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Mr James Cameron Island

1st of November 1892 All Saints Day This is the Harvest month of Death E Wind Raining Blowing Leander after Ducks got 6 some cool

2nd some snow East Wind cold Rain put in the Horses Narcisse went to Lancaster a Lot of shooting to Day Livinia Bad with her Wrist Rheumatism

3rd On this Day of the Month Granda Departed 1857 E Wind Raining Leander after Ducks Got 3 Lots of Ducks Flying John Morris and the Wife came shot an owl Livinia Bad with her hand Stanley Plastering the calves stable

4th Windy Rained some Began to snow to night Sissy to the store Tea Lot of shooting to Day George Charron and another Man with him came to Hunt 2 Men took them up from Lancaster

5th The Gunpowder Plot Guy Fawkes Day Ground covered with snow Windy cool the 2 Boys went to Plum Island to Get the Fox did not get him took Rover Moved the stove from the cookhouse had the cows in Sissy and Johnys Wife to the store yesterday Bought of Mr Ward Tea 30 Mrs Summers very Low

6th Leander Sissy and John Morris and his wife went to Dundee took the 2 Rams 6 Dollars took Randolphs 2 coats and Mits shirts sox Handkerchief Sissy stopt

7th Leander came Bought of Tyo 5 lb of Rope 75 paid Box of Caps 10 hard Tobacc 24 paid Leander to A McDonald Tea 1 2 pair of Boots 4 Dollars paid this Helen B Day Narcisse paid 4 Dollars

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Mr James Cameron Island

8th of Nov 1892 very high W Wind did not see the Grenada crofsing to Day This is Election in the States For President Narcise paid 3 Dollars to Day Got oil took in the cabbage Beets and Turnips Fixing the stalls in the stable

9th Prince of Wales Birth Day a Fine Day a Great many Boats Going to Day sawing stove wood Banking the Front of the house Killed a Weasel and he is White Mad 2 cheeses Narcisse got 5 lb Butter paid yesterday Got a Weasel in the Trap

10th Thanksgiving Day E Wind Snowing Narcifse and Dick went Went off Left their Seine put in the calves put the cabbages and Turnips in the Frame cellar Cleaveland Elected on the 8th Keeping in the cattle

11th Martinmas Keeping in the cattle A Lot of shooting

12th Leander to Summerstown changed Stanleys Boots at A McDonalds water low

13th Sunday Fine Mr Dan Fraser Lovat and John here For his Boat Brought me a Lot of very good apples Lent my oars D Spinks here

14th Fine Spreading manure Fixing Boxes and Irons and Tools Lots of Shooting skinned 3 Weasels Getting house Rats

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