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Mr James Cameron Island January 8th

Pat Went to Williamstown I went to Hopkins heard George Morris was married to Betsy Bone Pete Rosseau Married to Clarissa Bone turned Back Went to Henery Went to see William Lavellet very Poorly Mrs Rose and Charlie Rose came I met them on the ice a very very Frosty night Potatoes Froze the Girl Hughann Born at about 10 Oclock tonight

9th Mrs Rose here Pat came From Williamstown

10th I went to Henerys for Mag she could not come Mrs Rose and I crofsed Gave her an Order on Mr Harper for 1/2 Gave here -/6 cash and Peice of Meat or 2 some Matches Mifs Margaret Rose came acrofs with me seen a sleigh crofsing the Ice to Day from Hopkins

11th Pat Went of to Maitland Killed a Muskrat on the ice Before the House Killed another in the Back Marsh

12th Drawing Wood Went to Henery to see if William was alive or not

13th Drawing Drags snowing storming

14th Sunday all alone Margaret here very very Frosty to night and Morning

15th the morning A Fortunate Day Went to Salmon River got a Ride part of the Way from McRae Gave Mr Streeter 16 Rast at 28 cents 4..48 cent to my account Bought a Pair for Mary 2/6 Mended Livinia in to Mrs Morris's took Kinner there at Bob at Lukes Bob Promised to come Down with Girl got a Runner from Luke for the stove a very cold night and storrmy

16th Margaret Rose went home gave her 1/9 cash 2 envelopes a very Good Girl she is see a Fox on the ice

17th taking Frozen Potatoes out of the cellar Mrs Morris George and Laurie here stormy Day stormy night Made a Waterhole

18th Drawing 2 Loads of Wood Breaking Roads Soft to Day snowing Thawing Rain and hailing water Raising near shore

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{illegible} new some {illegible} chopping the hay in the mow

20th high Wind took home 2 Loads of Wood Raining

21st {illegible} St Agnefs Day

22nd chopping Stove Wood Powell {illegible} about this time

23rd I crofsed stopt at Roses heard Pat was Bar tender in Williamstown Bought of Mr Harper 1/2 lb Tea 2/- 1/2 lb Starch -/4 1 lb soap -/6 Treat paid this 1 can of Magnum Bonun Soap not Paid - /7 1/2

24th Charles Tuppers Birth Day Charlie came up Gave him some m{illegible} some pease Beans some Tallow for Lights old Mits a Bottle of {illegible} some Bread Left his Rats 3 of them

25th Robert Burns Birth Day and very Stormy Day it is East Wind and Drifting Mending the Harness some

26th Drew home 2 Loads of Wood chopping Stove wood and around the Barn shovelling away snow Banks

27th Drew some wood

28th Sunday alone all of us Reading Lovers of Pleasure more than Lovers of God

29th Went Down to Charlies his Ashes and Old stove took them up here Got a Basket of nuts from him

30th Breaking the Roads in the bush to a pile of Wood

31st Cutting Stove Wood Went Down after for Charlie as he cant Walk up himself put in the sheep

1st of February Charlie and I to Dundee took his ashes and iron to sell for him sold them to D Baker got 21 lb Flour 3 yds of cotton spool of thread Bottle of Whiskey all for him A Very Stormy Day seen Walter Baker Treated us {illegible} took Dinner at Mrs Morris's Got some yarn Stormy coming home Charlie very sick at night

2nd I crofsed I sent him Down with the horse got the Loan of a Garden Book some nuts came home went to the Bush to Break Roads

3rd Drawing Wood Drifting

4th Sunday put Milly in the Barn at night all alone ourselves

5th Fixing the oats in the Barn and putting out snow

6th cold cutting Stove Wood

7th Went to the Bush very cold and stormy

8th Went to Mr A{illegible} with 13 lbs of Wool 30 cents 4..90 cent to Paying My coat {illegible} Birth Day Bought of Mr Harper 5/- worth of Flour {illegible} for Lines 1 yd Lining of 1 Kind 3 yds of another paper {illegible} 8 yds of {illegible} towards it 2 spools of Thread White thread {rest of entry illegible}

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