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Mr James Cameron Island

25th of June 1880 Finished hoeing the corn very warm Thunder windy and Fine West Wind Randolph set a small Line got 2 EEls and a Perch St Batteau here for his Pay from the old man Dr Durocher for fishing Weeding the Onions

26th Warm a Pic Nic at Hamiltons Island Mr White Dr Bergin and Dan McMaster

27th very warm

28th Raining Fine Windy Put out 70 Tobacco Plants Randolph Got an EEl at the Potatoe Bugs

29th St Peter Windy at the Potatoes

30th Randolph and I crofsed to J Hamiltons Brought Pike EEl Got a Bag of Potatoes Bought of J Summers RRR 25 cents 3 yds Calico 33 cents Paid Bought of Mr Ward comb 10 cents Gave Mr Derushie 25 cents for a Knife to take from Tow{cut off} Bohemian Broke and Canal

1st of July Dominion Day Gabriel to Montreal with Fish

2nd East Wind went Trowling Randolph and I went to J Lemays Tent took what we thought he would value most 2 Lines snoods hooks oil can pail pitcher net Decoys Quilt saw oar paddle Tin Basin Left Lots of things as my Canoe Leaks

3rd Keeping the 4th of July the Yankees Fine

4th Sunday Jim Hopkins is here yesterday

5th Our Johns Birth Day 1803 - 77 years

6th Commenced to mow around the House and Barn put in some to Day

7th Mowing the Grove the old man Gabriel came away for a Week as he was sick the St Francis up the First Trip since she was Broke since the Bohemian Broke the Locks

8th Burdo to Ogdensburgh cut a {illegible} for them Down at the Tent Leander's Foot sore

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Mr James Cameron Island

July the 9th 1880 Mowing

10th Randolph crofsed to the store Bought of Mr Ward 1/2 lb Tea Tobacco 10 cents Got a Basket of cakes from J Hamilton Randolph stopt all night

11th Randolph came home

12th of July Orangeman's Day I crofsed to Summerstown Bought 7 yds of Calico 77 cents John and I up to the store Dishaw here for some of his things I took from the Kit Kit towels Bought of Wards salt 15 cents stopt at Hamiltons all night

13th high E Wind came home

14th cutting and putting in hay

15th St Swithens Day Went to Dundee Got Mr Burdo's Boat Bought of Mr Long hayfork 50 cents Bottle of oil 25 Rakes 15 1 scythe stone 10 cents Bought of Burdo 1 scythe stone 10 Bought of 1 lb of Tea 40 Starch 10 soap 10 cents Butter Tub 25 Tobacco 5 Fine salt 20 cents Hops from Mar 15 hair pins 5 cents Essence of Peppermint 10 pan of Bread for Mr Burdo 25 cents Got 2 Forks fixed at the Blacksmith 40 cents Got the Present of a Book from Mr Tuthill of Fort Covington Brought my clock to Get Fixed Brought Mr Tuthills his cup he Forgot went he was down Fishing Got a Lot of Papers from Mr Baker

16th Mowing and Taking in

17th Mowing AJ Baker Wife not ver well

18 Writing for Mr Durushie

19th Fernandez Birth Day 1874 Mowing

20th at hay

21 Mowing

22nd crofsed to Summerstown Calico 4 yds 25 cents Hugh Ann Bought of J Summerstown 1 scythe 90 cents

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24 George Renshaw here

25th Fine

26th storm of South West Wind and movd the Barn Broke Down cherry Trees hicory Butternut Basswood Levelled the corn Flat on the Ground Broke the End of the Cookhouse in

27th Mowing some

28th Raining and hailing Mr

29th Mr Dishaw here for Butter, Got Plain saw Pitcher

30th Putting in 40 cocks Peter Back here

31st Traded for Horse with Peter Back