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Mr James Cameron Island October 7th 1872

Raining all Day the water Raising Fixing Traps Got a Rat put Blary in the stable to night Manitoba went Down no Tow Letting the Water out of the Barnyard

8th Went to Summertown seen George Renshaw at Hamiltons putting out Manure Bought of Vipond & Bro 1/2 H T 5 cent 1 Box Matches 20 on Credit 85 cents 2 Darning Needles 2 cents paid Got my Boot Fixed 5 cents Gordon not well Putting up Manure

9th Went to Williamstown Brought 1/2 Barrel of Pickled cucumbers & cranberries to Ellen and Doctor Shaver Apples Onions heard the Williamstown Mills were Burnt about 2 Weeks ago Angus in Cornwall the Ruen Raised the River at Williamstown and in the Lake

10th Hugh Anns Birth Day took Dinner at Ellens

11th in Williamstown

12th Came notice train Williamstown Got From Ellen Tea Tobacco soap Bottle of Whiskey soda sweetys Rice Got a Peice of Pork Got the Peice of Pork from Mary Tea shot From Allen {illegible} Bill Morrison Mr Wood nar the Lighthouse stopt on the squaw Island Bill and Mr Woods The L Renaud went Down towing something Like a Raft acrofs into the channill From the South side near Rankins Bay hard Frost and ice Last night set some Traps

13th Raining Done a Great Deal of Pickles coming {illegible} these Days

14th Went up to head of the Island for a Basswood saw log some rain & snow fell for the first Rain Fine Began Banking the West end of the house Fired at a Loon and struck him Bad

15th chopping fire wood in the Bush Made a Fence around the East marsh hay stack cutting the Brush there a Great Deal of shooting to Day high Wind and Raining {illegible} straining the cider seen a Big Fire to night

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Mr James Cameron Island Oct 1872

Plaining Boards Working at the Manure Raining Plastering the stable

17th Went to the Kit Kit Rofses and Clarke Island shot some Ducks did not Get them South East Wind and Rain Working at the manure A Raft went Down

18th St Luke Day Drawing Wood shot an Horned Owl that was after Hopper the Blue Ruster a new Boat went Down the steamer Advance

19th at the manure

20th Sunday

21st at the Manure

22nd Maxim here stopt all night Left a Duck the Indian Peter made an axe handle and 1 for himself went to the Little Island North side for a saw Log a small one

23rd Little Livinias Birth Day cut a Hicory Tree the Indians came would Give me to handles out of it But I split it myself and did not Give it to them shot a Duck did not Get him

24th our Hugh's Birth Day Went to Vipond Bought 3 Quarts of Kerosene oil 2 lb shot chimney for Lamp 1/2 lb Tobacco seen one of the Greaves Boys from Pensylvania at Thomas Munroes him taking up his Potatoes told me one of Donald Roys Girls Died in Montreal and taking up to Be Buried yesterday on the Front

25th My Birth Day went to Dundee got copperas from Suple in John McGreggors Tavern Right on the Line On Na Houtas Island all night

26th stormy East Wind

Sunday 27th Writing a Letter to Charlie

28th high wind

29th Went to Roses seen Annabella there put my Letter in the P.O. and 2 papers to Charlie got them from AJ Baker 1/4 lb Ginger