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Mr James Cameron Island Dec 16th 1875

in the Bush cut 2 Beeches the channel all open and then came Down a Jam and very near stuck acrofs between this and Francis Island but its moved off I was watching it seen a Boat crofing and it turned Back could not get acrofs

17th a Fine Morning then turned windy hard Blow from the West in the swamp cut a Birch Drew 2 Loads of Wood the Ice will be apt to take to night as its very frosty

18th ice taken acrofs here this morning cold and Frosty Windy West Wind Broke on the Marsh hay stack at the Back of the Barn Great smoke from the air holes chopping stove Wood Hens a Freezing some Drifting some no Foxes crofsed yet without they will crofs to night

19th cold and Frosty Windy

20th Wind high Drifting hard Frost cut a Birch stump Drew a Load of it with the Bun

21st First crofsing on the ice for me Mr Streeter crofsed with horse Isacc Vipond crofsed and G Renshaw with horse stopt at Renshaws to night heard John Cattanack Died and Duncan McDougall in Nevada and John M Intosh in Montreal ice Pretty good 5 inches George took over from Hopkins McCauls things to Viponds

22nd First Day of Winter I came Down to Hamiltons Got some Herrings from George Began to thaw Last night got the Whitewash Brush from George Renshaw Began to Whitewash a Fine warm Day

23 Thawing and Raining cutting in the Bush took the Bark of the Basswood saw Log Began to Freeze to night hard and cold

24th Cold East Wind I crofsed took the sleigh to Hamiltons very cold Frosty and high Wind took 2 Rats to Viponds 16 cents a peice Bought 1/2 lb Tea I owe 4 cents on it Jim Grant and Tom Summers Treated for Christmas old Jo Robideau Buried to Day a Big Fire Last night the way of Bombay stopt at Hamiltons took Dinner came home and its awful cold

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Mr James Cameron Island Dec 25th 1875

Christmas Day heavy Thunder and Lightning A Big Fire on the Black River Donald McPhersons Barn by lightning Raining Fine Windy cold and Warm cutters crofsing Summers Road

27 Sunday Duncan McDougalls Funeral to Day Died in California his Remains taken home chopping Nomination Day in Williamstown for Councillers raised some of the Troughs no snow on the Ground Fine but cold

28th crofsed to Hamiltons John not well helped them to Butcher their Cow had a Treat of Wine Got Flour and Buckwheat Flour and a Bag of Buckwheat from John East Wind cold Freezing the ice Glib

29th Our Angus B Day in the Bush a Man Down at the Kit Kit Fishing EEls all Day

30th Dolly not very smart Kind of Fine and soft a Few Drops of Rain John Hamilton here cut a Basswood ice not making much

31st I crofsed took a Peice of meat to G Renshaw J Hamilton and I to Renshaws together took Dinner George Drawing stones to the Wharf George John and I crofsed to Summerstown Training and Footing on the ice to have Races commenced high Wind to night this is New Years Eve Heard St Helen Island was Blowed up Gave James Grant I Borrowed with Flour from Viponds put in the Barn George Beal sat up a Good While to night

1st of January 1876 Firing away the old Year and Rung in the New Year Randolph shot a Bale at Marsh Gordon shot a Squirrel for the First thing he ever shot at a Fine Day Fishing EEls Rained some soft Weather ice not hard EEls not plenty

2 Went to the Little Island North side Gordon and I the Wind very high we had to crawl back on our Knees and Tack against the Wind and then the wind took us Down but we made out with very hard work as the ice was so slippery high high Wind