Merrils’ Suspect Bushels

Thursday, October 30, 1851: Today I and John F. put up our railway stove. Today one of Geo P. oxen died with a wen in the pipe and Russel Palmer skinned the ox for Geo P. Today a pump peddler took dinner with us and paid 12 cts. Levi Phillips hung himself.
Monday, Nov. 3: I went onto my Rodgers farm with one yoke oxen on the wagon and fetched what Aaron Merrils says is 49 bushels carrots that he raises to the halves, and Geo P. fetched 30 bushels the other day, which makes 80 of his baskets, and this evening I took my one horse wagon and got ten of his basket measure which he calls bushels more of said carrots, and I sold said carrots to Russel Palmer for 20 cts per bushel, but they only measured nine bushel according to said Palmer’s measure. Said Palmer sold me one dollar and sixteen cents worth fresh beef, balance due me.
Tuesday: I went to Election to Lathum’s village to Chase’s.
Thursday: I went with one horse load turnips uptown. I trusted the wife of Ralph Chapman for two bushels, he lives in the Charles Mosby house. I paid a clam peddler 18 cts for 50 clams.
Friday: I went to Hancock with one horse wagon load turnips of ten bushels and sold them. One I traded for codfish. On the way home I called to Aaron Merrils and got 30 baskets of carrots that he raised to the halves.
Saturday: I and my sons and James Cramp and old Mr. Perkins and Nancy Sackett dug carrots for Geo P. on the Wm. B. Maxon farm. Today my wife and two daughters went to the lecture room to the Seventh Day meeting, Elder Cochran preached.
Sunday: Today I took my one horse wagon and carried my wife to the Chapel to Elder Havens meeting, and Geo P. carried his two sisters after I and my wife went to Mr. John Wylie’s and took tea, and this evening I and all my family went to meeting at the lecture room, Elder Cochran preached.
Monday: Today I went with ox wagon load and John F. with one horse wagon load apples up to Jerry Vary’s cider mill and made cider and got out three barrels.