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Mr James Cameron Island March the 5th 1875

Fine and snowing Blowing not very cold crofsed stoped at Charlie Roses Mrs J.A. Cameron & Mrs Camer Cameron came to see Charlies Wife Rod Camden and Smith the Inspectors Lighthouses at Hamiltons John and his Wife away Charlie and I up to the store he Brought Frank Laplante 2 Bags of Potatoes Bought of Vipond 1 Plug of Tobacco paid this seen at Summers's John MGreggor he came over with Dick Nicholson and his son heard P Baker was a Going to Nevada Frank Laplante a Bee at the Boat to Day wanting more timbers for it yet old Mr Vipond up there is some talk of them selling out to one Stuard Races in Hogansburgh AJ Baker and Dunlop went Jim Grant crofsed with 2 sticks of Elm to Mill Got a Ride Down with Charlie Rose took Dinner there Frank wanting the Loung the stick Dont want to Buy it said he come Down tommorrow to see it a Great Deal of Travelling on the ice to Day Frank Laplante Lost his axe on the ice crofsing Broke 1 of the screwJacks

6th snowing Blowing cold some

7th a very fine warm Day

8th I crofsed wrote a Letter for J Hamilton took Dinner went up to the Store got some Papers from Cornwall stopt at Charlie Roses till it was 12 oclock McCrimmon at John Hamiltons Mr Reynolds here took away Rosey

9th Gordon went for the oil

10th stopt John Hamilton their stove pipes took fire Bought 1 plug of Tobacco sent a Paper to Charlie seen Mrs Rose Got a Hooker or 2 Tom Kensey wife a young Daughter yesterday

11th Gordon went to Hamilton John came Down with 2 Bags of Potatoes and took up My Ashes 11 Bushels Bought of Vipond and Bro 1 lb Tea 65.. 2 Doz of herriings 50 2 yds of Towelling 40 pair of Braces 25 3 yeds Calico 39 Thats 2..15 and the ashes is 1.65 I owe 54 cents on this came Down to Johns took supper speaking to Charlie about the sheep

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Mr James Cameron Island March 12th 1875

Soft to Day Raining on this Day of the Month M Master First came to the Island and the ice opened on this Day of the month that year which was very early one of the White sheep had a Lamb yester a Black Lam or spotted Lewis Bosell up yesterday over at the Raising of the Prime Lewis thinking Charlie Rose would come to Day

13th I crofsed John Hamilton and Charlie Rose at the Funeral of one of the Boys in the Concefsion Bought of Vipond 1 plug of Tobacco I owe 1 cent on the plug got the Promise of 100 lb of Flour From J Grant as Vipond would not Give it to me its to come to night from F Covington stopt at J Hamiltons took supper there Got 3 peices of Pork from Jim Cold East Wind but Warmer in the evening J Grant sending his car Load of Wheat over to F Covington to Get Ground heard John Sessima got seized for smuggling coal oil from the Stateside Lost his Horses Heard the Prime was up 28 Feet yesterday Gordon Fixed a covering over the sheep

14th Sunday Preaching on the Front a change in the Moon First Quarter 11 after 8 about the Time the Wind Raised a Morning Change Mercury stationary in the sign of the Bull seen 2 crows to Day for the First this Winter Nicholsons Drawing their ice yesterday to their ice house

15th went to the Bush to see the Elm Logs took the snow of them snow very Deep in the Bush a Fine Day thawing took the square out of the Bush

16th I crofsed got 25 lb of Flour from J Grant water on the ice slush seen the Mink track came Back on his old Track 1 Lamb The Sale out in the Gore to Day McGillis and John McPhersons Kind of Fine to Day

17th St Patrick and he is like Wildfire to Day Storms Blustering cutting stove Wood one of the sheep had 2 Lambs to Day

18th Drifting Cold Raw Day

19th got 2 Foxes Down at the Sturgeon Island near the Poison skinned them to night Thawing them out all Day

20th First Day of Spring East Wind cold and Stormy I crofsed J Hamilton Parkey went took home the Gentleman Pig John and I went up to J Grants got 100 Wt of Flour from the Old Lady as Jim was not at home Vipond would not Give it to me Matches {illegible}