Mr James Cameron JS land 30th Dec 1866

30 Dec 67

Drawing Drags 31st Last day of the year it hot the {cut off} got here alive

1st of January 1868 shot 3 squirrels, very stormy a Ball at John {illegible} hers I cutting Hay got a Rat at the loww point 3 allens Birth Day Drawing drags angus and angus the Blue Boy came for the sheep got them gaveGorgon and the rest 30 cents {illegible/scratched out}. Smallman bushed the Road to Lancaster4th stormy Day

3th Sunday fine Day

6th went to Summer flour seen MrRiddle and old Donald Cameron carpenter at Davids treat, paid treat at Andrews 17 1/2 paid got a Ride out to Williamstown from Sunny Grant election time for councellers in Williamstown

7th in Williamstown

8th in Williamstown came home John Angus took me home

9th Went to Fort Corrington got a paper from John 2 treats at Jessimas a treat at Mac Bought 1 paper pens 2 sticks of Licquerice a paper of heed 3 cents of Licquerice Root 1oz a Bottleat McRaes to be returned a treat at McRaes got a ride from John McLennans Robert son going to the {flacmill?}

10th cutting stove wood

11th Drawing wood Broke the whipple tree a fine {cut off}

12th Old new Years Day Cold

13th Making a whippletree

14th Drawing drags cut a new waterhole cut an oak tree in the marsh took home cedar for Brooms a very fine day squirrel

15th cutting drags ^Mrs Harper a {fire?}

16th Drawing Drags.

17th Put {porsen?} in the hog

18th Very {cut off} drew some drags from the Pitt point

2019th Sunday a very fine day EEL Fishery at alescu{cut off} stand

20th stagnep Day went to Summerstone {rotten away page} 1/2 lb tea 1/10 1/2 paid.

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Mr James Cameron Js land Janry 21st 1868

{stagnep?} thrashed 1 bushel of wheat leives and pete Bosell drew 3 loads of hay a Ball at David summers caribou making

22nd thrashed a bushel of wheat Leives drew the last load of the day

23rd chopping stove wood got a rat

24th the kneel of the sleigh Charlie Tuppers Birth Day

25th Drew some wood out of the marsh froze my big toe

26th Sunday stormy cold day

27th a fine day drew a load of wood

28th went to the mill 2 1/2 of wheat 10 rats to Mr Streelor 1 pair of boots for them Brought Mr. McRae his bottle got some {whuanes?} from Mr. Parker got 3 horse shoes from Dan Summers (his child died on the 17th) a very cold day

29th drawing wood filling the bags with ashes cut a waterhole

30th Went to Dundee wet.

5 Bushels of ashes 1 calve skin 3 sheep pelts to my account to Mr. Baker boughtMr. Baker's 1/2 barrel fish 12/6 1.2 Bushel salt16 3 Quarts of Kersene oil 22 1/2 cents got 10 cents for {Phrenologest?}

31st chopping in the bush

1st of February drawing wood very stormy cut down a dry tree of beech

2nd drifting & snowing

3rd Thrashed 2 Bushels of Wheat very frosty day

4th in the bush cut down a stump of Beech.

5th Thrashed 1 1/2 of wheat

6th Drew a Load of wood

7th very cold stormy

8th Gordons Birth Day a fine Day thrashed near 1 Bushels of Wheat went to the head of the {?} stand

9th Sunday stormy west wind soft

10th thrashed the last of the {close?] wheat 20 lbs Began the Oats thrashed 55 lbs

11th Drew some wood snow deep

12th cut down a {cut off} soft maple stormy

13th went to mill will 4 {cut off} wheat {cut off}

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