Irishmen Help Lay Lead Pipe At Maxon’s

Friday, December 12, 1851: I called to Russel Palmer’s and fetched our sausages home, 84 pounds, about half of them he put into casings and the other half in the meat prepared to cook. Geo P. helped Wm B. Maxon put down lead pipe to his upper barn, and Geo P. pays to Irishmen for digging the ditch and filling it up again, he pays them two dollars and 50 cts.
Monday: Today high wind and snow. I and John F. tended to chores and Geo P. threshed oats on the Maxon farm.
Tuesday: I walked over to my Rodgers farm. I went to see A. Merrels to let him have some wood but he was not to home. I left word with his wife that he might cut two trees that were decaying. While I was there Mr. Stodder from Lebanon came and I went with him into my swamp, but we did not make a bargain for to sell black ash trees for hoops. Today Geo P. rode over to Geo W. Glass but did not get any pay for the wood he sold said Glass last winter, and Geo P. went to see Mr. Dimon but did not make a bargain for said Dimon to chop and draw out cord wood. Today John F. and his two sisters started for Troy, they went in the one horse sleigh and went to trade and go to the boosum stores and to return collars. I let John F. have seven dollars and he went to the Budget office and paid from April the past 1850 to April the first 1852 which was three dollars.
Friday: Today Geo P. went to Pittsfield with cutter and carried grafted fruit and sold it at 75 cts per, he got part of my sash that I engaged to be painted and glass set at seven cts per light. I engaged three windows 20 lights each and four windows six lights each and I sent the cash for the whole three 12 light sash left back, not finished. Mr. Stevens is the man I bargained with for said windows. This forenoon I fetched six and a half bushels turnips from the celler and John took the cutter and carried them over to Russel Palmer, which pays him for making our sausages 84 pounds.