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Mr James Cameron Island

31st of May 1893 Very Fine Day Harrowing Potatoes Lewis wife for Butter 40 Arquet For Butter 35 Peter for Butter 20 Took 2 Pans of Bread From Lancaster 40 cutting weeds on the Sturgeon Island Stanley and I sawed a Log of Beech at soap Filed the saw making a Trench at the Wet place a Drudge went Down 2 Tugs Towing it Lots of Boats Going to Day Leander went to Jo Lemays with the clock and a Parcel of Eggs From Montreal

1st of June Vicky's B Day 1878 The Glorious 1st of June The Line Boat went up Last night Fine Day E Wind Mr Genie going to Cornwall Brought me a Rooster an unfortunate DAy Corpus Christe Working at the Fence Digging stones at the Tobacco Place

2nd Fine EW Mr Genie went to Cornwall Sawing a Beech and splitting Fixed a place for the Pigs at the Fence

3rd Fine E Wind Bohemian and Spartan went Down to Day at Fence Blackbirds at the oats

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Mr James Cameron Island

4th of June 1893 Fine Windy Lewis here Going to Charlies Island This is old George the 3rds Birth Day that used to be Kept for a Long Time Narciss to Butter Algerian went Down

5th an Unfortunate Day Fine very warm oats coming up Finished the swamp Fence Blossom on the apple Trees Took away the stack Fence Took 2 Troughfs From the Bush

6th an unfortunate Day Raining hard On This Day of the Month Sir John A McDonald Departed 1891 Leander and Stanley Made a Boat for the First

7th Fine Working at the Fence at the Pitt Point cutting Dead cherries for the Brush Fence corn coming up Put the Boat in the water to soak Narcisse to Butter 20

8th William and Billy Morris here Brought a Licence to the Fishermen Windy Fine Bill Left his Boat to night at Frashers as the Wind is high

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