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Mr James Cameron Island

1883 11th of May 1883 working at fence on the pit Point high Wind Fine ice going down did not sleep all night with a bad cold lots of boats going to night

12th Fine but cold Windy boys at fence taking the old irons out of the bun so I could move it to another place not well Livinia Jr bad bad with cold

13th Fine

14th went to Summerstown brought two dozen of eggs 1/2 lb of tea paid this Bought of Mr Ward 25 lb sack of cornmeal on credit got a package of newspapers from Dan from Ottawa Walter Baker blasting at Hamilton's a very Fine Dayplowed the garden

15th planting and at the Garden digging the garden some of it raise the flat stone and put some Crockery under it it's level now A Fine Day

16th harrowing planting onions planted some potatoes Fine

17th Fine set a hand to hatch planted a few potatoes the horse his shoulder is bad as the collar hurts him

18th went to Summerstown blasting and Hamilton's brought a cake of Tallow did not sell it a very warm Fine Dayplanted potatoes

19th went to Fort Covington and Dundee fisherman came went to Dundee to see about their license for staining Bought of Joe Lemay 100 way to flower and 25 of cornmeal 50 weight on credit meal on credit two $1.37 and a half and 45 cents T25 soda 8 paid this gave Joe 10 Dozen of Eggs at 14 cents $1.40 sold Smallman Tallow 7 3/4 lb at 7 cents 44 cents Bought 6 yd of cotton crackers 10 cents Bought of Mr long 1 ½ yds of overalls 37 and 1/2 cents got my boot fixed by McCartney 5 Randall paid for his boots 40 cents Randolph Bought cloth 45 cents seen Hamilton's barn on fire as we were coming from Salmon River sent Randolph over to see fisherman sat there line got papers from Mr Baker

20th Angus Cameron wife and boy here Gordon here Lashey fishing at Butternut Island

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Mr James Cameron Island

21st of May 1883 High East Wind and Rain Narcifse to Montreal with first fish and to get his license

22nd raining East Wind High Narcifse came from Montreal

23rd raining East Wind got up present of a prize Narcifse Scott on the cars writing paper pen and holder envelopes two buttons a map and songs

24th Queens Birth Dayand Corpus Christi Philip to Montreal with fish chitta Kumi or fairy went down into Lancaster cannons firing got a sturgeon from Narcifse Fine rain some

25th went to Christy seen Keyser and Klein looking for his son that was drowned

26th plowed the bean Place piling the logs at the side of the fence drew some of the logs out of the Grove

27th Fine Windy Randolph Hugh and Livinia went to Christy Ann's and Alexis Island raft went down fisherman stringing their fish to send on the boat in the morning

28th fixing the fence the back piece of the barn training the small apple trees through the field put hot pools to the Hops white-winged Woodpecker building in the Grove and fantail blackbirds Robins Oriole or hanging bird or the golden Robin yellow hammer swallows king bird and they have battles find rain sum

29th raining change in the Moon Doll cloudy South W Wind Royal Oak Dayor Oak apple Daysome potatoes up

30th went to Summerstone Bought of Mr Ward one half bushel of salt 25 cents did not little to Daystopped at Hamilton's planting potatoes got a bag of long johns from John Spinks boy there got paper and pictures from Dan George bozel and Antoine at Summers chimney

31st High East Wind cold rain

1st of June glorious 1st of June Rowena's Birth Day1878 cold blowing two planted 50 Hills and 24 Hills in the back Garden Lilly calved Mr Richardsons son drowned steamer Maxwell pleasure party into Dundee fishing perch for the first caught 8