April 21st 1877 Came from Hamiltons Bought of J Summers yesterday 2 yds of calico 1/2 lb Tea Matches snowing hard

22nd Jim Hopkins and wife here a Fine Day Gave here a 2 lb cake of sugar

23rd The Festiva of the English St George's Day A Fine Day Firing in the Morning I went to J Hamiltons Trimming trees

24 Began to Dig the Garden

25th St Marks Day cold North Wind part of the Day Fine at J Hamilons Gordon and i came with 50 lbs of Flour

26th crofsed to Hamiltons Livinia Planted 12 Beds of Top onions

27 Trimming

28th Raining to night Steamer Anderson came up

29th The Anderson went Down Dan Summers and Rodney Briggs here tonight their hunting on the Kit Kit I came home this morning

30th Planted 68 hills of Potatoes Digging the Ground First Light Lit up to night Taking away the Banking from the house Rain and Windy

1st Day of May Digging the Potato Ground

2nd Digging I Forget the Rest of this

6th HughAnn Bismarck and I went to the Kit Kit Rofs's and Charlies Island Found and axe a Fine Day

8th setting Fires

10th Fixing Fences

11th Went to Summerstown Got a Letter and paper from Charlie Altering Jakes Colt a year old John Cary and McDougall Got a Bag of Potatoes 50 lbs of Flour from John Spotty calved to Day

12th Gordon came home

13th Bismarck and I in the Bush

14th Covert the milk house Jack came home

15th th The heifer Maud calved the steamer Frank Maxwell came up

16th Fishing Got 28 Fish Rain and Thunder tonight

17th Digging and Fixing Fence

18 West Wind Blary Calved cutting Brush

19th Went to P.O. Rec Pay from G Renshaw for hay and settled what was Due him Bought 1 sack of oat meal and a sack of cornmeal Tea Paper pipes Box Matches Towel Got some potatoes from Tom Summers and a pail form George Planted Toms the Pig lefs to night

20th Went to Christies for Welch Onions

{first of entry missing} Week with them to Tom Summers Got cake of sugar

{first of line missing} came and Went home Gave 1 Doll 20 cents to Bal{missing} care the Dog

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