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Mr James Cameron Island May 4th 1875

Crofsed to Summerstown Met A Smallman going up with the ark him and Frank Laplante as the Jennie is aground since the 1st of May the Victoria took her of the Victoria's Frist Trip up to Cornwall to Day Bought of Jo Vipond 50 Wt of Flour went of with James Grant and got it 2 yds of Cloth for Gordon 90 cents a yd 1..80 hank of Thread Tea 24 spectacles 35 plug of Tob 5 Paper 1 sold 31 lbs of Sugar AJ Baker took a cake seen J Hopkins at the store his Mother Poorly John Hamilton Went to Lancaster I Got a Bag of Potatoes from John a Fine Day

5th Blew some in the Morning turned calm Drawing the things out of the sugar Bush Fixing the Leech for the soap a Propeller went Down

6th Ascension Day Blary calved the Manitoba went Down on her first Trip East Wind and Rain a Lot of Boats went Down to Day taking the Banking from the West End of the house Watching the Decoys

7th crofsed to Viponds with 33 lbs of Sugar Bought 17 yds of Calico 75 cents 6 yds of Cotton 1 Bot of Household Panecea 25 Tax 10 6 yds 2 spools of Thread Paper of Needles helped Willie Rose to put out the scow on Hamiltons Island the York went Down went into Lancaster 1 Tow Boat came up Enterprize went into Salmon River Got 3 Cornwall Papers in the office to Day took Dinner at Hamiltons Duncan Chisholm there Buying cattle Heard John and George Nicholson and John James had a Fight Brought over a cake of sugar to J Grant and one for Peter Grant for the use of his Pot

8th Fixing the Fences Began to Thunder I started to see old Mrs Hopkins as I think she is not alive got there and she is no more Jim and Charlie Maville came heavy thunder Rain and Lightning

Sunday 9th G Renshaw and T Munroe and Mr McCarty came Mr D Baker Mr Smallman Mr P Buchanan came the Manitoba got aground above Hopkins

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Mr James Cameron Island May 9th 1875

Jim and P Buchanan had Charlie G Grant went to the Manitoba to see Mr Phillips about the certificate Put George Grant acrofs Peter stopt all night

10th T Munroe came started with the Remains met the Steamer Jennie and she Towed us acrofs the Victoria took off the Manitoba the Jennie took some Passengers of the Manitoba as she turned and went for Montreal got to Summerstown got Tom Summers's horses and Duncan Cameron Drove the Remains out to the Station so we Parted with my old Friend had a Few rounds at Summerstown Peter Buchanan Pete Grant and Charlie and I came Back to Hopkins had Dinner and we all parted I got the Loan of Jims Boat got a calf and a Pig as there were going to Kill the calf I took it to Raise

11th Making the soap taking the Banking from the Lower End of the house Dug a Little in the Garden

12th Crofsed to J Hamiltons went got up stopt at Hamiltons took Dinner Mended the Kettle strainer John and I the wind Lulled for a Little I started for the store and it raised from the south and Blew a Gale I stopt all night at Munroes all night Brought 2 cakes of sugar to Vipond Bought Knife 20 1/2 lb Tea 35 2 Plugs 10 50 lb Flour 1.50 9 yds of Cotton Bag of Salt 20 Starch 10 Soda 6

13th high Wind came home Hamilton sent a cow to Elizabeth the Manitoba Down first Fixing Fences

14th Pope Pius the 9ths Birth Day Raining Ice going Down Fixing the calves Pasture Henery Pete Peggy Bosell here for Archys Pot Got 5 lbs of Sugar for the Pot 4 lbs for a hat 1 cake for Pete 2 Eggs of sugar for the children

15th Raining

16th Raining snowed some Lots of snow on the Mountains Lots of ice Going Down not many Boats to Day high Wind 2 Men crofsed at the Foot of the Island to Frasers 3 in it coming Back high Wind going set a hen to Hatch 15th