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Mr James Cameron Island

9th of March 1892 Fine W Wind some Drops of Rain a Lot of Cutters crofsing on the Summerstown Road took the sap Barrels out of the storehouse Writing to Day

10th Fine W Wind changed to East to night Snowing and hard to night Charlie Craig at Lewis's Drew a Load of stuff up to the sugar Bush Leander got a Rat sawing stove wood Livinia Bad with the Toothache soaking the sap Barrels Filed the crosscut saw

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11th Drifting Blowing hard Blizzardy WW some cold tonight

12th on this Day of the Month D McMaster Senior First came to the Island cutting wood for sugar Bush at the camp cutting stove wood

13th Windy

14th Stanley's Birth Day 1880 W Wind Fine Cold Leander chopping at the camp

15th Fine W Wind sawing a hollow Basswood water Raising near shore

16th Fine cold Wind West cutting Wood at the camp cutting stove wood

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Mr James Cameron Island

17th of March 1892 St Patrick's Day The Festival of the Irish Fine W Wind Leander cutting wood For the camp I went up to the Bush Making Quilts Leander went Down to the air-hole at the Kit Kit Island one Duck in it

18th St Josephs Day on this Day of the Month Vicky Departed 1887 E Wind Windy snowed some Drawing Wood Broke the Rack of the sleigh snowing and Blowing to night

19th Drifting W Wind one of the Lewis's Boy here for Tea Leander went to Hamiltons for the Mail sawed some Logs this Looks Like Equinoxial Gales Gave Lewis Boy 3 almanacks Leander went to Hamiltons for the Papers got a viol of Toothache stuff

20th Windy Drifting cold Molly calved to night

21st Windy Broke on a Marsh hay stack of 2 Tons Minky calved to night cold

22nd Livinia Senior's Birth Day Fine Day warm Leander to Hamiltons for Four Bushels of Oats 1.20 Paid this paid for the Barley all But 77 cents ( owe ) Margaret Poorly John not Well E Wind sawin a Big Hollow Basswood sawed a stick on the calves place

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