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Mr James Cameron Island

26 Oct 1891 {illegible} calm and West Wind Went to Lancaster {illegible} and I with 2 Bags of Butternuts for Dan {illegible} them with Mr William Dunlop he will {illegible} them Directed and sent off would not take no pay for his Trouble took Dinner there on the Likenefses of all old Friends Mrs {illegible} Dunlop in Montreal attending to Angus Cameron who is very Low and not expected to Live The River is all covered with Blinds for Ducks not many Ducks Thunder and Lightning to night the Fishermen Fish stole out of their Box put some nuts in the storehouse

27th W Wind Windy chopping and piling wood Randolph here for his overcoat {illegible} the Conovers here to hunt her for Milk {illegible} a Quart a North squall of snow Lots of snow on the Mountains the Turkey Laid 5 Eggs Stanley Plastering the calves place put in calves in to night Ducks came to night in the channel Froze some

28th St Simon & St Jude {illegible}king some cutting and piling at the Door Great Deal of shooting Narcifse & Phillip {illegible} to Montreal sold a Bag of nuts 50 sold 2 Young Rams to take them next week {illegible} cool W Wind got a Mess of Fish

29th Fine W and E Wind Leander and Hugh Ann to Dundee Banking the south side of house went to Head of the Island Stanley {illegible}ing a Lot of shooting to Day Bought {illegible} of coal oil 25 cents 6 lbs of nails 18 {illegible} worth of stuff stove Pung Fixed 25 {illegible} norht side of the house

30th Fine {illegible} came one of them went Back

{illegible} and Mr Nantell stopt {illegible} Leander and Hugh Ann came {illegible} here to night

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Mr James Cameron Island

31st of Oct 1891 Windy Fine HallowEen Holy Eve {illegible} on the East End of the Frame all Hunters up From the shanty {illegible} Bottle wih them and had an awful Time with singing and the Electric M{illegible} of Mr Derosh had a Lot of nuts cracked a Good Holy Eve one of the Men had to go Home to night he got a Telegram his child was Dying Heard Angus Cameron D{illegible} Gibbs came with the Telegram Got 3 {illegible} took 4 Hours to come as the wind is high

1st of November all Souls Day Randolph came from the Branch to {illegible}

2nd All Souls Day the 2 Hunters and Leander went to Lancaster Left {illegible} Gave Leander A Dollar to take them D{illegible} at the shanty to night Began a House for the Hens Randolph to Cornwall to Buy Clothing

3rd on this Day of the Month Granda Departed 1857 Working at the Hen House to {illegible} in the Turnips and carrots Fine

4th Fine Lots of shooting Leander with C{illegible} Working at the Hen House Stanley and {illegible} covering the henhouse with Rails Leander to Summerstown for Fine salt put up 4 Bushels of nuts salt 25 {illegible}

5th Gun powder Plot Guy Fawkes {illegible} E Wind Fine cool some shooting {illegible} round the stables Took in the B{illegible}

6th Fine E Wind Fixing the Hen {illegible} put in the Mare

7th Hele{illegible} Day Fine EW setting Firest to {illegible} Working at the henhouse {illegible} Choras of {illegible}