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Mr James Cameron Island

13th of May 1884 Planting Potatoes Ploughed in Drills Phillip to the store took my Paper from the Office Fine E Wind Rained to night Tying the Bull Buckley out put the Ring in his nose John Tyo scowing his cattle yesterday and to Day to scowing his cattle yesterday and to Day to Alexis Island Wild Geese Plenty

14th High South West Wind the Grenada did not come out from Dundee Walter Bakers Girl to Be Married to Day Fine cold some Drops of Rain cuting Brush in the upper Feild Fixing the calves Fence a Race the Bohemian & McArthur the McArthur took Down a Raft

15th Found a stick of Oak Randolph to Charlies Island

16th at Fences

17th cutting Brush

18th Randolph to Alexis Island and Round Black Island Found a Tin Stove in the Water

19th Went to Summerstown Bought of Mr Ward a Herring Barrel 25 Took Dinner with John S Summers Randolph and I Fine to Pens 2 got a Scotch paper

20th Planted Potatoes in the Back Garden Finished Making the soap

21st Warm Went to Hamiltons to Fix the Boat John in Cornwall

22 at the Boat Ascension Day Holy Thursday Bought of J Summers Tax 10 cents Raining Windy came home set a hen to hatch

23rd Planted Potatoes Pumpkins cucumbers up at the Cherry Tree the Sounding Place

24th Queen's Birth Day Ploughin corn Growing Makind Bon Fires to night

25th Fine

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Mr James Cameron Island

26th of May 1884 Planted corn the Barn Harrowin the Potatoes Fine

27th Fixing the Milkhouse Peter Tree and Wife here Piling Manure cold

28th Fixing the Cookhouse cold North Wind Lots of ice and snow under the Manure in the Barnyard

29th Royal Oak Day or Oak Apple Day Windy

30th W Wind Cold and Fine Went to Dundee with a Tennet of Butter Sold to A Tyo 20 cents Bought of Tyo 100 Wt of Flour Tea 3 lb 1 cornmeal 60 Tobacco 18 Pipe 25 Plug 5 Raisins 10 2 Packages of Soda 16 12 Boxes Blue 15 Saw 75 crackers 10 paid Mr Long for Brush 35 2 lbs of Nails 25 2 pair of spectacles 50 Lock 10 Bought Smallman 3 yds of Calico 25 Bought 2 Tubs 40 Paid Jo Lemay 1 Dollar on the Watch got a Ruster & Bull-Ring from Bill Returned Tyo's Flask

31st Randolph crofsed to Summerstown Got a Paper from the Rev Hugh Cameron in the office the Presbiterian got 2 Globes screws 2 cents Bought Bread cutting Brush put ashes on the Potatoes and corn a Big Fire somewhere up the Front an Indian and a Squaw here its James Grants Barn children set it a fire The Fosters

1st of June the Glorious First of June Rowena's Birth Day 1878

2nd {illegibel} Lancaster

3rd Went to Hamiltons Heard Isabella Chisholm's Departed Buried to Day cleaned the Boat so to paint her on the inside came home sheared the sheep

4th Washed the Wool Fine working around the Barn Old George the 4ths Birth Day Went to Lancaster with the Wool 20 lbs Gave him 1 Dollar on the Wool

5th Francis Wife here and Daughter

6th Went to Summerstown Hamiltons shearing their sheep Bought spool of Thread 5 A Letter from Gordon