Mr James Cameron Island

18th of January 1891 Gordon came milder E Wind

19th Bismarck and Leander to Charlies Island Drawing some Wood Lewis taking home his Heifers Fine

20th a Fine Day E Wind Cutting and sawing stove Wood John R Stanley Leander Bismarck and I EEll Fishers at the sturgeon Island Ground the axes Last night

21st St Agnefs Day E Wind Blustery Drifting snowed Fine the Boys Bismarck & Leander went to Dundee Bought of J Tyo 5 Gallons of oil 60 cents RRR 25 Down's Elixer 25 a Pair of Cloth Boots $1..25 Making stakes cutting Boards for the Floor Broke on a cake of cheese snowing to night

22nd E Wind Raining Fixing 2 Boards in the Floor Bismarck put them in

23rd cutting Firewood W Wind high not cold

24th Charlie Tuppers Birth Day Fine snowing Windy Leander went to Summerstown with Butter 16 lb 20 and 18 Bought a sack of salt 80 Flour 70 Hinge 15 soda 10 Matches 10 Mrs Oxleys Mothers Remains crofsed the Lake to be Buried on the Dundee side

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Mr James Cameron Island

25th January 1891 Robie Burns Birth DAy was celebrated on the 23rd Heard Mr Alexander Frasher of Point Lovat was Poorly had the Doctor Gordon here had a Letter From Williamstown from Ellen on J Hugh for me to go out Lewis the Indian here Kind of soft

26th stormy EW I went as far as Hamiltons Leander and I had the horse very Cold and Windy Tom said some other Fine Day he would go John and Margaret not well Bismarck and Stanley sawing Stove Wood

27th E Wind Windy some Frosty Cutting Firewood John H Bismarck and J Leander Drawing Wood 10 Loads

28th Fine E Wind Went to Williamstown me and Thomas Jack for a Load of Household things got a Load came home Got 50 cents from John Hamilton had a Treat at Duncan Saddlers 20 cents fot a Lot of stuff got some of the Books Burtons took 8 Loads yesterday Lewis 2 children here for Potatoes cutting Basswood on the Bank