Building A New Back House

Thursday, January 1, 1852: I this morning walked up to old Mr. Perkins, but did not make a bargain with him to pick the stone in the lot above the old orchard. On the way home I called to the Irishman that lives in Wm. B. Maxon’s house and told him I would pay him three dollars and fifty cents to pick up said stone into heaps and he and his wife came on to picking up said stone today. Today the Runnals cut cord wood on my hill by the job as is before agreed.
Friday: Today I got ready the boards for Westalo Rodgers to work into the back house, and my two sons boarded the roof and shingled said house. Today the Irishman and wife continued to pick up said stone on the job.
Saturday: We took down our old back house and dug out and stoned up a new place near the corner of the wood house and put the new back house. Today  about the middle of the afternoon Westalo Rodgers finished the back house, and then he bored all the holes in the runners in my new ox sled, 24 holes in all, and tonight I paid him up in cash six dollars and 63 cents for his week’s work. He had one dol and 12 cts per day except Monday one dollar, he was late to work. Today I paid the Irishman that lives in Maxon’s house one dollar on his job of picking up stone, and paid the Runnals two dollars towards their chopping cord wood, and John F. paid Jane Wylie one dollar and 18 cts for tailoring, he had a sack coat and pantaloons made. This evening John F. went with one horse wagon to Lanson Carpenters and carried seven bushels turnips and got a pair morocco shoes which was one dol and 25 cts and got a due bill of 50 cts to be traded at his store.
Sunday: Some snow squalls. This evening I walked over to Joshua B. Maxon and engaged his son Wm. B. to come and help build an ox sled.
Tuesday: I took my one horse wagon and rode up to John Wylie’s and paid my tax to the collector Tabor Roberts, I paid eight dol and 31 cts and Geo P. sent money and paid the tax on the Wm. B. Maxon farm which was five dol and 81 cts and 97 cts on his personal property and 52 cts on military and John F. Military tax I paid for him 52 cts. Today two Shakers came and paid John F. three dollars for twelve bushel turnips.