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Mr James Cameron Island

July 3rd 1886 cut some hay around the scythe place smoky Randolph took up his Line and set it over Randolph crofsed to summerstown stopt at Hamiltons all night they took his Boat to Fish

4th Came home {illegible} The Baby Stanley Hugh Ann Rowena Sissy to Hamiltons

5 very Warm John B Day 83 to Antwine Bosell and Dishaw here for Boat Mosquitoes Bad

6th Warm put the Plough Through the Potatoes for the Last time all in Blossom cut the hay at the West End of the Potatoes cut the hay at the West End of the Potatoes Mosquitoes Bad at nigh

7th put in some hay for the First Fishermen's First Trip to Renshaw with their Fish

8th Went to Summerstown paid J Summers 5 Dollars to my account got a Receipt Bought of J Summers Thread 1{cut off} nails 8 47 yds of calico 40 paid this the scow of the Drudge sunk too much Load on for Frank Laplante Bismarck at sand stickler's yacht sailing Round

9th E Wind some Rain Mowing kept in the young Bull as he is Lame or out of the hip A Man here Mr Young from Valleyfield wants a place to camp Sullivan a survey and Wilson Hardware Merchant then on Charlies Island made a smokehouse in the Big cellar English Cherries Ripe Rasberries Ripe the oil Boat went up to Feed the Lighthouses

10th 11 12th Orangemans Day Firing Big Shots

13th Went to H sold JY Cameron 2 Tennets of Butter 10.. {illegible} 14 cents 2 scythes 100 of Flour 3 lb of Tea snaith pipe overalls stuff 2 Tennets Bought of Kimballs store 3 yds 2 yds of Cottonade Boots 1..25 Bought of smallman oil and carpet shoes Bought {illegible} 50 Went to A Tyo's

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Mr James Cameron Island

14th of July 1886 not very well Randolph to a Bee on McLaughlins Place Forgot to write any Down the rest of this month

15th St Swithen's Day or 16th

17 - 18 19th Fernandez Birth Day 1874

20th 21st 22 23 24 25th St James Day

1st of August Lammas Day

2nd Minnie's Birth Day 1864

4th 5th

6th Randolph Birth Day 1867 Minnie came Gordon put her acrofs from Hamiltons

7th Mowing

8 Sunday Went to Plum Island and Kit Kit Bismarck sold his Fish for a Dollar

9th Randolph Minnie Hugh Ann went to F Covington Brought a Tennet of Butter Tea Tennets Dishes Boots Buttons

10 at hay

11th at hay

12 at hay

13th Leander Hugh Ann and Minnie went to Summerstown Bought 27 yds of Calico a Big Bowl 1 lb of Crackers sweetys got the mail Thread

14th Minnie and Bismarck went to Williamstown

15th John Angus and wife and 2 children and Gordon came

16th Rained

17 Bismarck came from Williamstown

18th at hay

19th Bismarck's Birth Day 1870 Randolph to Rubber Boots and 9 Buttons for Narcisse Girl Married to Day

18th

21st at Marsh Hay Donald Cameron Departed 2nd Con Randolph crofsed to Summerstown

22 BD Cameron Buried to Day Laflesh and his sister here McDougalls and 2 of Dan Frasers Girls here and Laflesh stopt all night with Lucias on the Kit Kit Randolph went off

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