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Mr James Cameron Island January 16th 1874

Very very cold Windy and Frosty chopping stove wood

17th cold this morning First crofsing ice Good never Tried except 1 place 5 inches Ice Being Jammed its very Rough Returned Viponds Bag {illegible} John in Montreal James Hopkins crofsed this Morning got a Ride Down From George Bosell to Hamilton Bridge Bought of Vipond 1/2 lb Tea 25 1/2 lb Tea 37 1/2 1 lb nails 8 3 Quarts of or 6 37 1/2 2 lb White soap 20 1..28..

18th Sunday Jame Hopkins here Fine Day seen a Duck on the shore and a Fox going up the hill at the Sugar Bush the Water Raising on the ice and cracks opening wide cut 3 EEl Holes in the ice got none

19th Raining hard Drew some wood with Dick

20th chopping in the swamp Frosty

21st St Agnefs J Hopkins came to put shoes on Dick took him home took my hems and Backstrap to Fix for me took the Old Horse home Gordon and I put in Bushes up to near Hamiltons ice 11 to 14 inches thick But it is Thawing I suppose this eill all be b{illegible} yet

22nd Raining thawing

23rd Jim came with the Ram gave him an ash Runner and some crooks for Fork handles Brought and 3 Books the Wind Whistling Islanders Types of American Beauty a Book on Flowers and Roots took his Whippletrees and 1 Trace of his Went to the Bush Commenced to Rain came home went again Raining

24th Charlie Tuppers Birth Day I crofsed to Little sleigh ice fit this morning after last nights Frost ice Pretty Rough although it Rained and thawed so much water Raising on the marsh and near shore John Hamilton in the McLeods Bush Got 4 Dollars from AJ Baker for my mink and 6 Weasel skins I sent with him to sell in Montreal Gave to John Vipon to Give to Hamilton as I owed him P Buchanan John Tyo {illegible} Treated in Summers 3 Election Times now Bought of Vipond 100 lb Flour 3..50 12 lbs Pork 1..20 1/2 Bushel of Pea 37 1/2 4 Plugs of Tob 2 chewing 2 smoking 20 5..27 1/2 John Hamilton took a Bag Down on the sleigh to his Place took down 2 sacks of Flour snowing the ice awful slippery work got my 2 sacks at Hamiltons East Wind Wind changed to night to West

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Mr James Cameron Island January 25th 1874

Sunday Robie Burns Day a Fine Day cool some Wind Freezing some

26th in the Bush Broke my axehelve cold and Frosty

27th in the Bush Put a new handle in my axe Frost and cold

28th Frosty some warm Began to snow Gordon and I went to Hamiltons

29th chopping cold snowing Election in Williamstown Between Donald Sandfield and J Grant of the South Branch very cold to night

30th chopping cold and stormy

31st very Frosty chopping Digging wood out of the pile as the snow is Drifted it with Banks cold to night Last of the Month

1st of Feby Sunday Fine

2nd Candlemas chopping

3rd in the Bush

4th Stormy

5th very cold

6th Went to Summerstown Bought of Vipond 29 lb of Pork 40 lb Pease 1/2 lb Tea 1/2 lb Tea Eclecterick oil took Dinner at Hamiltons John not Well took Supper at Renshaws got the Loan of Georges crofscut saw got a Ride Down with Charlie Rose to Hamiltons got Georges saw File Left the saw at Hamiltons John going to night out to the 2nd concefsion school meeting and Dance

7th Gordon and I went to Hamiltons for the saw and the Bag

8th Gordons Birth Day Sunday Leander very sick

9th Sawing the Pine Stick I crofsed to Summerstown Bought of Mrs Summers Pint of Whiskey 15 cents Bought of Vipond Bottle of caster oil Brought G Renshaws Bag to Viponds

10th chopping

11th chopping one of Russes Boys here for the EEl spears took home Mr Spinks spear Fine and some cold

12th Summers's Ball to night Valentine I crofsed Bought of Vipond 31 lb of Pork 1/2 lb of Tobacco Seen Jim Hopkins Treated in Summers and M{illegible} Treated A Hamilton Went to Cornwall to Day Kind of Drifting cold East Wind some Kind of a Fire Back of Mayvills Island this morning cold East Wind a Ball at John Tyos to night

13th Warm Raining some Jim Hopkins To 27 lb of Flour Got the ash and Runner water on the ice