Friday, March 12, 1841: Mr. Aaron Marrels and wife came and agreed for my house that they now live in for one year from the first day of April next and they are to have the same garden as last year and pay me twelve dollars in cash for the rent and he is to take the house as it is, I am not to do any repairs nor find any materials for him to do any repairs. We called the last year’s rent even for what he helped me in haying by reckoning in what I helped him making cider and his helping me cut up corn and he acknowledged my other account that he owed me.
Saturday: This morning at four o’clock I was waked up by heavy wind and busting in my windows. We got up and fixed the windows. It snowed and drifted badly. The storm continued this forenoon and this afternoon we shovelled snow on the highway.
Sunday: Today old Mr. Winchester was buried but the funeral was not attended with any preaching but it is expected a Universalist to preach the first convenient opportunity.
Monday: Today I walked to Lebanon to Wm Bailey’s inquiring to buy straw but could not buy any. Tonight we kept a trunk peddler by the name of Heath. He returned this evening in search of his mittins. We swapped a broken silver tea spoon for one that was sound and I bought three more and paid the cash one dol and 27 cts. The four spoons were second hand but all sound.
Tuesday: This morning my son John F. walked to Andrew Clark’s with the before-mentioned peddler and got the spoons and a paper pins to pay for his breakfast. Today I partly made a bob sled roll and tongue.
Friday: I walked up to Calvin P. Sackett’s to see if I could buy rye. I called to Zach Chapman’s and he paid me one dollar on the last summer school.
Saturday: I took my horse and pung and went to Adams Mill. I carried one bushel of corn and I called to Calvin P. Sackett’s and bought two bushels of rye for one dol and 25 cts but did not pay for it. From there I walked up to Squ Nathan Howard’s and bargained for a hive of bees at six dollars and choose the hive, and paid two dollars in cash and he agreed to take a cheese towards the bees.