The Eastwick Press Newspaper

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George Comes Up Lame

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Friday, October 3, 1851: (George is returning from a trip to Western NY to visit his relatives) Tonight we stayed in Troy to Wm. Chapman’s in Congress Street, and this evening we went to the shows at the Morris Place view of the ancient cities, I paid 25 cents.
Saturday: I paid fifty cents to Chapman for our keeping. We then came in Judivine’s stage by the way of Berlin to Stephentown. We took dinner to Streeters in Berlin and paid fifty cents there. I paid John O. Bly one dollar for Cobbs Compound of Divinity and I paid our stage fare two dollars. We left the stage at John Wylie’s and stayed there tonight. Today Deacon Gillet Goodrich died.
Sunday: This morning Geo Wylie fetched us home with one horse wagon.
Tuesday: Today one Mr. King from Canaan came to look at Geo P. fat oxen and try to sell a nursery. He took dinner with us.
Wednesday: Today one Mr. Tillerson came to look at Geo P. fat oxen. I carried a boosum bag to John Russell’s to send to Troy.
Saturday: I pulled and cut turnips and this afternoon I went with my one horse wagon to Hancock village and carried turnips and sold. I returned to my Rodgers farm where my two sons and hired boy John Coslo and Old Mr. Perkins were digging potatoes. I left my horse and wagon there and walked home. My boys fetched a load of pumpkins with my wagon. I am lame and it hurt me to ride. When I got home I found that I was quite unwell caused by doing too much and a very lame side and my breach quite painful (Hernia) and tonight I continue to be more unwell and took rhubarb phisic.
Sunday: This morning at three o’clock I called Geo P. and he went for Doctor Bates and he came a little before daylight. He gave me phisic and left a blister plaster for my side where it is painful. In the course of the day I got better. Towards night Geo P. rode to Lebanon to let the Doctor know that I was better and he need not call, and this evening Geo P. called on Pool Hill and borrowed Doctor Campbell water force pump to start the water in our water works.
Monday: Today I am quite unwell and lame but am better than yesterday. Today rainy.
Thursday: I continue lame and unwell but I am better. Today Geo P. went to Canaan to the before-mentioned King that called on us last week but Geo P. could not quite make a bargain to buy his nursery, but said King agreed to write to Geo P. in a short time and let him know what he would do.