Mr James Cameron Island

Sept {illegible} 1891 {illegible} Begins sun crofsing the Line {illegible} ales a Fine Day Hugh Ann went {illegible} River I and Stanley to Lewis's got a B{illegible} for the one I gave him I got the {illegible} Na Houta's Island to cut the Hay caught a small Lunge Lewis Taking up his Potatoes Phillip came Ground the scyths Trimmed the oak at the Door as there is Dead Limbs on it Water very Low

24th Fine Windy Stanley and I to Na Houtas Mowing Made 16 coils of Hay there Foggy this Morning

25th Windy Fine Leander at Hamiltons Digging at the Well at the Lighthouse Lewis here For Kerosene oil Tea and Matches

26th Very w{illegible} and Fine Hugh Ann came from Dundee got 2 Tubs 40 got Boots Fixed 40 cotton 42 needles Gordon here with a subpeana for me to attend {illegible}

29th at Cornwall Leander came had a Lo{illegible} of apples Stanley and I for a Load of Wood {illegible} the Bay taking the Roof of the shed got sq{illegible} a Flock of Wild Geese on the 23rd

27th Sunday John Morris and Mary and Miss Plumado here Mr Genie here to night got some Fat Pine to F{illegible}

28th Harrowing the Potato Ground crofsed to Hamiltons stopt at Hamiltons all night to be ready to go to Cornwall in the Morning

29th St Michael Michalmas Day Went to Cornwall very high Wind south West {illegible}ard a good shower to put Down the Dust {illegible} at the Calefton House Kept by Mr Snedsinger Paid Mr Powter the Glengarian came home to Hamiltons all of us {illegible} Cornwall as Witnefs's case Gordons Pleaded By a very able Lawyer {illegible} Son of Judge Pringle not Guilty {illegible} CB McLennan had a chat with him {illegible} there Frost in some Places

Fine cutting hay at Na Houtas

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Mr James Cameron Island

1st of Oct 1891 Tonia's Birth Day 1883 Fine Day {illegible} the Morning Bismarck and i came to Hamiltons Making a Porch Leander went to Lancaster with Bismarck Pealing apples BlackBirds at the Beech nuts Mr Burdo's 2 Boys here going for nuts to Ross's Island Leander Brought shingles 50 cents Leander at A Frashers got a scotch Paper seen Fernandez Butternuts Plenty

2nd Fine Warm Leander went to Dundee For nails 5 lb 15 no shingle nails at a Raisin of a Barn of Smallmans stopt all night at Bill Morris's Working some at the Barn Randolph to Lancaster

3rd Fine Warm Blackbirds awful Plenty at the Beech nuts Went for Butternuts with Stanley Windy Leander came from Dundee cutting thistles Bought 5 lb nails 15 cents

4th Fine Tom Rose {illegible} Grant here Hugh Ann to church Sacrament on the Front Leander to Hamiltons with Johns Boat

5th Leander Stanley and I to Na- Houtas Island cut Hay Wind Raised high Rained heavy Drew some Wood North Wind and West Randolph crofsed

6th Fine West Wind and North putting Board on the Roof of the Poarch Drew some sticks for the upper stable cut the Tobacco pealing Apples cold nights

7th E Wind some smoky Dill Rained some at the Floor of {illegible} Fixing stalls in the Horse Stable Leander shot lot of Blackbirds Water Low Rained to night

8th E Wind Rained some one of the Lucies here for Butter Seen a Flock of Wild Geese going south East Turned the Double stove as its Fire in the cooking stove to Day cold {illegible} took up some Turnips and put them in the {illegible} Phillip helped to put a Log on the stable Jo Lemay came up Wednesday Bohemian did not go into Lancaster

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