Wednesday, November 20, 1839: I laid up barn yard fence and drew out manure. Today Mr. Marrels came and bargained with me for my house that John Sackett moved out of. [private]He agreed to repair the house. I agreed to find lime and said Marrels agreed to go with me and helped get the sand and I am to draw the sand and said Marrels agrees to prepare the mortar and plaster the said house where it needs it and mend the doors and thres-hold, and I am to find glass and putty and he is to mend the windows, and then said Marrels is to work for me two days out of each month to pay the house rent until the first day of April next.
Thursday: Today I took my single wagon and carried a load of goods for John Sackett from my house to Lebanon to the widow Clark’s house and to pay me said Sackett gave me his share of the corn he had husked for me for one out of fifteen. This evening I took my covered wagon and carried my two daughters and others to singing school to cousin Samuel Holcomb’s.
Saturday: This forenoon I tended to my chores and cleaned my stove pipe. This afternoon I took my two horse pleasure wagon and carried my wife to brother Samuel Beers on a visit and stayed tonight. On this evening I and my wife and brother Beers and wife, we walked to meeting at their school house. Old Elder Leland preached.
Monday: I went to Pittsfield with one barrel of cider and fifteen bushels of apples. I went to brother Jay Wylie’s and stayed tonight.
Tuesday: This morning when I left brother Wylie’s in Pittsfield I called in to Tracy’s and West’s Store and sold them forty nine pounds of cheese at nine cts per and took a due bill to trade it out. I then called about two miles north west part of the town to the lime kiln and paid seventy five cts for four bushels of lime. I then returned home and I called to Lebanon to N. Nichols Store and paid twenty one cts for six panes of glass and eleven cts for one pound of putty and I got home the sun one hour high and found Mr. Morgan threshing my grain on shares for one bushel out of twelve. He agrees to find a fanning mill and fan up the grain and I am to board him. This afternoon the singing master Mr. Bush came and visited us and took tea and this evening I took my double wagon and carried my two daughters and others to singing school to cousin Samuel Holcomb’s. Today quite cold.[/private]