Mr James Cameron Island

26th of March 1891 John Hamilton Cameron's Birth Day 1876 Fine sap not running well Boiled 20 pails made 4 Gallons split since Last night 3 Gallons took 4 to the House Randolph crofsed to the P Office Bought Bottle of Spruce Gum 25 Olivers sale to Day about 165 Tapt now

27th Good Friday I went to Hamiltons E Wind ice T Glib Got some Red Peppers Got a Gazzette from James Hugh Got the Picture from Toronto made 1 1/2 Gallons to Day Lewis's children here for Milk Lewis wife a Daughter yesterday

28th in the Bush Fine E Wind Leander crofsed to Summerstown Got salt Fine {illegible} lb 20 Tax 5 Salmon River open crofsing Summerstown Road a cutter went up passed here Lots of Dugs and Wild Geese Robins came

29th Fine the 2 Girls went to Lewis's Brought some Mollasses to them Boiling in the Bush Dan Spink here Bill Morris went Down passed with a Horse Easter Sunday Killed a snake

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Mr James Cameron Island

30th of March 1891 E Wind sap running well Lewis's Boy here for milk Made Mollasses

31st E Wind Piling stove wood The ice opened at Francis Island on the North Side of this one have about 20 Gallons of syrup to make sugar tommorrow

1st of April All Fools Day ice opened out at the Point Lewis's 2 children here for milk they went up to the sugar Bush made 2 Batches to Day for the First we made 117 lb Frogs commenced E Wind Fine Few Drops of Rain

2nd Fine EW Made 2 Batches to Day 127 lb ice opening Lots of Wild Geese and Ducks Piling stove wood a Good Deal of shooting on the south side hay all Done on the East side of the Barn

3rd snowing ice Jamming Boys put out Phillips Bun went to Little Island I went to the Pitt Point made about 6 lb sugar in small cakes

4th West Wind Fine sap Running cleaned the Troughfs and Buckets Boiling in the Bush Boys shot a Duck at the Little Island ice Jamming

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