Sunday, April 26, 1835: Today Doctor Right came and he encourages to the amending of my wife’s health.
Tuesday: It was quite stormy with snow rain and a hard wind. It blew down fences. Today Mr. Lyman Kingman summoned me and my son Geo P to appear before Squ Strait on Monday next at nine in the morning on a case of tresspass, as he calls it, in favor of Henry Ostrander pretending that I dogged his hog and killed it.
Thursday: I ride up to Squ Nathan Howard’s and counciled with him concerning my suit with Ostrander and he has agreed to answer to my name on Monday to C. Moffitt’s and manage for me and I do agree to pay him fifty cts and if any more service or carry the suit through I am to pay one dol and 50 cts more.
Thursday: Today I collected the school tax of several in the district. My wife’s health does seem to be on a mend but quite a hard cough attend her.
Saturday: Today I went with my wagon and moved Peter Surdam into my house where Henry Ostrander moved from, and for moving him he agrees to pay me in work and to begin the second week in July and to work every other week.
Sunday: Today I took my wagon and rode up to Squ Nathan Howard’s and paid 12 cts for one pound honey for my wife a syrup.
Monday: Today Squ Nathan Howard ans to my suit in defence of Henry Ostrander concerning his hog drinking my brine I poured on the ground. He adjourned to the 13th of the month.
Wednesday: On this evening Hiram Newton rode up to Squ Nathan Howard’s and got me a line concerning my suit with Mr. Ostrander.
Sunday: I walked over to John Sackett and his son Ezra went with me and got some slippery elm for my wife. Towards night I rode up to Squ Nathan Howard’s to council with him concerning my suit with Henry Ostrander and I took my papers out of the post office. Tonight Eliza Wylie came to make our cheese this summer at one dol per. Wednesday: This forenoon I took my team and helped Peter Surdam draw apple brush from my orchard. This afternoon I took my wagon and rode over to Claudius Moffitt’s to defend case in a suit that Henry Ostrander sued me for tresspass on a hog. It did not come to a trial. We left it to arbitrators Squ Nathan Howard and Christopher Clifford. They brought in that I should pay the Squires fees which was fifty cts and the Constable’s fees which was 62 cts and pay said Ostrander four dollars and that should settle the whole concern of the hog. I paid said Ostrander two dollars cash and told him that when he came and reckoned with me the other two dollars could come into the account, and I paid said Howard fifty cts for his tending to suit and I paid 12 cts for one pint brandy to treat with. Peter Surdam rode over with me for did expect him to be a witness for he see the hog drinking the brine. This morning Doctor Right youngest son died.