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Mr James Cameron Island Jany 10th 1875

East Wind Sunday cold Frosty some Windy seen the crow as he hangs around here all this Winter

11th chopped a Birch My Heart very curious and some very Dizzy Venus very Bright this Morning

12th Old New Years Day I crofsed stopt at John Hamiltons took my crapers as the ice is slippery some shots Bought of Viponds & Bro 115 lbs Flour 3..50 Cotton 1 Dollar 2 Skains B thread 8 cents Tape 7 cents 2 Lamp Chimney at 16 4..19 "" Charlie Rose took up the Heeder 49 lbs to my credit 2..45 seen Jame Williams took me to Davids to treat me Seen Rose Got a Loan of a Bag From Tom Summers Got a Ride Down with John Hamilton took supper at John Kammetts Left my Flour there all Talk about Election Grant Pitt {cut off} a Fine Day

13th Stormy East Wind went to the Bush for 2 Loads of Wood to night the wind changed to west and Blustery St Hilary

14th cut an Elm Tree for saw Logs John Hamilton came Down with my Flour James Grant here to see the Staves sold them for 10 Collars to Leave 100 Wt of Flour at Vipond for me at 2..75 and he is to Leave 3..25 at Viponds some stormy to Day cold to night and Frosty a Meeting to night Summers's By McNab spouting Made chairman of Caribou Cameron and with every Mean he Done he took the Pip out of RS. McDonald Mouth Quite a Route their to night if he would follow on much longer he would be pitched out the Window

15 James Grant for the Staves a Very Frosty Day

16th I crofsed took a peice of Meat to J Hamilton John and after a Pig to Rookys Got an order from Jim Grant on Vipond for {cut off} Bought Gordons Boots 2.. Needles 3 cents 1/4 lb starch 1/2 lb soda 2 Tobacco Matches Got a paper from John the Angus spoke to AJ Baker to settle for Bag of Flour I Got on the 12th John Hamilton talking to me about the star so Bright in the Morning Heard Mrs Norman McDonald was Buried to Day Jim Nicholson got a Kick from a colt in the Jaw Sunday Cold

18th cut 2 Elms one them them Loged Election Day Grant McNab

19th John Hamilton took Down the Saw Great Bonfire to night in Summerstown I Fired about 18 Volleys to night for Grant

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Mr James Cameron Island January 19th 1875

Great spouting to night A Fine Frosty night put poison Down at the Sturgeon Island

20th Drew 2 Loads of Wood not well

21st St Agnefs Day ot well cold stormy East Wind Full moon came in stormy took in the Band of Meat to thaw

22nds stormy E Wind changed to West snowing and Fine seen J Hopkins coming to Alexis Island William Lavellette here with a Team for his hay not well to Day

23rd Took Oak Bar Bought of Viponds 1/2 lb Tea spool of Thread Paid 8 cents on Letter and Paper to Charlie sold 5 lb Tallow Got a Letter From Dan that he sent on the 7th of Nov with 2 Dollars in it cold some

24th Charlie Tuppers Birth Day stormy and cold

25th at the Elm saw Logs cut 2 Got it of the stump cutting Wood Drew some home

26th Frosty Windy went to see the Poison

27th cold and stormy

28th William Drawing his marsh hay we put i the Barn the Last of our Marsh hay

29th Gordon went to Hamiltons with the saw and the Wool a Beech Drew some Drags Randolph and I Threshing Hamiltons

30th a Fine Day Cutting hay in the Barn cutting Stove Wood

31st Sunday Jim Hopkins Charlie and George Birch took old Dick home took some old scyths and Irons Jim Bushing the Road on the ice to Lancaster

1st of Feby went to the Bush chopping Jim Hopkins Bushing the Road

1nd Candlemas Day I went to Summerstown Got a 2 Cornwall Papers and the New York Weekly Sun Went to see Grant Got 3 Skanes of yarn from Mrs Rose Charlie Rose to Mill A Smallman over to see Frank Laplante about taking out the Boat Henery and George Bosell here Fishing EEls

3 Gordon Went to Charlie Roses Got 25 lb of Flour Got 2 Bushels of Buckwheat from John Hamilton Willie Rose came Down with Gordon to the head of the Island and I met him there

4th cutting stove wood

5th I crofsed Got the other Dollar from Jo Vipond that I was to Get when I Bought Gordons Boots Bought with it paper comb Tea nails Paid Tom S. 30 cents to Day 10 cents