The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

Buying And Selling Sheep

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Thursday, September 9, 1852: This morning at three o’clock Geo P. starts for Troy to meet his two sisters on their way home from the west on a visit, and he went by way of Union Village that is called West Nassau and carried 144½ pounds pulled wool to Nathaniel Griffith at 31 cts per but he was not home but Geo P. left the wool according to contract and said Griffith family’s word that the pay would be sent to us for the wool, and then Geo P. went into Troy and at six o’clock cars my two daughters got into Troy and Geo P. fetched them out to Wynantskill to James Bushes and stayed tonight.
Friday: This morning at four o’clock John F. went after Doctor Bates for his mother, her complaint continues. Today rainy. At three o’clock Geo P. returned home with his two sisters and this evening Charlotte E. handed me a ten dollar bill back of the 25 dollars I handed her when they started the journey.
Tuesday: Today Geo P. starts with one horse wagon to go north, perhaps into Vermont after sheep and cattle.
Monday, September 20: I chopped and split chestnut timber to put into stone wall fence and helped load stone and John F.  drew stone with his ox team and John Merrils laid up wall, and Rufus Kendall stayed with us tonight, he is on his way peddling or selling paint, and tonight Geo P. returned home from Vermont buying cattle and sheep and paid one hundred and six dollars for six head oxen  and steers and paid ninety eight dollars for one hundred and sixteen sheep, 2/3 of them wethers.
Tuesday: Today John F. took my horse and wagon and carried a load of goods to Albany for the widow Freelove Wiley, and today John Merrils laid up wall for us.
Wednesday: This morning John F. went up from Albany to Troy and up to Lansingburgh to the County Fair and cattle show, and returned home tonight.
Thursday: This morning I paid John Merrils two dollars cash into the hands of his little daughter. Two men called today from Claverack and took dinner with us and bargained with Geo P. for to buy some sheep of him at one dollar and sixty eight cts per head, and then they would not stand to the bargain. This evening when Geo P. went to Hancock Village I sent by him twenty five dollars and he paid it into Hancock Union store for one share and took a certificate receit signed by Thomas Eldridge as President.