James Cameron Island 28th, Feb 1902

Last day of February, a fine day. Gordon and Leander went to mill to Cornwall Summerstown to {?} East wind poured nearly all night. They came had then great a good return of flour. Bought a cropcut. Saw the saucet axe-handle. Sonia bought 2 lamp chimneys and sugar. 1st of March, St. David's Day. {?} the Welshmans Day, The Seek. Came on raining daytime fine. The sun shone bright. Unfortunate day, fixing the place for the ice. Gordon sawing with the new crosscut saw the saucet rows. Windy. {?} free for a drink. First eggs came in today. Sun was awful hot, rained hard tonight. 2nd, unfortunate day. Sunday rain pouring rain all day. Rained tonight and very windy tonight. 3rd, fine cool windy. Gordon and Stanley sawing the Elm but above the house. Stanley got sawdust in one of his eyes. Wrote a letter today to Miss. Daisy Burton. Maxville thanks for the book, those came tonight. Windy north, {?} one soad to Jos on 6th.

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James Cameron Island 4th of March 1902 William Henry Shad date Cameron's birthday. Uncle John's eldest son. Born in Quebec. Randolph and Leander after the time in Francis. Leander shot him cutting ice on the south side of the island. Gordon bad with the toothack. Sunshiny day, north wind. I can hardly see this what I am writing, I sent a letter with Randolph to put in the P.O. to Maxville filing the other saw for the ice cut 40 squares of ice. Gordon and Leander went down to the Kit Hill see if their was any foxes. {?} River is open, down to the distillery. 5th, unfortunate day. Gordon, Stanley, Leander at the ice. Randolph came had the Kansas paper went to the ice with them. A very fine day. I can hardly see what I am writing, my sight is getting worse every day. The east wind boys at the ice. 6th, a very very fine day. Randolph came, had a letter with receipt of the 11 dollars for the raking machine. Taking up ice {?} Renshaw forsaw ice to Lancaster. A social in Summerstown tonight. Gordon crossed to the social and came down for wood. Soad to ice all in.