Mr James Cameron Island Dec 30th 1874

{last two December entries transcribed in Cameron's 1874 diary}

1st of January 1875 Fishing EEls before the Door Got 1 Went to the Little Island North Side Got 1 seen 3 men crofsing Summerss Road water raising some close to shore Drew 3 Loads of Marsh hay from the stack in the Upper Field Kind of soft to Day

2nd Drew the rest of the stack to Day commenced to snow East and North wind put some in the Barn and some in the Stable Loft put the rest in the stack Behind the Barn

3rd Allen's Birth Day a Fine Day

4th To Day is Election Day for councillors in Williamstown Mr William McLeodTrying for the first Time Did not get in Went to the P.O. Bought a Darning needle From Charlie Roses 12 lb of Pork Flour 25 lb Got New Years from T. Summers

5th William Lavalette Drawing his Fine hay stack Lent him the 2 inch Auger cutting Drawing Wood

6th Epiphany crofsed to John Hamilton Got the Gazette of Dec 18th witha Big Lie in it about the Digging of an Indian Mound a very Big Lie for Mr Leslie to put in a Paper Got a Ride from Dan Cameron Bought of Vipond on Credit 1/2 lb Tea 30 cents 1 Peice of Tobacco 5 cents First crofsing Horses at Summerss

7th St Distaffs Day East Wind and snow Drawing Drags

8th Hugh Ann {cut off} in the swamp chopping seen 2 Hounds comeing Down on the Ice cut over to Christees then came over here went around the Island then went up to Hopkins I got a Weasel in my Trap crofsed to Charlie Roses with the Hid Gordon and I put out some more Bushes took a Peice of Meet 23 lbs a Fine Day

9th started to go acrofs and it turned stormy I turned Back very very High Wind West very cold and Frosty to night