare as she got in the ice gave them Wheat Leander to church to night Foxes Running about Lots of them nice and Moderate Weather now got a Rat

18th James Hugh's Birth Day 1855 Fine Fernandez to Frasers to Work at Stones as they are Drawing to the Lancaster Wharf Wrote a Letter to Day to send to Dan cutting Logs 6 all Basswood Drew a Load of Firewood Indians Drawing from Christees Island to Day set out Poison Below the Island South Side Shrove Monday Writing part of John Cameron's career since he Left the Scottish Shore its on a Paper with Bobs on the inside

19th Shrove Tuesday George came to Thrash Got 2 Foxes this Morning seen Lots of Foxes running to Day Began to Thrash the Rod Broke and had to go to the Blacksmith's with it Snowed some Sent My 2 Letters to the P. Office For the Weekly Star with a Dollar in it the other to Dan With Register and Postage Money 9 cents Bought Sugar Left the Rod till Morning to get Fixed Skinned the 2 Foxes and 2 Muskrats

20th Ash Wednesday Randolph came with the Rod 25 cents paid Made some Legs for the Mill This is one of my Lent Days I eat no Meat to Day Thrashed about 18 Bushels to Day

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22nd of February 1901 Washingtons Birth Day churning to day Fine this Morning Thrashing till near 12 o clock the Mill got rong George went Home Eddy Renshaw here Thrashed about 43 of Oats Randolph went gave him a Letter to put in the P.O to go tommorow 2 cents Postage Lily Victualy Vitality Association Sarnia A Man walked up the ice from the way of Lancaster passed on the south side of the Island in the afternoon Indians Drawing wood From Christees Island

23rd Unfortunate Day Fine cool sunshiny Leander and Stanley went to Lancaster to get part of the Thrashing mill Fixed at the Dewars Foundry cant Do it to Day Ed Renshaw here to Fix a handle in his axe Fernandez came from Frasers

24th St Mathias Day Lent Begins Quadragesima Sunday Leander to night to church got the Mail seen an owl

25th Fine Fernandez to Frasers Boys some Logs from the Bush a Fortunate Day a change in the Moon Snowed through the night

26th Fine snowed some Went to Lancaster Stanley and Leander for the Thrashing Machine see if was Fixed a Fortunate Day Bought cod Haddock Tea got Soap cold to night

27th Ember Day Fine Day cool some Sunshine But cold Windy Frosty to night

28th Last Day of the Month Fine cool and Frosty Randolph here a Team came up the Ice From the way of Lancaster passed up on the south side Boys sawing stove-wood its Lewis's Boys that came up the ice they had ash for Baskets Windy to night

1st of March St Davids Day The Festival of the Welsh Taffy's Day The Leek came in Fine sun Bright and clear some Windy Kind of Like a Lamb not much Like a Lion or adders-head An Unfortunate Day Ember Day cleaning some Wheat Thawing some Windy Leander crofsed with the Team Turned Kind of Cloudy or Smoky near 5 o clock commenced to snow or Sleet Received a Letter From Ionia Windy to night a Party at Summerstown to night

2nd an Unfortunate Day Snowing Boys went to Mill about 20 Bushels turned very Fine Froze hard to night Ember Day Fernandez Done at Frasers came home Sold his 2 Foxes 3 Dollars Leander

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3rd of March 1901 Sunday Fine Day John H here John H got a Trap Leander crossed with John H Wrote a Letter to Ionia to come Home Rained some to night and it Blew a hard Hard Wind all night

4th a very Fine Day Thawing 2 Mock suns one on each side of the sun and circle around the sun Randolph here the Boys Making Basswood Bunks for the sleigh cutting holes to Fish in the Back Bay Uncle John's Boy William Henery Shadgate's Birth Day his oldest Son Born in Quebec When moved to New York went aboard a Frigate sailing never heard about Him though inquired of his Father Different times some Wind to night

5th an Unfortunate Day Fine Snowed Blowed cool Drifted some Fernandez went to Cornwall for Brick 400 to Day snowed some tonight sawed stove wood Randolph to Cornwall Bought a Bell

6th Fine commenced to Blow hard about 2 o clock 1st Load of Logs 5 the next Load 6 in in the afternoon cut some Logs to Day Ed Renshaw and Barry passed Down on our Road to Lancaster for sawdust Thats 11 Logs to Day squally this afternoon

7th Fine a Team came up passed on the south side took 6 Logs in the Forenoon 1 a small short one took 3 or 4 Boards Back Took 6 in the afternoon Took Back 250 Pieces about 1000 Feet or over took them into the House so they would Dry Snowed Quite a Bit to night East Wind

8th Unfortunate Day Gloomy not cold a Few grains of snow Went with 7 Logs this Morning came Back 100 pieces 360 Feet some edgings 70 of Ash and 30 of Butternut Turned out a very Fine Day Livinia not very Well in Bed Went this afternoon with 5 Logs heard a Crow for the First Took Back 37 Pieces 264 Feet Snowed some to night

9th Snowing went with a Maple Log to Day got 11 Pieces out ofit 132 Feet For steps for the Thrashing Mill Took Back 39 Less how many Feet I Dont Know 290 Feet Fixing ash Boards up in the Kitchen Floor up stairs so they would Dry Took over to the other House some of the Boards that was Dry and those 39 pieces Captain A.J.Baker and Mrs Baker here they Look Well East Wind Eddy to 4 Bushels of Oats 7 Loads and 37 Logs 2046 Feet

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10th of March 1901 a Fortunate Day Fine East Wind cold Blowing hard commenced Raining Rained hard all night made icicles on the Trees Ed Renshaw here Leander to church got a Sabbath school Book the Home Study

11th East Wind icicles Bending the Limbs and Trees Down and Breaking them a Long Time this Forenoon at the other House Taking up tonight some Frozen Potatoes out of the cellar Windy to night

12th Unfortunate Day on This Day of the Month D McMaster (Senior) First came to the Island Windy Icicles on the Trees Filled a Barrel of Water about 57 years ago the Ice opened on this Day of the Month

13th Fine East Wind Went with the Boards that they tore off the other House to get Plained and Groove to Lancaster started turned Back for what I Dont Know Randolph here all Fishing Perch they are Breaking up the other House since I Dont want them to touch it that shows the characters I have to Deal with Leander went to night to someplace Windy to night

14th Stanleys B Day 1880 Stormy Went to Lancaster for Sawdust Blowing Drifting

15th Froze this Morning Smoky Fernandez went to Lancaster to go to Alexandria Meeting to morrow Eddy and Barrie here for What I did not here Drifting turned Fine E Wind They came for the oats 6 Bushels for Jo Douquett got a Muskrat Fishing got a Pike

16th a Very Fine Day Conservative Meeting in Alexandria to Day Drew the cord Wood From the Door crows Flying around An Unfortunate Day sun comes out hot 3 Indians and their Team taking a Load of Wood off the Little Island north side another Indian and Team went Down to Tuppers or Rofs's Island passed up with his Load Drew 3 Loads of Wood

17th St Patricks Day Sunday Mid-Lent a very Fine Day snowed some in the afternoon Ionia and George came Randolph Eddy Fernandez John H here Fishing got 14 Perch 1 Pike Eddy took an Ice nippers here Mrs May Dunlop and Wesleys passed up to Fort Covington

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18th of March 1901 St Josephs Day On This Day of the Month Vicky Departed 1887 Randolph and Eddy here Eddy came for Fernandez to go to chop a very Fine Day Fishing got 2 Pikes 7 Perch cutting ice 3 sleighs of Indians passed up one took Wood of the small Island Seen a Black Fox Passed 2 Dogs on the south side

19th Fine cold Frosty East Wind a Strange Dog here Blew hard to night

20th near the Last Day of Winter Fernandez came to night Last night chopping at Frashers for Eddy Renshaw Drew 2 Loads of Wood to the House then Went to Draw the Ice cut in the Back Bay to the other House a Fine Day took 2 Loads of ice Rained Heavy to night and soe Heavy Gusts of Wind I suppose its the Equinoxes crofsing the Line as its near the Last Day of Winter we will have the Equinoztinal Gales The Time the Day and Nights are near Equal

21st Fine Spring Begins a very Fine Day Some says the 22nd cutting ice and Drawing it to the other House Randolph here Brought Nicholson's crofscut saw about 7 Teeth Broke in it Fixed it some some Windy at noon the Strange Dog here yet goes away and comes around again the Sun Went Down very very Red and awful Bright Alexander Fraser here paying Fernandez for Working at the Stones for the Lancaster Wharf 13 1/2 or 14 Dollars got a Frog

22nd Livinia Senior Birth Day Blowing Snowing Blissardy Drifting Fine Randolph here Eddy here Working at the Ice very squally to Day Turning cold and Windy this Evening Freezing

23rd Fine Day 2 Boys went to Lancaster for Sawdust an Indian passed Down with a 1 Horse Sleigh for Wood First Blackbirds came this Morning Killed a House Rat John Hamilton and Thomas Jack here Took Home the Ram 3 of Lewis children hee got the Potatoes 9 of them Leander crofsed to Summerstown Wild Geese came Black Ducks Grass Birds heard a Robin Whistlers Blue Bills

24th A Fortunate Day Fine Livinia and Ionia went to Randolph's Gordon Randolph Dan Spink here Fishing Perch got a Pike this Evening a Strange Dog here to Day

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25th of March 1901 Lady Day Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Fine East Wind cool Stanley went to Fort Covington the other 2 Went to Lancaster I sent a Letter with them to John Cameron Junction City Kansas sent for Writing Paper 25 cents 2 cents for Postage got 15 cents Back of change Bought an Iron Bedstead 8 Dollars Boots Stanley got Boots Fixed got a Handle for crofs cut saw got a Pike

26th John Hamilton Cameron Birth Day 1876 Fine Barrie and Eddie Renshaw here took home the sugar Pot Got 6 Bushels of Oats for Jo Douquett cranes came Rain to Day and to night Began to Tap Raining all night

27th Drops of Rain Fishing at Perch Tapt in the Last of the newmoon Took over to someone a pike Dresed Leander Did

28th Unfortunate Day Fernandez went to Barnharts for our axehelves Brought here only 2 had a Box of cartriges I got the April Number of the Home Journal a Put put a Big Dry Fire in the Stove when there was a Good Fire in Stuffed it some Wind Few Grains of snow

29th Unfortunate Day Kind of Gloomy Stanley went From Home to Day and no one in the House Knows where he went to as I asked at the Dinner Table where he Went Killed 4 Ducks to Day Tame ones Gordon here this Evening Stanley did not come home to night Windy to night

30th a very Fine Day some Wind sun warm Randolph here went to Line got a 6 lb Pike on it Drew 3 or 4 Loads of Firewood took the Plank of steps for the Mill over to the Barn from here Fernandez went o Lancaster Leander in the Sugar Bush Tapped 231 Trees now

31st Palm Sunday Fine Stanley came Leander went up to church came Back 1/2 past 2 Last of the Month

1st of April All-Fools Day Fine Tapping some about 12 to Day Fixing Barrels took Big Pans to the camp took Tin Pans to camp

2nd a very Fine Warm Day about 290 Tapt now

3rd Raining Snowing Rained hard to night 1 of the cows calved

My Name on My Kansas Almanack was torn off

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4th of April 1901 Rain Turned cleared up some Stanley a Fox this Morning water on the ice St Ambrose Day very Fine this afternoon Made the First Syrup took to the House 4 Gallons Drew a Boat or Bun up to the Wild Oats as its open some there Killed 2 of the Tame Ducks as they are very Fat a Few odd Shots Below the South Side they have a Blind at the Wild Oats

5th Good Friday Fine Kind of Foggy Smoky Dull Day Rained some Got a Whistler Stanley in the Bush no sun shines to Day Stanley Skinned his First Fox misty Weather

6th a Fortunate Day a Fine Afternoon E Wind Stanley skinning the Black Cow Heifer Boiling in the Bush Made 10 Gallons of Syrup Rained to night

7th Easter Sunday Rained Foggy On This Day of the Month Uncle John Departed in the year 1893 Randolph Dan Spink John H came here Drew their Boat on the ice From the air hole at the Foot of Hamilton's Island Boys in the Bush Made Taffy and Sugar Heard they commenced working at the Methodist church in Summerstown

8th East Monday Rained Last night Dull some Rain very Foggy Drawing some Drags of Wood to the Door Rained all night

9th On This Day of the Month I was Married 1862 Lots of Rain not very good Sugar Weather ice Lingering opening near Shore and Points seems solid in the channels Rained to Day and to night

10th Few Drops this Morning Turned Fine the sun came out for a While Dull Dreary and Smoky Drew the Bun up to the Head of the Island the Ice opening in the channel Down to the Little Island and Breaking around the Pier making a Strip Fine afternoon its Jamming some the ice Leander and Fernandez crofsed in the Bun to Hamiltons walked up to Post Office got the Mail got a Letter from John Cameron Junction City Kansas ice moving Down Frose some to night

11th a very Fine Day Mr George Annan and Randolph here Boys in the Bush Took over the Black Rooster Eddy Renshaw here to night Froze some to night and running pretty good to Day

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12th of April 1901 a very Fine Day Sap Runs well to Day Frost Last night George Annan and Randolph on the Little Island North Side Eddy Renshaw in the Sugar Bush I went up Through the Bush a Lot of Destruction by Icicles and Wind went to the Lower Point a Lot of Jamming on the south side Lots of ice going Down Took a Lots of Syrup home Goingt to Freeze to night

13th a very Fine Day running good I went up to the head of the Island Snakes coming out Eddy Renshaw in the Bush I came Down on the south side and awful Big Cake coming Down Jamming hard Below the wild Oats Eddy Brought my Mail

14th Low Sunday East Wind Fine Randolph and Eddy here Randolph took Mr Attwaters saw Leander crofsed to night

15th Fortunate Day Fine Day went up side of shore Fernandez went acrofs Early this morning Boiling and gathering running some Killed 2 of the Tame Ducks Know one Knows where Fernandez went if they do they wont tell But I Dont care if he goes and never comes back he came through the night Frogs Began their Music Loons came

16th Fortunate Day very Fine E Wind Sap running Fixing around th Mill put out the Swill Barrel the Girls Making sugar outside by Themselves made a Big Feast of Taffy for their Mother and me the First I eat since the sugar Began Boys in the Bush Fernandez off acrofs I went over to the other House put a Handle in the Hoe Setting Fires Went up to the camp Froze some to night

17th very Fine Day E Wind Boiled and Strained Drew the Bottom of the Stack in the Field Drew some of the Maple Logs to the house so to split them a calve yesterday went over to the old House took over Carlo's collar the Ice started to Move in the Back Bay this Evening wind changed to West

18th Fine Uncile Duncan's Birth Day The Census Man here Mr McDonald Ronald Roy's Sond Boiling of Pan Fille 7 1/2 Gallons to Day Taking the Banking from the cellar went to head of the Island

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19th of April 1901 Primrose Day Fine Eddy here took a can of Syrup Sawing Stove Wood Rained to Day and to night Fernandez came with his Wheel Set the net Windy

20th Windy Rain Sawing Stove-wood cold to Day the Grenada came out to Day on her First Trip Raining hard every night E Wind

21st Sunday Rained E Wind Leander crofsed this Evening a calf to night Rained again to night

22nd Fine Day Windy cool Stanley went to Dundee 1 cowhide 1 calfskin 1 Fox 3 Rats Sawing and cutting stove Wood at the Door Gathered 9 pails of Sap the Chaffe came into Lancaster this Evening Rain Stanley did not come to night

23rd St George's Day The Festival of the English Rained some Boiling sap East Wind

24th Unfortunate Day Made about 2 Gallons I think this is the Last Let the cows out to Pasture E Wind Randolph here Stanley and George came Sold his Fur Fox 1 Dollar Rats 15 cents a Peice Bought Outing 8 cents a yard Went over to the old House Rained every Day Since the New Moon came in Wrote a Letter to Allen W Ward Box 748 Avon Liv.Co. N.Y Began to Thrash about 1 o clock Oats Bought a Hat

25th St Marks Day Unfortunate Day First Quarter of the Moon Rained this Morning the Way the weather is to Day it will be so for Forty Days so some Folks say all Superstition E Wind Thrashing very Fine Day some Windy Took away the Buckets yesterday Sap runs well to Day My Head very Dizzy to Day and Last night Went up to the camp at 12 o clock 1 of the Sheep a Lamb and we took it in the House another had a Lamb at the upper Point after Supper Thrashed 50 Bushel

26th East Wind cool Fine Day Eddy here put Shoes on the Mare Finished the Thrashing this afternoon James Creamers B Day Indians here with Baskets Bought 4 from them the Woman is one of the Fridays about 100 or More Bushels Leander crofsed Bought 1/2 lb Tea

27th a very Fine Day E Wind George and Stanley went of took 2 Bags of Oats 2 Baskets for the children first Steamer went Down with a Raft the PUt the Mill in the old House Got coal oil new Round Dish 1 {illegible} Rival Took home Sugar Bush pans

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28th of April 1901 Sunday a Fortunate Day very Fine Day Eddy and Leander to the Kit Kit Eddy Brought me Dozen of Herring 20 cents Randolph Adelaide and the Big Boy Gave him 50 cents Silver Lilly and Gordon all here got some Pike in the net Salted the cattle 2 Indians set Fire on the Little Island Leander and Lilly went up together W Wind

29th Fine Fortunate Day Stanley very sick very unwell to Day First Ploughing to Day the Wheat Piece East of the Grove spreading some heaps of Manure on the corn Ground Went to the head of the Island to see the Sheep took the Trap home from the Bay East Wind Rained to night

30th Last Day of April Raining East Wind Stanley in Bed very unwell Working at Boarding the West side with ash Eddy Renshaw here Lights up to night Algoma went into Salmon River Foggy smoky

1st of May St Phillip and St James Day very Foggy in the Morning Turned very Fine Light Lit up Last Night a Tug came the Government to Fix the Buoys and Lights she came Down a Tug came up heavy Loaded Ploughing put out some Manure the Indians here with Baskets Bought 1 small Basket

2nd Kind of Foggy Rained West Wind The Lady Smith got a ground on her Trip Down at Summerstown 8 Tugs went Down 1 Went up and More may pass yet Fired a Shot out of the Window at Ducks Stanley some some Better to Day he is up put out manure Biismarck Left Here on this day of the Month 1894 for Brittish Columbia More Boats went The Hamilton went Down Captain AJ Baker of Summerstown the Lady-Smith got off aground did not go into Lancaster Leander to Summerstown got the Mail got my Pills From Mr Ward

3rd Fine Windy Lots of Boats a going a Fortunate Day Drawing out Manure

4th Fine Went to Head of the Island Sowed 4 Bushel of Wheat Hamilton went up Leander and Fernandez to Lancaster Bought 1 lb of Tea

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5th of May 1901 very Fine Leander to night church More Lambs

6th very Fine putting out Manure on the Barley Piece Sowed 4 1/2 of Barley Taking stones of the Wheat Piece and of the Barley Gathering the old iron from amongst the Stones at the cherri Trees got 2 Letters to Day 1 from Dr A.J.Landen Montreal 1 From Allen W Ward 748 Avon Liv.Co.N Y churning to Day 6 Lambs now

7th very Fine Plowing Sowed 1 3/4 of Wheat put some manure out Fernandez went to Cornwall took his Wheel Got Curtain Blinds Fixing My English Cherries Trees Monicas sone here for oats For Jo Douquette Mr Haggarty and Mr Vipond here Mr Haggarty wanting 25 Bushels of Oats Leander to take them to him got a Rat Made a Bargain with Mr Vipond For a Raking Machine 22 Dollars Gets 2 years to Pay it one Payment next March

8th very Fine East Wind Ploughing Harrowing Broke the Harrow Taking off Stones cleaning and Trimming the E Cherrys The Drudge came this afternoon Sowed oats 3 1/2 Leander took to Haggarty 5 Bags of Oats took Down the Stove took the Stove over to the other house Put up the Curtains Girls went to Jo Douquetts with 25 Doz of Eggs and 8 lb 1/2 of Butter Rained to night and Thunder and Lightning Burning some Piles of Brush

9th Fine East Wind Wrote a Letter to Day Dated the 11th with a for XXX to send them Sowed 7 1/2 Bushels of Oats Ploughing Harrowing taking Stones of the Wheat Ground This is the Day their to take Peter Skin and Coquhons Island Went over to the Bay

10th Ploughing the Potato Ground at the cherry Tree and Taking Big Stones off of ti Eddy Renshaw her Gavie Him the Letter to put in the office a 1 Dollar Bill in it Ploughing above the corn Ground for corn Put Manuare on Potato Ground Gave Eddy his Buckets Fernandez crossed took his Wheel home Rained all night a calf to Day Stanley took sick this Evening Thunder

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11th of May 1901 Ploughing cutting seed Potatoes Last Quarter of the Moon Rained to Day Mosquitoes Began Thoes 2 Seagoing Vessels Passed here about 4 oclock 1 Went West and 1 East got 3 Pikes Rained several Showers to day sme Mean sneak Took Carlo away from where I had him covered till I could get him taken to a spot which I had Laid out for him I had not been over where he Laid to Day and they never told about hey Done so on a Theiving way

12th Rogation Sunday Rained to night Wind Fine

13th Planted the Potatoes at the cherry next the Wheat Ploughing above the Lane Raining cool

14th fine Ploughing the corn Ground Ploughed the Front of the House and the Tobacco piece and Back of the House piled up the Wood at the Big oak Tree Took the Leech ashes and put them at the Maple Trees Burnt some Rubbish Took over 5 Bags of oats to Mr Haggarty Stanley Better

15th Fine Day Ploughing Drilling corn Ground Planted some of the corn from the House up to the corner of yard Fence 2 of the Sea Boats went up to Day Steamer towed a Raft of Logs from Lancaster to Cornwall Rofs's Logs Stanley out to Day I went Down Round the Lower Point Leander went to Summerstown took 6 Bags of Oats to Fernandez went to Lancaster 58 Long Rows and 9 Short ones Took over 5 Tins of Syrup for Mr Shetsinger Cornwall Working some on the Pier to Day going to put a Light on it as the talk is that way Fernandez to Lancaster

16th Ascension Day Holy Thursday Fine Day Planting Corn and Potatoes putting Manure on the Piece above the Lane Broke the canoe William and William Morris here got some Fish to Day 1 went up and I1 went Down of those Big Boats for the old country John McRae Poorly 1 More of the those Big Boats went up Oriols came

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17th of May 1901 Fine Day Few Drops of Rain Eclipse to Day or Tommorow Harrowing Potato Ground above the Lane and planted Potatoes there the Burbanks Planting 2 Kinds of White small Kind of Beans going to Plant the Kansas Potatoes Sissy and Ionia Went to Summerstown Took 13 Doz of Eggs Ploughed the Piece West of the Maple Trees took over 2 Bags of Oats some corn Gathered up a Bag and a half of Dry Butternuts that was Drying Below the House Rained ll night

18th New Moon Eclipse in some Almanacks to Day Rained to Day Bought yesterday Sugar RRR Broom 2 Lamp chimies nutmegs took 2 Bags of Oats acrofs and 1/2 Dozen Ears Corn Leander to Summerstown Big Vessel went up to Day Got 2 Letters yesterday and a Toronto Paper of Medicine A Fortunate Day Heard of Johnny McRae's Death about Wednesday Bought nails at Haggartys Raining to night got a Bun White

19th Sunday Raining East Wind cool got crockery up near the Head

20th Unfortunate Day East Wind putting Boards on the West side some Rain Leander to Summerstown to night

21st Fine East Wind putting Boards on the West side some Rain Leander to Summerstown to night

21st Fine East Wind Working at the Granary I went in the Bun over to the Bay Looking for the White Ducks nest Leander crofsed to night

22nd Fine Day Sorting the Potatoes took them out of the cellar about 12 Bushels or more Fernandez putting up a Tent Stanley ploughing in the Back Fla and its Wet and his is wet clened my Gun it Rained a Few Drops Leander crofsed took 1/2 lb Tea Rained to night young chickens out young Kittens out

23rd Fine Stanley Ploughing Let out the mare to grass Went up around the Island Fixing a place for the milk in the cellar some Drops of Rain Leander took the Broad axe here Rained to night

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24th of May 1901 Queen Victoria's Birth Day Victorias Day Rained hard East Wind Fixed Boards on the South Side of the House cool Fernandez crofsed to Summerstown Got the Mail the Drudge Working to Day The Wrestling Match in Finch to Day

25th Fine Day Making a Door for the cellar outside East Wind Mr Genie here from Lancaster had Mr Stickler's Boat got some Potatoes a Bag and a Sack full Stanley Ploughing at the Ditch Leander crofsed to Summerstown took 2 cans of Syrup

26th Whit Sunday Pentecost a very Fine Day Roys Boat Down on a Pleasure Trip Jessimas Boat Down into Lancaster Let the Horses out to Grass Leander to church Fernandez to church at Least he Said so Rained to night

27th Unfortunate Day Raining Mr Fortin and Miss Adda Laplante Married to Day Turned to Be a very Fine Day Livinia (Sissy) and Stanley went to Dundee took Uncle Bills Broadaxe home Sold 5.80 of Eggs Bought Towelling 1.25 Gingham 15 yds 1.5 Rope 15 Goods 1. Cambrick 25 Prints 30 Corsets 1. Prints 30 Hats 20 Hooks Liines Billy sent Down his 2 Plains 1 Saw 1 Square 1 Hammer got 2 Doz of Eggs for hatching Bill 2== Martin and Cornelius here for Grain got none Lent them 2 Bags to go to Lancaster Fernandez sold 50 cents worth of Perch caught 140 Perch one of the Big vessels went up Raising stones at the Door

28th fine Day E Wind Rained hard to night Making a night Pasture For the cows next the Bush Moving the Rails from the Lane for the cow Pasture Fernandez putting a Bottom in the Bun

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28th. Dec 1901 Holy Innocents Day a Fine Morning Randolph came had 2 packages which Gordon Brought coat Boots Jacket. Ties 2 cups and saucers, 2 Lemons, Candies in a Box and in Paper. Randolph and Leander went to hunt this Morning. Baking today. The letter to Dan would go off this morning. Concerning Leander, name him who swam the Hellespont {Dardanelles in Turkey}. Began fishing perch and pike in the Back Bay. Leander and Randolph down to Rofs's and Charlie's Island. Stanley cutting wood for the sugar bush and cutting stove wood at the door. Leander went across bought 25 cent sugar, 1 bag of salt. Got a large pike. Returned tonight.

29th Angus Cameron Birthday Uncle Angus. Rainning today. Last Sunday in the year.

30th Fine, calm. Stanley drawing old wood and sticks from the fence and the barn. Fixing something on the Thrashing mill. Billy and Uncle George came, went to fish EEls. Captain Billy came with papers concerning Fernandez's military stand in the regiment. Got 30 EEls. Billy told us of Margaret Cameron, now Mrs. Millar’s death last week a near friend of ours.

31st Fine some windy. Billy filed the crosscut saw. Fernandez went to Lancaster. Very squally with drifting and wind. Perch and pike. Fernandez came to Frasher's Point. very high wind.Freezing hard tonight stopt up till 1 oclock.

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1st Jan 1902 New years Day, a Fortunate Day. Fine, fair and frosty, some wind freezing. Hard ice making. Ice going down the Bay. Boys crofsed to the Little Island north side, anchor ice going down. Making across in some places ice taken by Charlie’s Island and up to Hopkin's Point. Diggin baits to fish. Fishing perch and pike. Freezing hard tonight. Ice jamming some.

2nd A Fortunate Day East wind, fine. Ice did not take in the channel outside.Last night boys fishing perch and pike got an EEl Fixing the Mud Spears 2 of them went to fish EEls 4 of them of them22 got to Day

3rd Allen's Birthday Unfortunate Day, some cold wind. Fernandez, Billy and George went off took their fish 50 EEls, lots of perch, some pike. Made a small sleigh to draw their fish. Fernandez started for to go to the St. John's Training School. to start from Dundee on the 5th of January. Leander went part of the way with them on the ice. The ice taken on the south side not taken on the north side yet. But freezing hard tonight 4th Unfortunate Day the ice taken across here not altogether above here. Began boarding the inside of the kitchen the east end. The ice is taken to night.

Sunday the 5th, Leander crossed, got the mail.Gordon came, showed the presents he got from Mrs Locia and the fine time he had at their Place. Randolph here Dan Spink fishing.