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James Cameron Island

12 of May 1900 fine day ploughing the corn ground sold 3 bushels above the corn taken stones of the oats below filling the leech with ashes fixed the ladder Fernandez to Cornwall for the door frames and Window frames went for them to Summerstown them at night got glass

13th Fine 4 of Lewis is here for butter Leander to church

14th fine Windy planted the East potatoes 11 bushels sowed the peas above the lane harrowing back of the barn made sugar out of the sap that run about 2 lb of sugar Stanley's cake Adelaide and Lilly here Ionia and Lilly went to Jo Lemays stopt With the Wind Leander and Fernandez went home with them got some decoys from Randolph those you have to blow Wind into them thunder and lightning set Big eggs to hatch

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James Cameron Island

15th of May 1900 fine cutting seeds planted back of the barn 8 bushels of seeds Thunder Fernandez went to Lemay's got paid for 3 lb of butter 60 fishing tonight with Dan Spink Frost tonight

16th fine got a long Tamrack stick set line sowed 7 bushels of Oats next the potatoes taking stones out of Hog Pen place to make a garden Sissy and Ionia went to Summertown with 34 Doz of eggs work finished today Captain AJ Baker's first trip Down on steamer Hamilton bought sugar 6 spools of thread seeds

17th fine turn to rain East Wind planted rows of corn stopped with the rain thunder water raising rain hard most all night running the Lye for the soap

18th rain cleared up Stanley and Leander to Kit Kit cool Leander crofsed letting the water run

19th fine Windy East Wind

20th fine day Rogation Sunday Randolph and Adelaide here John H and Gordon Spink Bob Summers Rossie here Sissy and Ionia went to Mrs Renshaw's rain today Randolph took the Bycle

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