Cold Winter Weather

Sunday, January 18, 1852: Today our cousins Humphreys all and John F. and Sarah O. rode with them, they went to the Shakers to meeting. Tonight at sunset cousin Ira Humphrey came after his son James and wife for James wife’s Mother was dead and died very suddenly. Cousin Humphrey stayed about two hours and then carried James and his wife tonight home.
Monday: This morning —– (unreadable) and John Humphrey and their sister Jane went to Simeon Wylies and tonight they stayed to Buton Jolls. Today quite blustering and cold, we only tended to chores.
Tuesday: I and John tended to chores today. Geo P. started and went east into Dalton and Windsor engaging to sell apple trees.
Wednesday: I drew a load hemlock wood from my swamp that I chopped last Saturday and today John F. tended to the chores. Today the son of Sylvenas Carpenter died. His name is Henry P. Today the wife and two little daughters of Hiram Newton visited us.
Thursday: I went to Pittsfield with a cutter and sold one and a half bushel of fall greenings to Smith store for cash at eighty eight cents per and sold five bushels of the same kind to Tylors school at 84 cents per and two bushel winter greening at 87 cts per to said Tylors school and I sold two and a half bushel turnips at 25 cents per and 16 cabbages at five cts each into Barkers grocery in barter trade. I got a box of raisons six pounds, at 50 cts and two pounds coffee 28 cts and the balance in white sugar at 8 cts per and I paid into Elder Sands druggist 25 cts for half a pint cod liver oil and I paid into Clark and Landers store 18 cts for one yard scotch gingham for neck handkerchief. Today quite cold and John F. tended to the chores.
Friday: I and John F. tended to chores and I this morning paid the Runnals one dollar and 57 cts in cash which pays them up for chopping 13 cords of wood at 44 cts per. I reconed in 7 pounds of beef at five cts per which makes in all five dol and 94 cts and towards night I took the cutter and carried two bushel oats and one and a half corn over to my Rogers farm to have Aaron Merrils feed the grain to the sheep and from there I rode to Hancock and left the jug to have him get the molasses in and I left Mr. Hecock one bushel turnips at 30 cts to be paid in blacksmith work, and I left or returned one dozen of boosums to Lapums store and got one dozen more to make for our women and had a paper of needles charged and tonight Geo P. returned from engaging fruit trees and fetched the wife of Mr. Winslow from Windsor and she stayed on a visit.
Saturday: I and my family and the wife of Mr. Winslow we all went to the funeral of Henry P. Carpenter at the house of Sylvenas Carpenter. Elder Cotterell preached. He is a Seventh Day preacher. This evening Geo P. carried the wife of Mr. Winslow home to her Father Mr. Eber Moffett. As he returned home he called to Lanson Carpenters store and returned a due bill of 50 cts that was given for turnips and got six brutanna large spoons and he called to Wm. L. Browns store and had one pound ginger charged and John F. went and got 12 bushel grafts and paid 50 cts per to John Moffitts.