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Mr James Cameron Island

9th of June 1886 Our Mary's Birth Day 1813 73 years at Potatoes Fine

10th Piling Logs at the Door Fixing the Sail

11th Randolph to F Covington got his hair cut 2 men Drowned Stewart and Saya on the 5th of 6th Sunday Morning found the Boat Bottom so deep Bought Cotton 3..56 on credit (Tea 1 Dollar paid) Bismarck came home Washing the Wool

12th Fine Went home with Hamiltons Boat William Duncan and Gordon came Brought some of Bismarcks cloths Put out Tobacco Narcifse Boy and Phillip came Bought of Ward soap 1 Bar 10 2 pipes 2

13th Raining Blowing Whit Sunday

14th Raining at Potatoes Heard that Say Drowned Stewart it is thought so or talked about as Saya is a Bad character and Stewart had a Lot of money on him

14th Mr Sucklers sone here for sand Gave me a Dollar Raining cutting hay for the 2 Bulls at Potatoes Killing Grubs Heard those men were Found

15th at Potatoes

16th Randolph and Bismarck to F Covington Sold Tennet of Butter Paid for the We{illegible} of Cotton Bought 100 of Flour 2..50 2 Tennets 50 Brought 22 cents cash home Rained hard got 15 cents for Butter

17th Tore down the cookhouse

18th The Ever Memorable Battle of Waterloo at the Cookhouse

19 Working at the cookhouse Randolph and Bismarck crofsed for nails 10 lb 40 Thread 5

20th Fine Day Randolph crofsed to Plum Island seen one of the cattle with a cut in her

21st First Day of Summer Bismarck and I crofsed Bought of Mr Ward sack of salt 80 on credit Pepper paid Got 25 {illegible} Randolph

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Mr James Cameron Island

21st of June 1886 1st Day of Summer Bought of Nicholson 100 of Flour 2..50 44 lbs of Fine salt 44 spools of Thread 5 Randolph got a Lunge

22nd Fixing Floor in the Cook house warm set a Line Weeding Potatoes and beans

23rd 2 Fishermens Boys went of to night put the Plough Through some of the Potatoes

24th St John the Baptiste Day Corpus Christie Fixing a Door on East End of the cookhouse Taking up Randolphs Line 3 Raftsmen here Looking for Timber had a stick of Elm with them

25th Raining

26th Raining Angus Cameron and John and Allen here Gave them a puppy Dog Fernandez sold his Perch to them RainingThunder and Lightning Randolph and Bismarck crofsed for the mail J Hamilton working at the Wharf Jo Lemay came Down with Narcifse the Fisherman

27th Grand Procefsion Sunday Raining Thunder

28th Randolph cut his Foot Ploughing Potatoes at the Apple Tree Working at the Front Door of the cookhouse 2 men shooting Ducks had a Dog Randolph Drove them away Weeding Potatoes in upper Field Fine Day

29th St Peter & St Paul cannons shooting Back the way of Williamstown Windy West and changed to high North Wind Weeding Beans Northern Lights or Merry Dancers to night and they are Dancing Took a Big Stone out of the Ground before the Door Keeping in the Bulls

30th crofsed to Summerstown Bought of Nicholsons matches 10 Hooks 2 J James cme here put sheep on Rofs's Island

1st of July Dominion Day a Great Day in Cornwall Bismarck crofsed to the Pic Nic at Hamiltons Mrs Chisholm Brought his clothes there Sunday School scholars

2nd at Potatoes and Potato Bugs one of the sheep Lame

30th Let out the 2 Bulls

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