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Mr James Cameron Island

Oct 20th 1878 Sunday some snow this Morning North West Wind some high the Alma Monoro aground at the Lighthouse Mr Hills Light Got aground Last night one of the old Man's son -in-Law here this Morning Batteance Latour From Valley-Field got a Drink of Milk Gave 5 cents and a cent to John H Gave him 4 Plugs of Tobacco of my own Raising a very Fine man seemingly The Spartan went up Traveller coming up with a Good Tow

21st Working at the shed a very fine Day

22nd at the shed covering it Boarding the North End cut some Marsh hay to cover the Top of the shed Randolph cut 10 Cocks Lots of Wild Geese Flying West

23rd Livinia a Birth Day 1868 10 years old To Day Randolph Drew the Hay to Put on Top of the shed Began to Bank the West End of the House E Wind and it Blows very hard to night frome the West it Blew through the night Water Raised and a Blowing Raining some old Gabriel got Pepper Killed 2 Rush Fixing the Boards on the West End of the Banking of the house took some hay from the Back marsh Stack Got in the sheep so we could catch the Big sheep or the Wild South Down I must Kill her as she is the Devil to make the other sheep Bad to Catch

24th Our Hugh's Birth Day Fixing some around the shed Went out the Island covering the Little Back shed of a{torn off} Let out the other sheep emptied the Big Vinegar Jar a Great many Boats going up and Down the Waterfell si{torn off} East nights Big Blow Frost to night near morning

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Mr James Cameron Island

Oct 25th 1878 My Birth Day St Crispins Day all shoemakers holds this Day Lots of Boats Going this morning First Ice this Fall this morning ice in my canoe East Wind I crofsed to Hamilton Got Flour Cornmeal and Buckwheat Flour for helping them with the Thrashing got the news of Johnny Summers Killing a Bear on the Island Mrs Hamilton and Tom Jack to Montreal with Butter Last weed or the Begginning of this week Seen Andrew Rose went to the stone seen the Rhoda May and the Parry Bought of DG Ward 1 Tenneet 1 lb nails 1/2 lb soda 1 spool of Thread Pipe Issacc Vipond scowing wood to Renshaws Gordon in Williamsown At the calf's Pasture Mr Fulton Departed Banking the WEst end putting on chips Raining some Finished the 2 Quilts

27th Sunday Fine Day Calm wind Raised Raining some Gordon Came from Hamiltons stopt all night as the wind is Little high and raining the old man for Tea got it

28th snowed some wind hight turned fine Gordon Crofsed Wind West HughAnn went with my mits to Gordon at the head of the Island Mr Fulton Buried to Day Killed the Big South Down sheep and she was Fat My Back took a very bad pain sent a Peice Down to the Fishermen

St Simon & St Jude 29th Banking East End and taking away stones George and Peggy Bosell came with the yarn spinning 5 lbs of Rolls Gave her lb of Butter and 50 cents cash A Great many Boats a Going to Day churning to day

30th Genie here Went away E Wind Banking

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