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Mr James Cameron Island Feb 19th 1875

A Fine Day John Hamilton Brought a Bag of Potatoes from Charlie Rose Gave John 2 Boards for to make a Sleigh Box he had his young Colt with him Goes very steady seen a Mink Track my Head Got awful some this afternoon its cold in my head

20th Fine soft Began to snow East Wind Sent Gordon to Viponds with 5 Dollars Bought 1 Dollars worth of Pork Bottle of Eclectric oil Plug of Tobacco Got 3 Dollars of Canada Money Back Got a stick of Candy from John Vipond set 2 Traps for the Mink not very well wind changed to night for to Drift more as it Just snow enough to make a Drift

21st Sunday a strange Dog Black and curly came to the Barn and around the House tried to coax him but he would not come near us run out on the ice and came Back again and something Strange came Down Whirling on the ice Gordon chased it for a While but the N West Wind was so high he turned Back Drifting and Blowing hard what the thing was I don Know without it was a Basket or an umbrella or Muff it was something perhaps neither of the things I mentioned a Blustering Day

22nd Washingtons Birth Day I crofsed to John Hamiltons Charlie Roses Wife not Well Went to Viponds Got a Ride Down from Kenneth McLaughlin told me the Dog I seen Sunday was Nickolsons name Whute took Dinner and Tea to Day at Hamiltons Mrs Rose and Mrs Summers there Charles Wife a Miscarriage tonight Got a Lot of Newspapers from John a Fine Day Jim Nickolson Here to see about the Dog then came to Hamiltons where I was

23rd Cut Down a Dead Hicory Tree in the Grove Sawed part of it Down Snowing Soft Charlie came Down with 3 Bags of Potatoes from John Hamilton

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Mr James Cameron Island Feby 24th 1875

some crust crofsed J Hamilton Going to Lancaster with his Oil ca to be Fixed Willie Rose went with him Gave J Vipond my Account 17 Dollars American Money Bought 70 lb of Flour at 3 Dollars paid this a Fine Day Raining some and Fine seen Rooky not coming to the stores seen Frank Laplante wanting the Ash stick Got the Steamer Raised 4 Feet Got a stick of Elm from J Grant for the Boat An Ohio Man going about to Graft Trees for 8 cents a Graft

25th stormy Raining hailing snowed after Dark

26th Drifting Blowing no one Drawing stones to the Lighthouse to Day taking up wood from under the snow Frosty some not very well

27th Norman Bethunes Wife Died Gordon Went to the Vipons for a Gallon of Mollasses 1/2 lb Tea 1 Plug of Tob Gave him 75 cents paid this stopt at J Hamiltons John Took Gordon home and the Flour 70 lbs John took a Dead Birch Fine to Day some Frosty this Evening

28th Last Day of the Month Sunday a Fine Day Kind of Cold seen a Man on the ice Like as if he Broke Down Fixing his cutter he Turned Back Like to Hopkins

1st of March came in Like a Lion cold Stormy East Wind and Drifting Blowing had not such a storm this Winter the sheds stables Barn all Full of snow that it made to night

2nd a Fine Day Gordon Went to Charlie Roses with 25 lbs of Flour Heard Old Arnold McDonald was to Be Buried to Day the old Gentleman was well advanced in Years Donald McDonald said if he had went to Dig the Grave that he would Dig 2 so he would put archy in 1 of them Gordon got some seeds from Charlie Rose

3rd cold and Drifting Lavellets here with a span of Horses for a Load of their Marsh hay J Hamilton came for the Box as he is Going to Mill and to visit tommorrow

4th Stormy sawing Wood sawed the Birch