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Mr James Cameron Island June the 1st 1875

The Glorious First of June Put the Calves out in their Pasture Fixing their Fence cleaning out up stairs cut some Pine sent Gordon up for J Hopkins and then called him Back as I seen 2 Men Working at the Buoy East Wind a Good many on the Water to Day at Fire at the Brush Heap at the Bank and set Fire at the Wit Place Below the House Gordon Fixing Logs to Draw the Boat up on plastered a note up stairs

2nd Gordon started to go to Hopkins and Turned Back Isacc and John Vipond came to see the sheep picked out 4 of them the 2 Black one the one that Lost her Lamb and the Biggest of Last years Lambs they said they would send Jo Day after tomorrow to Shear them

3rd Got a Basswood saw Log cutting pine Whitewashing the House

4 of June old George the 3rds Birth Day S Got the sheep sheared ours and Marked the right Ear all But one Marked the Lambs Rofs Briggs and Graud Trowling Fixing some of the Fence at the Wet Place Kept in their sheep and Let ours go some Windy Rained a Little

5th Went around the Island Got some pine speared a succour Looking at the sheep on the Kit Kit Point The Manitoba up First and then went and Towed a small Tug up From Below Charlies Island Tried to Fish Perch Before the Door they wont Bite yet Made a Round of Trowling got no Bits Took a sleep in the Barn to Day the White hen has out her chickens Found the 2 Pronged Fork that was Lost since Last Fall in the stable Loft Windy to Day in spells a Great many Boats went up to Day Thunder Rain shot a Duck Rainbow to night The Potatoes up some squashes up

6th Sunday Fishing tonight

7th Rained some

8th Went to Dundee with 4 Sturgeon Left at home sold to Paro Bones a Large one Got 50 cents out of R Bakers Store from him sold 16 B {cut off} Got 50 cents sold 2 to Tyo Got 50 cents had 3 Dozen Eggs Bought 1/2 lb Tea 50 lb of Flour Matches Got My Bat{illegible} I Forgot Bought Bordeau 1 Plugg Tob took Dinner at Bells Got my Butternut Pa{cut off}

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Mr James Cameron Island 9th of June 1875

Our Marys Birth Day Went to the Bush for Bark Barked 2 Chairs Making the Last of the soap

10th Went to Squaw Island Charlies Island Rofs's Island Gull and Lizard Islands and to the Kit Kit Island took Dinner on the East End of Rofs's Island seen a Few Black Snakes not many around Lots of nests of Gull Island of the Gulls Got some fat Pine Trowled all the way up and down did not get a Bite a Lot of these Dirty Catapillars on the Island now a Fine Day East Wind

11th Jo Vipond came to shear the sheep sheared his 4 and marked the Right Ear with a peice of took his wool Let out the sheep Weeding the Potatoes some Gordon and Randolph Fishing out before the Door Got 4 Fishes Wind Raised

12th Jim Hopkins Down with the scow for the Bull Wind Raised very hugh Charlie Johnnie and Georgina with him Jim made a Paddle of an Oak stave Burning caterpillers Burnt the Horse Shoes Left the scow the Wind very hight Jim started had the Wind high crofsing The Manitoba went did not see the Canadian Going up some Thunder not much Rain a Man and a Girl Killed at Lasheys with the Lightning to Day

13th Sunday Kind of cold Windy

14th Cold

15th Hugh Ann went to Salem a very fine Day taking some of the Boards from the Bush Piling Board in the Grove

16th cutting Weeds in Potatoes Filled the Bags with ashes

17th Went with the Wood the Carding to Mr Shannons Mill paid 20 cents him to send it to Bakers to Dundee Got an order from R Baker to the Miller F Covington for 100 Wt of Flour 3 Dollars Gave Robert the Wool 90 lb he wil allow me What he gets for it got 75 cts American Money from him got 1 1/2 lb Tea on credit Bought electric oil paid this Bought of Bordeau 1 plug of Tobacco 10 cents Bills Gave Bill and Mr Phillips my Fish the Lanching the Steamer Crime Belonging to Mr Smallman here Glided of into the Water very handsome could not go off Better seen J Hopkins took Whitey Bull to Day and McCaul