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James Cameron Diary, 1868

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Mr. James Cameron {bland?} April 3rd 1868

Taking Louie of the 13 {and?} off the old house sum pretty well {galliud?} 3 pails 4th {illegible} and gathering 40 pails {illegible}2 cakes the sugar soft 5 Sunday 4 am not {illegible} very well 6th Beckey {illegible} and have {Bonc?} here going to Lancaster turned Back cold Day back home 9 pail lying 4th {illegible} 13 {illegible} & snowing 9th in the 12 {illegible} 10th good Friday in the Bud shot 2 Black bucks. {illegible} the fox 4 racks 11th {illegible} in the Bush 12th {gailer?} Sunday lots of Eggs fine day But the sun did not {dance?} in the morning the {cut off} of a hard year 13th a Boat with L {illegible} from here after, made sugar {illegible} 14th Jake {Numning?} well 15th all in the Bush Boiling Down {cut off} {illegible} 16th in the Bush. Very windy the cherry tree fell Down gathered. Louie came home yesterday {cut off} nannie a {Lamb?} one of {illegible} a Lamb. 11th {cut off} 3 gallons one of {illegible} sheep L {illegible} one bead 18th our {illegible} Birth Day, very windy time now. Boiled 2 gallon syrup 15th Low Sunday {illegible} came {illegible} last night See going Down. Found {cut off} Dick Wild one {illegible} coming up The Water Boiling {cut off} Found a nest with 5 eggs 20th Boiling about 1 gallon {cut off} Canu. I went to {illegible}23 lb sugar 10 cents a pound got 1 Dollar from Pat Bought {illegible}{Hasper?} 1/2 lb {illegible}Package of {Matelu?} / 6 1/2 lb {cut off} 2 1/2 Dollars was of flour meats. Bought {illegible} hat 20 cents got 4 Papers from Charlie Heard {cut off} D Arcy {illegible} Death a William that such a {illegible} Man Mr Spinkss went to {cut off}Caught a wild goose with Big trap. Henry {cut off} Ladhey Lashey of the 2 {illegible} round and square. {Illegible} a stick for spear handles got 3 eels from {cut off} 22 at the {sturgen?} Rev 23rd {illegible}

Mr James Cameron {Soland?} April 24th 1868

The Brish America began to Run. Set the ashes for {soap?} Gordon and Stothe. Head of the {pland?} 25th Tapped some of the trees over {illegible} Gathered 11 pails of sap. Bored. {Illegible} the cows {illegible} all {mumsoes?} sheep. Got their lambs but the old one 26th Sunday. Mowing and a fine Day Let fire lasting {illegible} the little pland. Gordon and I 27th Made the Last syrup.Made the soap. Lewis Charlie here gave him fat pine. Gave him 3 sticks for {Paddes?} Sticks for 13 rooms stick {cut off} the for shear Pole to {illegible} Basket gave me an oak {cut off} from {illgible} handle. 28th Lewis Brought fish for Pine {cut off} Brought home 6 pails of sap Gordon Boiled it. [illegible} went to try for eels at the {kit kit} pland {cut off} to found a horse shoe at the little pland and {cut off} on pipe 29th first Raft came Down came {cut off} my canoe got it {'planted potatoes 30th' written above} high wind 30th went to {cut off} the raft 1 2/2 f {illegible} the {heulo?} hatch {cut off} now. Yesterday D new the {illegible} up from the Lower{illegible} point. Put manure out Drew away the high pen found a the sheep all out 2nd Drew . home the crotch for {cut off} set fines Let out the {ilegible} 3 {illegible} here got 3 EELs 4th Jim Hopkins here the Raft {home?} {illegible} {cut off} for the canoe I went {illegible} to {Bolells?}{illegible} {Roses?} Dinner there wrote L letter for Pat went to Lee Thomas {Thenroes?} {illegible} and {illegible}Mr Load got 2 plugs. Pat Boreth Mcleod Departed. I went to Williams. {cut off} here for Potatoes took Dinner. Got 2 Baskets 5 {cut off} Began to Plough 4th Ploughed some 8th Lathey here {cut off} of her spear gave him a Board and shine for his canoe. {cut off} for EELs eat 12 5th Ploughed. 4 meat for EELs 10th Friday Beaching {illegible} the front I caught there let fires on {cut off} Rift Rount Pete Baker Willi Rose Walter Crompt{cut off} here. 11th Went home with Mr Hopkins Rot {illegible} for {cut off} Pork and Rot {illegible}

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