Mr James Cameron Island

March 7th 1877

Stormy Flurries of snow Drifting writing some cutting hay to the Bottom of the East end about 3 feet where it is Bad against the all

8th East Wind stormy Blustering turned to Hail and Rain to night chopping some in the Bush piling Brush went for the Pail took their axe to the house

9th Raining fine in the morning wind changes to south West high Mr Russel called here to make a stake for his sleigh wet ugly time icicles on the Trees this Morning Foggy for a While snowing hailing squally

10th chopping a soft Maple at the Marsh Fence cold some fine Windy West a Man Crofsing Down the Way of the Kit Kit some cold tonight a Load of hay crofsing to Summerstown

11th 2 Men Fishing EEls at the sturgeon Island snowing Drifting Fine cold West Wind Tip had her Puppies Found a Pipe in the Barn it Must Be Mr Silly's as he Lost one when he was here this summer the stem is of off it

12th On This Day of the Month D McMaster first came to the Island I crofsed to Summerstown stopt at J Hamiltons Wrote a Letter to D Smith a Fine Day Lewis Henery and Peter his Brother here showed me a 10 Dollar Bill confederate Money he found cutting the Black oak Trees Donald McDonald Poorly

13th Tommy Jack and I went to Mr Mears Mill for our Boards my soft Maple for sawing cost 50 cents Got 13 slabs from Mr Mears for Nothing a Fine Day Donald McGillis rode over with us seen Mr Tuthill Treated me as usual David Baker a Bee Drawing Wood sailing with the ice Boat

14th a Fine Day Drawing Firewood and took Down my slabs and Boards Gordon and Tommy Jack

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