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Mr James Cameron Island

2nd of Febuary 1893 Candle-Mass Day The Bear and Raccoon will see their Shadow to Day as the sun shines North Wind Fine Frosty Leander and the Girls and Mary Morris went to Dundee took Stanleys Boots to be Fixed and to Fix the cutter Water very Low as we have to go Far out for to cut Waterholes Those Wigglers is Begginning to come Leander and Annie came Livinia stopt at Dundee Stanleys Boots 40 cents 4 yds of calico 25 Cutter 85 put a Whole shoe on it got an almanac

3rd E Wind Drifting snow Wind changed to West snowing unfortunate Day

4th W Wind Very Frosty Ground the axes

5th E Wind Leander went to Hamiltons for the Papers Lent his overcoat to Gordon 2 of Lewis Boys here Gave a stick to make a Broom There is Sacrament on the Front Sexangensima Sunday

6th E Wind snowing Drifting made some Rails of oak

7th W Wind snowing Rained Last night Drifting Windy some crust

8th Gordon's B Day Leander to Summerstown Bought of Nicholsons 250 of Flour 5 Dollars Paid Broke a Road to the Bush Got a Postal card From the News

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Mr James Cameron Island

9th of Feby 1893 Fine W Wind changed to East Drew some Wood Stanley and I in the Bush Drew a Load of Rails to the wet Place Left the Beech in Field slipped off not very well

10th Raining W Wind Leander to Hamiltons 4 Bushels of Barley not Paid to Day

11th E Wind and West Drew some Wood very Fine Day Drew the Beech Log out of the Field Leander went to Hamiltons to night a Fortunate Day Heard Chicken Tyo shot his Son

12th Shrove Sunday Uncle William and his Wife and Livinia came Moses Lemay and his sister here a Fine Day

13th E Wind Fine Frosty Leander went to Dundee Bought of Tyo 5 Gallons of Coal Oil 40 naild 5 lb 20 Bag of Bran Hide 1 Dol calfskin 40 Sheep pelt 40 A Ball at John Tyo's tonight Broke on a Marsh Hay stack the Last of them at the Barn

14th St Valentine Day Shrove Tuesday very Fine Day Drew 2 Loads of Wood with the colt put him in the cutter goes well Mardi Gras high wind and Rain to night

15th Ash Wednesday Fine some Rain Thawing

16th North West Wind sawing stove Wood Got 2 Rats John Fraser passed up the ice seen 2 Foxes on on the ice some slippery Margaret Hamilton got a Bad Fall yesterday Dan Spinks here

17th Fine some Frosty cutting stove Wood north and E Wind put in the Last of the Marsh haystack