The Eastwick Press Newspaper

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Geo P. & Wife Setting Up House

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Friday, March 11, 1853: Geo P. bought a second handed cook stove of Sylvenas Carpenter and paid seven dollars with the cooking utensils, it was a stove that the widow Landers had used up to her death, and Geo P. paid J.M. Glass one dollar for a copper tea kettle and he bought crockery and other things of him that was the widow Lucy Pierce’s, the whole amount was five dollars and 50 cents, and Geo P. paid Wm B. Maxon three dollars and 31 cts for articles to keep house.
Saturday: This morning I tended to Geo P.’s chores up to the Maxon barn for he is quite unwell, and this forenoon John F. drove home Geo P.’s cow and paid the 19 dollars to Walker which is in full for the cow that Geo P. bought and paid five dollars on Thursday. I took my horse and cutter and rode up to Latham village to an Irish man blacksmith that owed me for turnips, his name I do not recollect, he mended me a dung fork and put a hoot to a whiffletree chain and charged the same to my account.
Monday: Mr. Westalo Rodgers worked for me 2/3 of a day hanging doors and setting window glass and I paid him the cash 75 cts.
Tuesday: Today John F. carried our hams up to the widow Wylie’s smoke house and my two sons walked up town to Edward Cranston’s vendue. Today quite cold, I am lame and keep to the house.
Wednesday: This morning I walked down to the widow Morey’s to invite Miss Julia and Hannah to come this afternoon to my wife quilting a quilt for Geo P. wife. There were eleven unmarried ladies come to quilting.
Thursday, March 17: This forenoon Geo P. and John F. they each drew two loads of wood for Esra Sackett from the elder John farm with their oxen and sled and said Ezra is to saw wood to Geo P.’s door to pay. Today Patrick Rafferty did no work, he went away to celebrate Saint Patrick.
Friday: This afternoon John F. went to our District school last day Peter Shaw the teacher. Towards night Patrick Rafferty returned home from celebrating St. Patrick’s. Today Mr. Amos Broad died, age 97.
Saturday: Today Geo P. and his wife and Sarah O, they cleaned house and whitewashed to the W, B. Maxon farm.