Lashey went to Montreal Harrowing and Planting Potatoes, Before the door about 4 bushels of seeds of potatoes caught 2 sturgeon

18th cut about 4 Bushels of seeds of Potatoes Butchered a Sturgeon went to the Head of the Island, Planted a bed of beets some tomataoes some flowers the steamer Bursted her Boiler at Montreal 1

19th Lashey from Montreal cutting brush at the Plumtrees got 7 sturgeon since Lashey went off Highlander towing here now Making my sail found a raft oar drew it a peice on shore George went off and Mary Ann Bone gave them my canoe and 2 paddles

20th Whit Sunday east wind

21st began to shear 4 of the sheep and part of another

22nd sheared 2 of the sheep very cold keeping in the sheep with the cold, the Colt and the mare very Bad with ticks look her out of the mudhole

23rd found the Colt very full of ticks Lashey and me taking them of Harrowing above the house for sorne some grains of snow fell seen a steamer coming at of Salmon River very unwell today,

24th planted 5 quarts of corn it was soaked well when I planted it George wind, bound on a Alexis Island came at night Queens Birthday fired 8 or 10 volleys took 4 bushes of potatoes for {torn off}, 1 bushel of wheat the Harrow and Harnefs

25th sowed bushels of wheat fixing the colt set Lasheys line Charlie came up look some seeds different kinds Charlie and I to Williamstown took out 5lb of sugar 1 bottle of syrup, i cake to granny 1 to each of Ellens Girls 1 to Ellens 3 EEls Georges colt dead went to see Pat John Angus got hurted the Queens Birth day seen Johns Likeness

26th came home slept at Lancaster sent Charlie for onions got a quart of potatoes onions 1lb a quart seen John Dunlop took breakfast on Susy's Island sowed a pail full of wheat I had in the house alongside Georges wheat sowed George's pease 1 bushel sowed 2 bushels of my pease George measured them Mr. Laduke here took breakfast gave Livina Lashey went away with Laduke Betsy Bone came sheared the Big Rarn.

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Sunday George went home Lent him canoe Sail oars high East Wind Raining this evening Livinia sick Let out the sheep that is sheared 8 of them 2 in yet o be sheared

28th Sheared the 2 sheep with the Lambs George came Lashey crofsed this evening

29th George Trying to plough with the Mare Found an oar

30th planted the cucumbers and Melons

31st Corpus Christie planted 2 Bushels of our seed ends of the Potatoes Lashey and me Luke Brown and Betsy came to Let George know about the scow George Crofsed Luke got a Large Sturgeon from Lashey Fixing sticks aroudn from Butternut tree to the Gate planted some Pumpkins among the Potatoes

1st of June the Glorious 1st of June How Victory Frost Last night Charlie and i to Williamstown with the Wool 33 lb of Wool 5 cakes of sugar to the Boys and Hughann pickled cucumbers Grapes and currants 2 eels Went to see Ellen got a pair of young Rabbits from Ellen got some stuff in a Bottle from Ellen got some --- seen Pat Bought of James Summers 5 cents of Thread a Treat Thomas McDonell seen A Campbell and Old Sandy Smith John Angus came with us very unwell coming home Charlie went home to night

2nd of June Harrowing and sowing 1 1/2 Bushels of Pease thats 3 1/2 of my Pease thats sowed and 1 Bushel of Georges which makes 4 1/2 in all sowed Pease John Angus and I went to Fish at night Got 1 Maskinonge 1 Sturgeon 3 EEls 2 suckers 2 perch 1 cat Fish

3rd Sunday a Fine Day no Boats going to Day got some Wild Onions in the Bush

4th George the 3rd Birth Day John Angus crofsed with Lashey Raining put in some Potatoes around the corn Door cleaning the corn

5th Lashey crofsed got a paper from Harper for me making a Box to Hold his minnows Put in 16 hills of squashes at the East End of the Barn

6th Thunder and Lightning very hard Raining the Fields all of Garden Rain letting the water Run off Lashey Kille 19 {torn off} to fetch to Montreal