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Mr James Cameron Island Feby 7th 1872

Drew 2 Loads with Williams horse snow very Deep in the Bush the 2 Lambs Dead this morning Keeping the sheep in Our own and Roses Making a shirt Finished it

8th Gordons Birth Day I crofsed to AJ Bakers Bought 1/2 lb Tea 25 Bottle of Castor oil 12 1/2 lb Salts 8 cent 1 Box of Blakeles Worm Losenges 25 cents 20 in a Box 1 Ball of Candlewick 12 1/2 cents Went to George Renshaws for my mits came Down By Parishaws with Dan Munro and Henry Lavellette Bought Sundries 10 1/2 lb of candles -/4 1/4 lb crackers -/2 a Bar of scented Windsor soap -/2 took supper at Williams a Broom 28 cents Got 2 Papers from AJ Baker the snow very heavy to travel on the ice

9th Drew a Load with Williams horse sent Gordon up in the Bush with the horse to William Bismarck not well

10th Gave William an order for 4 Dollars on AJ Baker cut a Waterhole yesterday as the Wigglers is in the other waterhole drew and chopped a Load of Wood Drifting some 10

11th Sunday a Fine Day Preaching on the Front

12th Monday not very well A Fine Day the Valentine Ball at Summers's to night up in the Bush Cooking at the wood Young Henry Bosell Married to Day to Lalondes Daughter

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Mr James Cameron Island Feby 13th 1872

Made 4 Troughs of Soft Maple Crofsed over to Parishaws called at William Lavellets the 2 Boys went up with the cutter with me Bought 1 Gallon of Mollasses 50 cents 2 cents worth of crackers Whiskey 12 1/2 cents Foggy Kind of Weather Rained some this evening the Indian in Dundee Gathering their Rent thought I seen Pat Passing Parishaws in a cutter But it was not him

14th very stormy Snowing St Valentines Day and Ash Wednesday I eat no meat to Day nor Good Friday 2 Days I Keep of Lent cleaned out the Barn of Marsh hay thats on the East mow

15 in the Bush cutting Wood for the house Gordon and I cut a Waterhole

16th in the Bush the snow Deep in the Bush cutting Firewood

17th a very fine Day cutting stove Wood not very well crofsed to AJ Baker seen John Hamilton and Charlie Rose here coming for the sheep Brought 3 Bags of Potatoes John Hamilton Charlie Rose took away the sheep a cake of cheese of 9 lb (Bought of AJ Baker 1/2 lb soda 1/2 lb Tea 1/2 lb Tobacco Box of Worm Candy Dan Angus and Duncan McDougall Down the Road Parted at Parishas a very fine night Frosty but calm

18th James Hugh's Birth Day Sunday a very Fine Warm sunny Day

19th Put the Boat in the Barn made some Troughfs cut 20 splits for Troughfs of ash in the Bush a very fine Day