The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

Trading Turnips

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Thursday, October 7, 1852: I went to Pittsfield with my one horse wagon. I paid six dollars for a Parlor Pyramid Stove and fifty cts for an elbow pipe to Backus Stove and I got trusted to Peases Harness Shop for a leather cover whip and buckskin lash which was eighty seven cents which I have agreed to pay in turnips, and Sarah O. rode home with me from Pittsfield.
Friday: This forenoon John F. plowed and broke the plow beam to Geo P. side hill plow and this afternoon John F. went to Hancock village and left said plow with J. Acox to have a new beam and agreed to carry said Acox two and a half bushels of turnips to pay him, and John F. paid one dollar to Lapum’s furnace for a side hill point and a common plow point.
Sunday: Towards night I walked up to Philander Hatches and got a bottle of cod liver oil, it was for his wife when she was living. If my wife could take it, I will pay for it, if not I will return said cod liver oil.
Thursday: I pulled and cut three bushels turnips and this afternoon I went to Lebanon and my wife and Charlotte E. with me. I let Mr. Walker the blacksmith have one bushel turnips and he credits for the same 25 cts and Doctor Bates credits me for half a bushel turnips and Mr. Stone credits me for one bushel turnips on blacksmith account, and I charged the old Miller Adams for half a bushel turnips 12½ cts. I left two bushel of corn to Old Miller Adams to be ground, I then returned to J.H. Rich and took team and fetched my women home.
Saturday: Today Westalo Rodgers worked for me repairing my stoop and I helped repair the stoop, and I paid him one dollar and twenty five cents for his days work, and today John F. drew a load manure to my Rodgers farm and fetched home a load of pumpkins
Monday: I went to Hancock village and carried  Mr. Taylor 24 bushel carrots and one bushel turnips and he credits me 25 cts per bushel
Friday: I carried three bushel turnips to an Irishman shoemaker that lives in the Clark house, he paid me for one bushel 25 cts and owes me fifty cts for the two bushels. Today Deborah Wylie made my wife a dress.