Friday February 10, 1837: On this evening I took my cutter and carried my two daughters to what is called West Hill School House in Lebanon to a debating school. Joseph Cole presided as president of the meeting.
[private]Sunday: Today I took my cutter and I carried my wife and daughter Angeline on to Lebanon West Hill School House to meeting to hear a Mormon preach by the name of Joseph Cole
Tuesday: This morning I took my cutter and carried Mother Holcomb to the widow Betsey Wylie’s on a visit and then I carried my children to school and then went to brother Simeon Wylie’s and bargained with Phila Nigh to come and work for us this season for one dollar per month. The road was drifted and I went cross lots by the way of J.B. Maxon’s to get from the school house to brother Wylie’s. This evening I took my cutter and rode to Lebanon to Nathaniel Nichols Store. Said Nichols agreed to come and see my cheese, what I had on hand and see if he could bargain for it.
Wednesday: This forenoon Mr. Nichols came and selected out such cheese as he would buy of me and pay me my price that is ten dollars per cwt and today I shovelled snow on the highway ¼ part of a day, and on this evening I took the cheese that N. Nichols selected into my cutter and one horse sled and my two sons went with one team and I went with the other and I carried the cheese to said Nichols. There was 1174 pounds and he paid me ten dollars per cwt. He deducted out eight dollars which was his demand against me for goods out of his store, and he paid me the balance for my cheese in cash, which was one hundred and nine dollars and forty cts.
Thursday, Feb. 16: I drew three loads of wood from my swamp with one horse team. Tonight a snow and a blow.
Friday: Today quite blustering. I only tended to my chores and chopped a little wood to the door.
Saturday: I called into Howard’s Post Office and paid 17 cts for a letter from my brother Beriah and he informed me the death of his son Philander had died a year ago.
Monday: Today I went to Troy with one horse sleigh. On the road at Alps I sold a tavern one cheese about 30 pounds. I sold it at the reduced price of eight cents per pound to make him good for a cheese I sold him before. The cheese did not prove to be so good as was expected. I likewise sold six more cheeses weighing two cwt and 37 pounds at ten cents per pound to a store in Sand Lake. They tasted of the cheese part them, they did not like so well for the cheese was late made, but they took the whole as they was, good and poor all at one price.[/private]