Mr James Cameron Island

March 7th 1877

Stormy Flurries of snow Drifting writing some cutting hay to the Bottom of the East end about 3 feet where it is Bad against the all

8th East Wind stormy Blustering turned to Hail and Rain to night chopping some in the Bush piling Brush went for the Pail took their axe to the house

9th Raining fine in the morning wind changes to south West high Mr Russel called here to make a stake for his sleigh wet ugly time icicles on the Trees this Morning Foggy for a While snowing hailing squally

10th chopping a soft Maple at the Marsh Fence cold some fine Windy West a Man Crofsing Down the Way of the Kit Kit some cold tonight a Load of hay crofsing to Summerstown

11th 2 Men Fishing EEls at the sturgeon Island snowing Drifting Fine cold West Wind Tip had her Puppies Found a Pipe in the Barn it Must Be Mr Silly's as he Lost one when he was here this summer the stem is of off it

12th On This Day of the Month D McMaster first came to the Island I crofsed to Summerstown stopt at J Hamiltons Wrote a Letter to D Smith a Fine Day Lewis Henery and Peter his Brother here showed me a 10 Dollar Bill confederate Money he found cutting the Black oak Trees Donald McDonald Poorly

13th Tommy Jack and I went to Mr Mears Mill for our Boards my soft Maple for sawing cost 50 cents Got 13 slabs from Mr Mears for Nothing a Fine Day Donald McGillis rode over with us seen Mr Tuthill Treated me as usual David Baker a Bee Drawing Wood sailing with the ice Boat

14th a Fine Day Drawing Firewood and took Down my slabs and Boards Gordon and Tommy Jack

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Mr James Cameron Island

15 March 1877 I Crofsed cold Raw Wind Frosty snowing From the N West A Bee at J Grants Ashery at the Wharf Charlie Parisha Bought Jim Hopkins stack on the Black horse Island seen John Birch at Summers's Buying horses Back of Martintown Got from Charlie Rose Got From and order for a Dollar on Johnny Summers Bought 1/4 of Tea 15 cents 12 1/2 lb soda 5 cloves 5 canister Powder 35 Lamp chimney 10 Matches 5 soap 8 cents paid 5 cents on a corn Broom I owed to him

6th I crofsed to hopkins this morning for to Get the Boards home Charlie came Down with them we put them in the Barn 27 Elm 9 Ash 3 Basswood 1 Oak 40 Peices chopping stove Wood the hay all Done on the West Mow

17th St Patrick Day Firing some salute Randolph and I crofsed to Summerstown stopt at Hamiltons took Dinner and John went up the Races Going on Viponds Mare 1st Charlie Parisha 2nd (Russells 3rd) James Grants some Keeping St Patricks at Summerstown A Craig not well Pleased at something or other John Sandfield took a Bad turn in the Summers store had to go to the House a Fine Day But cold

18th cold Wind Fine 2 Cutters Passed here

19th chopping Firewood cold Windy

20th chopping and Brushing cold Windy first Day of spring Cut a Waterhole for the cattle Randolph Drawing Dry stuff

21st E Wind Stormy snowing Hailing Blustery not very cold

22nd Livinia Birth Day the older) George Bosell Got the adze or addis for Parisha sap running some

23rd went to Summerstown J Hamilton Fixing the Machine to saw his Wood at G Renshaws a Fine DAy Gathered 32 Gathered Besides what was in the Troughs

24th First Sugar made to Day Races at the Front only J Cameron Abram only First about 34 lbs of sugar made to Day sap running to Day 20 pails in the Barrels to night Got 25 lbs of Flour frim AJ {cut off}

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