1st of January 1864

Raining snowing Blowing wind changed Blew hard from the West Me Firing in the New Year Great cracks

2nd Livinia Bad with Tooth ache

3rd Allen's Birth Day

Sunday 4th Hansel Monday chopped and cutting poles for Rails

5th set my 3 Pills of Poison at the sturgeon Island Bushed the Road at the Head of the Island ice Good Cutters crofsing to Salmon River took Home a Load of Firewood {illegible} went to Henerys Henery came to Fish EEls Antwine a Young son Monday night cutting Holes with Henery got a Basket of EEls From him.

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1864

Mr James Cameron Island January the 7th Henery here Fishing EEls Brought a Mefs of Potatoes Gave me some more small EEls Gave him a peice of Pork & Dozen of herrings a very cold Day William Fishing 3 hens Froze the airholes shutting up Wonderful Quick

8th Drawing home Wood very windy weather

9th chopping Rails of Elm & Bafswood cut the Tops in cordwood put Down 3 Elms 1 Basswood 1 stump of maple piling the Brush as I go along Afternoon turned Stormy with high Wind very high Vin Made my Vest on put a Back in it One of the sheep something wrong with its Eye

10th Sunday Dan came Gave Gordon -/10 Lashey here

11th Dan Went off took the Upper Point Road A Dance at Allen Roys cutting Rails

12th Went to Mr Harpers he is to Give Andrew Summers 34 Dollars for me the Wood comes to L 10..18..5 Bought of Harper 1/4 of Horse shoe Nails -/4 1/2 A Treat for 4 -/7 1/2 Bought of Rolland McDonald 1 1/2 yds of Tape -/6 Bushing the Road to Summers John Hamilton on the Boshure Horses run away Angus here the Horn Broke of the Cow Since I went off warm to Day this is the Old New Years Eve Windy from the West

13th chopping a Beech tree Fired of 3 Shotts

14th Lashey came him & I chopping

15th Lashey worked a 1/2 Day Went to Salmon River stormy some Drawing Wood to the house Christie came home

16th George Renshaw here for a Load of Cord Wood Chopping Rails me

Sunday 17th I went to Charlies took Dinner there got the Loan of a Book took up my Poison Lashey came

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