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Mr James Cameron Island March 3rd 1874

G Renshaws George came Down to take up my Ashes A Very Fine Day sun awful hot George Bosell cutting Wood for the sugar came and Fixing for the sugar had 7 1/2 Bushels of Ashes Bought corn Broom Worm Losenges starch soap Matches 1/2 yds Cotton Lead Pencil I Bought on Credit 3/4 yds of White Flannel for Sugar Strainer at 45 per yd 33 1/2 J Hopkins Drawing his hay took 2 Big Loads AJ Baker Selling his horse Dandy to Spooner Sarah Baker going of West to night on the cars to Toronto Spotty calved to Day a Bull Calve ice soft and sloppy Got my Augar from G Renshaw Got a small Grindstone from George looks like Rain to night high Wind and Raining hard to night Jim Hopkins took home his mill a Great many Fishing EEls this weather Roads Pretty Bare Going in Buggies crows Plenty heard a Flock of Ducks going down this morning

4th Blowing Raining hard snowing Freezing Made a Few soft maple Troughfs

5th Went to the Bush John Hamilton and Charlie Rose here I cut the Dead oak on the Bank speaking to John about the saw logs

6th I crofsed to Summerstown John Hamilton and Charlie Rose came for the Logs took 3 hemlock and 1 Pine took them to Lancaster mill George Bosell here took the Pot and 3 Barrels to the Bush helped them Loading the Logs I went with George Renshaw to F Covington Races in Dundee Old Mr Chapman Buried to Day Seen Donald Angus at the Mill in at Mr Streeters in at Mr Parkers Got Granges and Matthews a cold Easterly windy Day Frosty cutting ice for ice housing in Dundee came to Georges stopt all night as he is coming Down in the morning Jimmy Pat in the store and I did not know him

7th George Renshaw and I came Down Got some hops and Leaven from George's Wife Jim Hopkins came for his Mowing Machine and Horse Rake cold commenced hail and snowing

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Mr James Cameron Island March 8th 1874

Sunday West Wind Kind of Fine Preaching on the Front commenced stormy through the night

9th stormy Blowing snowing took a Tramp up the ice Making a Place in the stable for the cow Blary

10th Blary calved a heifer calf took the other from Spotty he drinks without any Trouble in the Bush snowing Blowing

11th stormy Blowing Drifting Freezing the Black Bull got in the Waterhole his 2 hind Legs chopping and sawing stovewod the stove cracked this morning Put a Round Block under the Back Part of it with 2 Bricks on it so it would not Fall

12th On this Day of the Month D Master First came to the Island and the ice opened on that Day with was very early Windy Frosty West Wind water by the side of the shores a Good deal of snow on the ice in the Bush chopping

13th Made 27 Troughfs cold stormy Mary Snider Died

14th George Renshaw here for Hay took me home a Load of Wood had a Bottle went up with George Went to the Funeral Mary Roys Heard one of Donald Roaches children Departed Bought of Vipond 100 lbs of Flour 3..50 1/ lb of Tob 20 Pipe 20 1/2 lb Tea 25 1/ 2 lb Tea 32 1/2 Bill came Down with me Got a Bottle and 8 cards from G Renshaw Bill stopt all night

15th a Fine Day

16th John Hamilton and Charlie Rose came for the Pine Logs John and I went to Mr Martin Hill got the sawed 870 Feet John Paid for the sawing of them Pretty Frosty But fine Mr Smallman offered 8 Dollars American Money in at the Boat Builders Hurted my Knee taking the Boards out of the Mill came home

17th St Patricks Fired 3 Volleys Jim Hopkins here Brought home My Books and I Gave him his Books The Kinth it Hayward the Protestant Episcopal Minister at Jims Jim told me he almost was coming Down here