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James Cameron Island

18th Octo 1897 Coat Boots Pants Drawers under-shirts calico cotton Put the stove up in the West End Lucias for Potatoes Balance Due on Butter 83.87 cents Windy Fine Salt

19th Fine Day Ploughing in Back Peice Fernandez to Lancaster Leander went to Jo Douquetts took Poles Blinds Deoys set some Fires in the upper Field Lot of Shooting to Day

20th E Wind Cool Fine got a Lot of Fish Last night Fixed the Fence around the stack Mr Genie came to night had apples he Bought the stove up to come to Lancaster

21st EW Working at the Ditch Ploughed the Ditch Fernandez Stanley Went to Lewis's for the chain

22nd E Wind Genie went for the Stove to Lancaster Gave him 2 Dollars for Pipes got 9.72 cents on Elbow 80 cents

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James Cameron Island

23rd of Oct 1897 Livinia (Sissy) Birth DAy Fine Fine Day Paid Genie for the Stove 2.25 Put up the Stove as a Single as there is a wrong Peice in it we will Get it again Got if From Mr Stalker very Foggy this Morning 2 Men here for hay for Bedding their Hunters Gave 35 cents hunters some Ducks came Fernandez crofsed to Summerstown Gordon came Heard Julia Summers Departed on the 20th and Buried on the 23rd

24th Our Hugh's B Day Fine Genie went off Gave him Salt

25th St Crispin My B Day 1825 72 years old at 4 o clock Eddy Doucquet here for Lewis Hence Drew Peice of old Wood Foggy Morning

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