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James Cameron Island

10 of April 1897 Fine the Ground covered with Snow Randolph and Fernandez crofsed got the Mail got a Bottle of Ink Got a Parcel Book from Dan Tapt some more Trees Running well

11th Palm Sunday Fine Gordon came 3 of Jo Lemays here Bacon Moses Hattie had a Feast at Taffy two of Lewis Boys here got 1/2 Gallon of Syrup not Paid Fixed the Gun Between them all Gordon crofsed

12th Fine at sugar Loons came Randolph to Cornwall Princefs Louise First Trip to Cornwall to Day

13th W Wind Leander to Dundee Stanley making his Sugar Windy Raining 78 1/2 Gallons up total Day Made

14 Fine Took up the Buckets to Day 95 to Day Done in Sugar Bush Let out the cows

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James Cameron Island

15th April 1897 Fine E Wind Rained Sissy and Fernandez went to Jo Douquetts Sold 28 Doz of Eggs to Haggartys Fernandez and Stanley went to Frashers Point for the Bun Randolph and Leander at the Stones one of Cows calved after the Fox did not get him a Fortunate Day cut my Hair

16th Good Friday at the Stones Fine

17th W Wind Raining went to Fish Last night after Ducks Stanley shot 2 Blackbirds for the First Shots he made Randolph crofsed

18th Easter Sunday Uncle Duncan's Birth Day Lots of Eggs to Day Shot a Fox

19th Cold snowed Rain Hail Hard Frost to night took the Potatoes out of the Cellar Fixing Fence cutting Brush very High West Wind

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