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Mr James Cameron Island

4th March 1885 chopping Wood Fine

5th cut 2 Basswoods on the Bank on the Pit Point Drew some Wood Fine

6th Randolph Went to Fort Covington to get his Boot Fixed the Old Sheep had 2 Lambs to Day Fine Day E Wind Randolph got a Ride From J. McDougall going and coming crofsed From McDougalls Found a Muskrat on the ice Froze Paid for the Fixing of his Boot 45 cents Bought of Mr Long 3 yds of Calico 15 a yard 45 cents

7th Crofsed To PO Bought 2 Packages of Prize Tea paid all But 25 cents E Wind Fine Frosty got 2 Papers from Dan

8th Fine Cold Randolph crofsed to Mr McDougalls

9th cold Drifting Money's Horn Broke By someone very Windy to night I took an awful turn of Deafness could hardly hear but all right in the Morning

10th chopping Stove Wood stormy Drifting snowing West Wind young sheep 2 Lambs Oxley's Leg hurt by some way or other

11th Cold W Wind cutting hay

12th On This Day of the Month D Mc First came to the Island Cold some cutting Stove Wood

13th E Wind Drifting Cold cutting hay cutting stove Wood

14th Stanley's Birth Day 1880 Fine W Wind cutting hay commenced a Beetle to Make snow Birds plenty Drifting

15th Sunday Stormy cold

16th Eclipse the sun seen First Crows Randolph came from Mr McDougalls

17th St Patrick's Day Fine Cold Day Drew some Wood

18th Fine Day E Wind Randolph crofsed to Summerstown Bought of Mr Ward 1 Bar of soap Bought of J Summers 2 Bars 20 2 Bars credit 10 Spool 5 35 cents got our 2 Papers at Hamiltons Worm Candy paid this 12 Cut sumac for spoils A Man Passed up Before the Door on the ice

19th Lamb Dead E Wind cold sawing spoils Reading Papers Last Day of Winter cutting the Last Quarter of Beef

20th !st Day of Spring Money calved cold squally Drifting put the 6 heifers calves in the upper stable

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Mr James Cameron Island

1885