Looking For The Use Of A Male Hog

Monday, December 27, 1852: I went to Sylvenas Carpenter’s to see if he would have the use of his swine but he would not have the hog took from home. On the way I called to Simeon Wylie’s and got a few red peppers and I drove home a pair two year old steers and [...]

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Geo P. Takes A Train Trip

Monday, December 20, 1852: I rode up to Hancock village to the Union Store to the quarterly meeting of said store, and I called to old Mr. Whitman’s and got the cash 37 cts for one and a half bushel turnips that I had left..

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John F. Continues To Be Ill

Saturday, December 11, 1852: Today Doctor Bates tended to doctoring John F. and he is no better. On this evening Geo P. returned home from Windsor collecting money for fruit trees

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John F. Gets Sick – A Bad Cough

Thursday, December 2, 1852: Geo P. drove his heifer and my yearling bull over and Russel Palmer butchered them at 50 cts per head and we agreed to pay him in turnips and said Russel Palmer cut up my beef and agreed to pay him one bushel turnips and I carried the two hides to [...]

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Harvesting Turnips

Saturday, October 23, 1852: Today Geo P. sold 74 sheep at one dol 75 cts to Joseph Runnals and Rufus Sweet and is to keep them two weeks.

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Trading Turnips

Thursday, October 7, 1852: I went to Pittsfield with my one horse wagon. I paid six dollars for a Parlor Pyramid Stove and fifty cts for an elbow pipe to Backus Stove and I got trusted to Peases Harness Shop for a leather cover whip and buckskin lash which was eighty seven cents which I [...]

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Big Sale Of Sheep

Friday, September 24, 1852: I chopped and split some chestnut timber for wall. Today my two sons drew large stones into the wall with their three yoke of oxen. This evening John F. drew five loads stone by moonlight.

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Buying And Selling Sheep

Thursday, September 9, 1852: This morning at three o’clock Geo P. starts for Troy to meet his two sisters on their way home from the west on a visit, and he went by way of Union Village that is called West Nassau

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A Medical Emergency

Friday, September 3, 1852: Today we begin a piece of stone wall fence in my south meadow joining James M. Glass, and John Merrils worked for us a laying wall 3/4 of a day.

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Irish John Finishes Working For George

Sunday, August 22, 1852: Today I paid Irish John two dollars cash and he went down to the village to Lebanon. Today Mehitable Jolls died.

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