Tuesday, April 5, 1842: I went to Simon Cranston’s to Town Meeting. The Democratic ticket ran in all except one constable.
Thursday: This afternoon I took the single wagon and carried corn and barley to Adams Mill and got ground for horse feed, nearly 3 bushels, and I went to Mr. Robert Runnal’s shop and had a new shoe set where a new one broke off. Mr. Collins did the work for Mr. Runnals was dangerous sick, and from there I carried my wife to cousin Verona Holcomb’s and we carried her pork and butter. I walked to Mr. Johnson Brown’s to see if I could engage a school for my daughter L. Angeline. He could not give me a direct answer for others had spoken for the school. We took tea at cousin Verona’s.
Saturday: We chopped to the door. Mr. A. Merrils chopped for us half a day. I called onto Pool Hill to see old Miss Paine on the effects of a medicine for the salt rheum.
Wednesday: Today I took my two horse team and carried my wife and two oldest daughters to Lebanon to the Presbyterian Meeting House to the funeral of Elem Tilden, and towards night I plowed the garden with horses and my two sons plowed with the ox team.
Friday: Today Mr. Aaron Merrils butchered two veal and I sold the skins to Mr. Gustus Rowleys at ten cts per. He took them and agreed to weigh them when he got home.
Saturday: I took my two horse team, my daughter L. Angeline went with me and we went to Pittsfield. I sold seven quarters of veal for three dol and 48 cts and sold four dol and 25 cts worth apple sauce at 25 to 33 cts per gal and I sold five dozen eggs for 63 cts. I paid two dol and 63 cts for Angeline two pair morocco shoes and 75 cts for her a pair india rubber shoes and 12 cts for her a writing book and I gave her one dollar to buy other things, and I paid one dol for ten pounds clover seed, and on the way home to the west part of town I called to Cole’s limekill and paid one dol and 12 cts for 4½ bushels lime.
Sunday: Today Robert Runnals died
Monday: We drew stone off the meadow and began to plow it up. We broke the point of the side hill plow and my boys began to draw on manure.
Tuesday: I took the single wagon and rode to Hancock Village. I paid Allen Bartlett 12 cts for fixing a clevis and hook to my side hill plow and I paid 59 cts cash and 12 pounds old castings for a point to a side hill plow to Lapum’s Furnace. On this evening I walked down to see Hazard Morey for he is dangerous sick.