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Mr James Cameron Island Feby 14th 1874

St Valentines Day a Fine Day no crofsing on Summers's Road I suppose the Salmon River is Bad with this thaw and Rain Filling my Bags with Ashes working around the oak stick a Gang of People Fishing eels Below Captain Frasers

15th Sunday Shrove Sunday a Fine Day

16th in the Bush storm snowing Raining turned Fine Gordon Went to Hamiltons for the Pork this Pork is not fit for use Jim Hopkins to the Shanty and George Grant taking care of the schoolmam

17th in the Bush Pretty cold not well with a Pain

18th Ash Wednesday I crofsed got a Ride up From J Hamilton Gave him the 4 Dollars From J Vipond Bought of Vipond 50 lbs of Flour 1..75 3 Quarts of Kerosene oil 37 1/2 Bought of AJ Baker 48 lbs of Pork 12 1/2 6 Dollars at its very Best told J Vipond about his Pork Being Spoiled took a slice to him to see it Went over to George Renshaw George had a Bee yesterday Drawing stones Dewey speaking to me about the manure John Hamilton took Down my Pork and Flour I Rode Down with Charlie Rose the Last Day of the Races in Dundee stopt to Dinner at Hamiltons made a mistake I east meat to Day but I never took any thought about it Went up for my Bag Got a Paper from Charlie Got the Loan of Hamiltons handsleigh to take Down my Flour and Pork John and Charlie going to Lancaster saw Logs a very fine Day

19th Cold and Frosty this morning expecting them to come John Came Drew 4 Loads Charlie Rose Drew a Load stopt and took Dinner at Hamiltons turned snowing George Renshaw Piling and had his Bottle Got a Bag of Potatoes From J Hamilton

20th 2 cutters at the Sturgeon Island Fishing EEls Fixed a handle in the EEl spear Prying up the Big End of the Oak Foxes running the ice to Day a Great many Fixing the Bottom Part of the Barn Door Raining Snowing Fine

21st John Hamilton and Alexander here John came to the House very unwell in Bed took 2 Loads stormy and Blowing Windy

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Mr James Cameron Island Feb 22nd 1874

Sunday Washington's Birth Day a Fine Day

23rd in the Bush East Wind turned to Blow hard from the West Blew very hard thawing raining Began to Freeze at night First Quarter Morning change

24th St Matthias Day crofsed to Summerstown With AJ Baker Measured the Lane Fence East side Bought of Vipond 1 lb Tea 60 2 Plugs of Tobacco 8 2 Bunches of Matches 2 cents Went to George Renshaws took Dinner there got a Ride down from Charlie Rose the ice Glib

25th George Renshaw came for Jim Hopkins Took 1019 lbs Went up with George Got a Ride Down from Charlie Rose took a Load up

26th Charlie and A Hamilton here went to Lewis Bosells Bee took home Viponds Bag Brought of Vipond 100 lbs of Flour 3..50 Pair of Boots 3..50 18 yds Calico 2..52 2 spools and 2 skains 6 yds of Cotton 60 1 Bar of soap 10 1/2 lb oats I came home left the things for Charlie Rose to take Down and he forgot them

27th Charlie went to the store and got my things William Lavellets wife and Boy here to see if I had had to sell

28th chopping Gorodn and I a very hard Birch cannot split it all Peggy Bosell and Georges Girl here wanting the sugar Bush Last Day of the Month 7 or 8 cutters Down Below the Sturgeon Island Fishing in their From St Annicet a Fine Day a Mock or Don sun on the East side of the sun and a Big circle around the sun

Sunday 1st of March St Davids The Festival of the Welsh a Fine Day

2nd March I started to go acrofs met G Renshaw coming for his 1/2 Ton of Hay and turned Back with him went up with George Went with him to AJ Bakers to get 1/2 Ton of Marsh hay had an upset and made 2 Loads of it a Fine Day George and I went to Dundee went to see Mr Smallman took over a Passenger a Blacksmith from Williamstown ice Getting in holes in Salmon River George thinking of having a Bee tommorrow heard about Janet Buchanan being unfortunate