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Mr James Cameron Island

July 3rd 1886 cut some hay around the scythe place smoky Randolph took up his Line and set it over Randolph crofsed to summerstown stopt at Hamiltons all night they took his Boat to Fish

4th Came home {illegible} The Baby Stanley Hugh Ann Rowena Sissy to Hamiltons

5 very Warm John B Day 83 to Antwine Bosell and Dishaw here for Boat Mosquitoes Bad

6th Warm put the Plough Through the Potatoes for the Last time all in Blossom cut the hay at the West End of the Potatoes cut the hay at the West End of the Potatoes Mosquitoes Bad at nigh

7th put in some hay for the First Fishermen's First Trip to Renshaw with their Fish

8th Went to Summerstown paid J Summers 5 Dollars to my account got a Receipt Bought of J Summers Thread 1{cut off} nails 8 47 yds of calico 40 paid this the scow of the Drudge sunk too much Load on for Frank Laplante Bismarck at sand stickler's yacht sailing Round

9th E Wind some Rain Mowing kept in the young Bull as he is Lame or out of the hip A Man here Mr Young from Valleyfield wants a place to camp Sullivan a survey and Wilson Hardware Merchant then on Charlies Island made a smokehouse in the Big cellar English Cherries Ripe Rasberries Ripe the oil Boat went up to Feed the Lighthouses

10th 11 12th Orangemans Day Firing Big Shots

13th Went to H sold JY Cameron 2 Tennets of Butter 10.. {illegible} 14 cents 2 scythes 100 of Flour 3 lb of Tea snaith pipe overalls stuff 2 Tennets Bought of Kimballs store 3 yds 2 yds of Cottonade Boots 1..25 Bought of smallman oil and carpet shoes Bought {illegible} 50 Went to A Tyo's

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Mr James Cameron Island

1886