The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

George Retires, Gives The Farm To John F.

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Wednesday, October 10, 1855: This forenoon John F and Edward Hatch worked with the Shakers’ jack on the cider house and this afternoon John F. returned said jack to the Shakers and paid 75 cts for the use.
Thursday: This forenoon I walked up to Alexander Ostrander and paid 37½ cts for three pounds lard.
Friday: I am quite lame and today is quite a rainy day. John F. and John Rafferty husked corn in the barn.
Saturday: Rainy. I got James M. Glass to butcher a sheep and had a half a forequarter of the meat to pay him. John F. unwell today.
Sunday: Today Geo P. returned from Vermont, he found his lost sheep. He bought four head young cattle but did not drive them nor the sheep. Today John Rafferty had my horse and wagon all night.
Wednesday: I am quite unwell. This day I offered John F. Holcomb one thousand dollars for his services or labor, what he has done for me from the time he was of age up to the time he took my farm off my hands and I give up having any concern of my business and he accepted my offer and I gave him a note to be paid out of my estate at my decease. Today John F. unwell but he tended to his work.
Thursday: I am quite unwell as before with the gravel and today all day John F. unwell, and E. Hatch and John Rafferty gathered apples and drove home from the Rodgers farm our one yoke oxen for they had got the fence down and got into the meadow and got to the corn, and they drove home two dry cows.
Monday: I am unwell with the gravel. John F. fetched home cider from Hanson’s cider mill, and E. Hatch and John Rafferty gathered apples. This evening John F. went to the debating meeting at the school house near Harvey Patchings.
Wednesday: I am a little better though the gravel is not so bad, I am taking gin in dried blackberry. Today quite rainy.
Thursday, I am better of my old complaint, and we boiled cider.
Saturday: John F. rode with E. Ostrander to Pittsfield and bought one hundred and ninety one sheep of Elisha Tracy at a little over one ½ dollar per sheep. John F. and said Ostrander drove home 50 sheep and left the rest, said Tracy agreed to keep them.