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Mr James Cameron Island

14th of February 1887 St Valentine's Day E Wind Fine very Bad with cold My Head is in an awful pain sent Bismarck to Mr A Tyo with a Tub of Butter 30 lb 7..50 Bought Brandy 1..25 H Wines 40 a Dance to night there went with a Jag of Wool Bull and Oxley a Fight

15th Nomination Day for Members in Alexandria E and W and North Wind snowing hard turned Fine Thawing very unwell to Day got my hair cut

16th Better to Day Breaking a Road Fine turned to snowing Bismarck to Summerstown Bought of J Summers 100 of Flour 2..50 12 lb of Pork 1..20 Lantern 20 Tea 25 at Wards I owe 25 at J Summers on this paid all the Rest Bought of Ward Glass 39 cents E oil 25 Bag of Oats at Hamiltons 40 not cold

17th Fine Day Bismarck cutting Brush my Head commenced again and I am in a Fearful way with it

18th James Hugh's Birth Day Stormy

19th Bismarck crofsed to Summerstown Bought of Nicholson Herring 25 Bought of Ward Herring 10 Worm Powders 25 RRR 25 Killed a Muskrat at the Door Bought 3 Glass 10 snowing

20 Shrove Sunday 2 men crofsed from the south side

21st cutting alders Fine Filled the straw Tick

22nd Shrove Tuesday Election P.P. got in Went to Lancaster got a Ride from Hamiltons to vote coming Back went to Tyos stopt at Hamiltons all night

23rd Ash Wednesday Went to Summers Bought nails 10 came home a Fine Day Drawing snow out of the yard

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Mr James Cameron Island

24 of February 1887 seen a crow Rained cold Windy cutting Brush

25th cold cutting Brush

26th Fine Turned stormy snowing Bismarck to Summerstown Bought of Mr Ward Herring 1/2 Doz 37 1/2 cents Window Glass 6 Bought of J Summers lb of Tea 50 Got for the Hides 4..15 and Gordon kept 1..35 .. 5..50

27th Stormy East Wind

28 Stormy snowing

1st of March St Davids Day the Festival of the Welsh E Wind Came in Like a Lamb Warm Leander went to Bosells for Tobacco 20 Brought a Bottle of Milk sent a cup of citron Preserves to Rowena there is something wrong with one of the 2 year old Heifers

2nd skinned the Heifer Fine Bismarck went to Tyos for oil 15 cents Lots of Teams going up the ice from the south side Drew some Wood

3rd Bismarck and I to J McDougalls Fine took Dinner there Mr McDougall bad with cold Dan Cameron there got Wormwood Let my spectacles went to Summerstown got a Letter from Dan from Toronto sent a Dollar to Mr Stillwell Registered postage 8 Buttons 5 John Hamilton in Bed sick Mrs Ward poorly

4th W Wind Fine Bismarck and Hugh Ann went to F Covington Bought Tea Boots 2..50 Calico 50 Dishes 58 crackers 10 Buttons 2 Tyos 20 gave 3 Dollars cash hide 1..40 {cut off}..16 of Hugh Anns took Back 60

5th E Wind Drifting cold stormy Fairy a calf skinned him one of the heifers in the Waterhole stormy to night

6th E Wind Big snow fall hailing to night deep snow

7th Fine Kind of soft putting snow out of the yard Braking Roads taking snow of the sheds the yard all Blocked up some mist of Rain