{page one}

Mr James Cameron Island July 25 1875

Sunday St James Day Got a channel catfish from Lashey took salts

26th Dog Days Begun Mowing Back of the Barn

27th Mowing Mr Rofs and Mr Adams here to night

27th Got Ready to go spearing and the wind Raised and Rained some so they went acrofs to Summerstown as his Brothers Turner and Slack was there without Boat nor Provision Got the Loan of Lasheys canoe for them to go spearing Gave me 7/6 Mr Adams forgot his Braces

28 Mowing George Bosell

29th Putting in hay

30th Mowing

31st Putting in hay a young son

1st of August or Lammas Day the Day of Fruits went to the Kit Kit Island Rankin the Blacksmith here from Hopkins Left a hoe there George Renshaw here yesterday going Down with Captain Rankin and he went Down after him to Day

2nd Looking for the Black calf Mowing Down on the Riverside and south side Minnie's Birth Day

3rd Raining Put in a Load of hay took home 2 Loads of wood Making a Rake Gordon Got a peice of Tobacco from Henery East Wind the ark crofsing to Alexis Island Corinthan went Down Alexandra went Down Found Bismarcks Knife

4th Got a Lunge Mr Fulton and Mr McArthur here I went still Fishing with them Lost my line sinkers and all to Day Gordon Got a Bunch of hooks from Mr Fulton

5th Mr Fulton and Mr McArthur went off they Got a Lunge to Day cutting hay on the Lower Point

6th Randolphs Birth Day I crofsed to Summerstown 3 Doz of Eggs Bought of Viponds 1/2 lb Tea 5 Bunches of Matches 2 plugs of Tobacco scythe stone Rake 1/2 Bushel of coarse salt sack of Fine salt coarse comb Got a Grindstone from J Hamiltons seen Walter Baker Antwine Bosell Left the Bohemian Going Pilot on the St. Francis

{page two}

Mr James Cameron Island Augt 7th 1875

Early this Morning got a Lunge on the north side of the Sturgeon Island went acrofs and put it on Board of the Steamer Prime in Mr Smallman and care to Mr Fulton Cornwall offered him pay for the Freight he would not take hay Gave him 10 cents to pay the Freight of the Flour Gave him 3 Dollars for Flour Bought of Vipond 19 cents work of Rope straw hat 10 seen Dr Dickensons steamer a nice Little craft the St Francis a Pleasure Party from Cateau to the Landing and the Running the Long Sault came home Mowed a peice Raining

8th Sunday Raising some Windy sun shining and clouded Writing a Letter to John 1974 Box

9th Putting all Day hay in Livinia Raking part of to Day Prime Towed a Barge in the Morning

10th Mowing Put in a Load Frank Laplantes Wife a Young Daughter Walter Baker here

11th crofsed to Summerstown Early this Morning for My Flour got it Bought of Viponds 1 Tin Basin 12 1/2 cents plug of Tob paid the Postage on the Letter I send to John 3 cents Antwine Bosell came of the St Francis this Morning I came Down stopt at J Hamiltons Got 3 scythes and a snath from on the Jennie running now Burns Lefs Wood Mr Fulton and Mr Snetsinger here I went Down still Fishing with them took our Dinner at the Waterside and our Whiskey and Beer Algerian sunk to Day

12th Went Down with them to the Kit Kit this Morning got a Good sized Pike Mr Snetsinger did Trowling at the horse shoe (75) Mr Fulton Brought me a sugared cured hamd and a sack of Flour he says my Lunge weighed 26 one of the others 25 lbs one he got 21 lbs Rained hard Mr Tuthill here Gave him an arrow point Mowing

13 Raining Mowing here 2 Mifs Sweets and 2 Mr Sweets Left 50 cents Peter Back the Indian Rowing them Gave me a cigar Very Fine People they seem to be they are from Potsdam Nicolsville where the live an Indian here for Matches this Morning Gave him some heard the Steamer York Propeller was burnt