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Mr James Cameron Island Feby 6th 1875

Saturday Scotch Moon Came in Stormy Charlie Rose came Down with my Flour and a Bag of Potatoes Gave or sent a small cake of Maple Sugar to his Mother cold and stormy

7th Sunday a Fine Day cold some wind south West and North East Gordon went Down to see the Poison Shrove Sunday or Quinquagesima

8th Gordons B Day A Very Fine Day East Wind Went Down to the Sturgeon Island and from there Down to the Kit Kit Island I thought it was the Track of a Wolf I seen It was very Large where I could see it no Fox Tracks cut a Water hole outside of the Rushes in the channel as there is Wigglers close to shore cold some and Frosty

9th Frosty Blowing as its is that every Day Fixed the Fire shovel sharpened the saws set and Filed the crofscut a part of it some Travelling on the Lancaster Road

10th Ash Wednesday Frosty some Eat no Meat to Day as it is One of the Days I Dont Eat Meat this Day and Good Friday Made 2 sticks for the Barn Door and a Knob a Great Deal of Traveling on the Lancaster to Salmon River Going and Coming the Moon in Perigee to Day we will have a change and its needed as its being cold I may say since New Years Day with the Exception of a Day or part of a Day

11th the First Fine Warm Day we have had this some time its Thawing snowing have South Wind West Wind and North Wind all around the compass the Wind is to Day went to the Bush Trying the Old Crofscut saw EEl Fishers Going Down Before the Door went to the North side of the Island 5 of them a Good many Travelling on the Lancaster Road Blowing and Snowing Mr Reynolds and Vass here Sold Rosy to Got 25 Dollars Bought 9 Bunches of Fishing Lines for about 20 cents they Started for Lancaster went to the Foot of the Island Found it to Wild cold and stormy turned Back Stopt all night its an awful Wicked night with Drifting

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Mr James Cameron Island Feby 12th 1875

Reynold and Vafs went of to come some Soft Evening for the Rosy cold Frosty Windy cutting stove Wood claring of snow after Last nights squall and Bluster

13th a Fine Day but cold and Windy the Marsh hay all Done only whats on the stable loft and thats wanted there the cut of Fine is Done Sown o the Ground commenced a Feeding Good hay to the cows and sheep stay out the crofscut saw it cuts middling well for and old File to sharpen it Fixed the Fire Shovel its an awful time with Wind and Cold Weather Frosty

14th St Valentines Day Wrote a Letter to John care of Workout New York City Director on the inside

Feby the 16th Cold Windy Feeding all the cattle Good hay now

15th Sawing stove wood cutting hay on the Mow cold Drifting Stormy cutting up on the head

16th a Little Moderate but cold and Windy William Labelle for a Load of Marsh hay Thought of Going acrofs but Did not Go Fixing the cover of this copy sowing and taking some of the epiphany Copys out it as its Too Thick some Going Down the Lancaster Road to Day Frashers Island Drawing to the Light house to Day

17th I crofsed to Viponds Bought of Vipond 10 yds of Calico 14 yds of Cotton at 8 1/2 lb Tea Broom 25 cents Shovel 1 Dollar white spool Black spool White thread Black Thread Postage on Letter Sent a Letter to John a Fine Day and a very stormy Day T Summers went for Saw Logs to their Bush seen Cook Eaton heard Tom's Wife had a Daughter last Week John Hamilton talking to me about the Stone Drawers to the Lighthouse Mark Laplante over the River Working at the Prrime

18th James Hughs Birth Day I went to Viponds Bought Pepper Tobacco cold got a Bunch of Newspapers from Hamilton that some one Left for me