Tuesday, November 18, 1834: This evening I took my double wagon and carried two of my fat hogs up to Wm Hadsell. One weighed one hundred and eighty and the other one hundred eighty two, and he credit me five dollars per cwt. [private]While I was gone my fat cow got choked with a potato, and my wife got Mr. James Glass and Mr. R. Danford and Mr. Henry Ostrander to come and try to get the potato out of the cow’s throat, but they could not and left it stick in the throat. I returned home and sat up til midnight. I moved the cow often and gave her corn and before morning the potato was removed.
Thursday: I drew a load of wood from my Rodgers farm to the school house and chopped up said load of wood, and drew home a load of wood from said swamp, and drew my corn from the barn to the crib.
Saturday: This morning I walked down to see Amos Morey if he would lend me a buck to put with about twelve sheep a few days, and he could not without paying him. I concluded not to take his buck. Today I chopped and drew a load of wood from off the hill, and I took my wagon and went to Apolas Rollo and got a buck sheep for a spell. On this evening Elder Merry preached to Mr. H. Ostranders. My family attended and I stabled and fed his horse.
Sunday: Mr. Solomon Carpenter died.
Monday, Nov 24: Today quite a snow storm. Today I chopped up sausage meat and drew two loads timber off the hill for Mr. H. Ostrander to make a shed for his cow, and for said work I charge him 19 cts.
For the next month George chops a lot of wood and makes a trip to Troy to trade.
Thursday, Dec 25, 1834: This morning I went over to Mr. J. B. Maxon’s and got my cutter that I had my wagon tongue fixed on to go with my two horses. Said Maxon charged me 31 cts. This afternoon I took my double sleigh and carried my wife over to brother Isaac Newton’s on a visit and took supper there. Said Newton’s health remains quite poorly. This evening Mr. Amos Chapman and wife called and made us a visit.
Tuesday, December 30: Today quite a snow storm. I tended to my chores and chopped wood to the door
This forenoon I took my sleigh and carried my wife to Lebanon near the pool to the milliners and left bonnets to be altered into another fashion.
Friday: Today I drew wood from the swamp and Mr. Alonzo Chapman chopped for me. This evening I walked up to the widow Lucy Ryan’s with Mr. Alonzo Chapman to assist him about dividing the furniture his wife’s mother died and left, but we did nothing.[/private]