Hie History of Argyle Shore 14th: Showers of snow 16th: Thermometer stood 4 below zero at night 17th: Rain, considerable thaw, 20 below zero 21st: some snow 23rd: took a stick of timber to town 24th: took 37.31 lbs of oats to Long Creek 25th: Sunday, rain at night 26th: 36.19 lbs of oats to Long Creek 28th: Been to Victoria &Tyron with L. Currie March 1883 1st: Very fine, 2" Snow from the South 4th: Sunday, Preaching at night, did not attend 5th: Cold 6th: Thermometer 10 below zero in the morning ,zero at noon, calm, clear day, Mai putting in a stall in the pm 7th: snow storm this morning, thaw at noon 10th: Snow, hail and rain with a south gale, bleu down Duncan McDonalds's frame down (Dwelling house) 12th: threshing, hands: Mai, Dougal Tailor, Neil & Granger McPhail in the pm, Donald McDougald 8cJohnny Campbell 14th: Snow from the south 15th: thaw 16th: We been to town - showers of snow 17th: I been to town with hardwood plank 18th: Sunday, Thaw 19th: Showers of snow, fields are getting bare, In Ch'town oats -741 potatoes -/ 25 butler-/25, light showers ot snow 20th: took 6 bush ot buckwheat to mill, thaw 21st: heavy rain ending in hail 22nd: Granger McPhail cleaning oats, breaking the lanes in places where the road was through the field, Preaching in the school house, I did not attend. 23rd: Bleak wind, 18 Wild geese have been seen at DeSable , Snow and rain 26th: thawing 27th: Snow going fast, 52 degrees in the shade, travelling done on the fields 28th: thawing, some snow from the south east. April 1883 1st: Some snow 2", took 4 bush of buckwheat &3 of wheat to mill, been to Victoria with Donald McDonald 7th: Raderick McKinnon butchered a pig - own use 9th: Sawing wood at Charles McKin ¬ non 10th: Sawing wood at Chap McKinnon in the pm, Sieving about done, fresh herring in Ch'town market, ice about all gone. 38