Monday, May 9, 1842: This morning I carried L. Angeline to her school. As I returned home I called to H. Platt’s store and had half a pound blue vitrial charged, eight pence. Today we drew rails from the woods off the hill to fence off a part of my orchard for a hog lot, and I was moving my harrow and let it fall onto my foot. A tooth struck the heft and bruised the ankle badly. I sent my son George P. to Lebanon and bought to N. Nichols store one pint rum 12 cts, and six cts worth camphire gum and he called to Squ John Bull’s and paid nine cts for three lemons for my wife. She continues feeble and a bad cough.
Tuesday: This forenoon I continue lame with my foot. I helped make candles and this afternoon I furrowed corn ground and we began to plant corn.
Friday: This forenoon I finished laying up the new rail fence in my orchard. I took my wagon and I carried a hind quarter of veal and trusted to Clark Chapman’s wife 54 cts and I sold a fore quarter veal to Nicholas Run- nals, it was thirty seven cts he credits on book for smith work and then I rode up and got my daughter L. Angeline at her school.
Saturday: Today I took my wagon and went to Lebanon. I sold to N. Nichols store one bushel of corn 75 cts for two gallons molasses, and I got my cash 48 cts of a factory man that works for Smith and Taylor on Pool Hill, his name I do not know. I had trusted him for a quarter of veal.
Tuesday, May 17: On this morning I took my wagon and carried my wife to brother Simeon Wylie’s and left her through the day. She continues quite feeble and a bad cough. At night my son John F. took the wagon and fetched my wife home.
Wednesday, May 25: On this morning I walked down to Wm Rowley and bargained with him to swap corn for buckwheat. On the way home I called to see Hazard Morey, for his health remains feeble, and then I went on to my Rodgers farm and sowed buckwheat. I returned to brother Wylie’s and took dinner and then I took my wife and Deborah Wylie and rode up into Hancock, Goodrich Hollow, to old Mr. Moses Prentice Johnson’s to have his wife, a doctoress woman, doctor my wife. She let us have pills and drops to commence on and then we returned home, and on this evening or nearly night I took my wagon and carried Mr. Collins one barrel of cider.
Friday: Today some rainy. Today Mrs. Johnson called and left my wife a syrup. She was on her way to Randal A Brown’s to doctor his wife.
Saturday: This morning we got out corn and about ten o’clock I started for Lebanon to exchange corn for flour but I altered my mind, I went to Pittsfield. I sold three bushel to Mr. Butler the tavern keeper in the west part of Pittsfield and Mr. Goodrich that lives near Mr. Butler bought the remainder, two bushels, and they paid me 75 cts per, and then I rode into the Village of Pittsfield and took dinner at brother F. Jay Wylie’s and bated my horse and I walked down to Mr. Roy’s Brewery, but could not make sale of my barley, and I returned into the village and paid six dol and 75 cts for a barrel of super-fine wheat flour to Coults and Company, and I paid forty two cts for six pounds of fresh fish that is called halibut fish. I then returned home a little before sundown.