The Eastwick Press Newspaper

Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

A Trip On The Cars

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Monday, August 22, 1853: John F. continues lame with boils. Today Russel Palmer bought six sheep at 15 dollars and paid nine and owes six dollars.
Tuesday, August 30: Today John F. went to Pittsfield with one and a half bushel plums, one bushel apples and five small cheeses and a pail of butter. He got about ten dollars for the whole. Today while John F. was to Pittsfield he trusted his suncle F. Jay Wylie for two small cheeses. They weighed 18½ pounds at seven cts per pound, which was 1.29 cts.
Wednesday: This morning I took my horse and wagon and carried Mathew Lord six bushels potatoes at 37½ cts per bushel. I paid Mr. Anson 25 cts for a bottle of cinnamon which was a mistake, it was what is called the Golden ointment.
Thursday: This afternoon I took my horse and wagon and carried five bushels potatoes to the railroad shanty near the river on the cross road near Gay’s store, and trusted them at two and six pence per bushel.
Friday: I helped John F. put up 30 bushels of oats and he carried them with my horse and wagon to Lord and trusted them, and John F. fetched Sidney Grosvenor and wife home from Lebanon, they came from N. York on the cars and from Canaan in the stage.
Friday, Sept. 16: This morning John F. drove my fat heifer and one of his to Benj Tanner at 5¼ dollars per hundred and left them to be butchered.  I called to the railroad shanty and the Irish woman paid me three dollars for the potatoes which is all but 12½ cts for the ten bushels at 2/6.
Saturday: I and John F.  and Patrick worked on my Rodgers farm, we worked fencing and cutting and putting up buckwheat. Yoday Geo P. paid one dollar for me a pair India rubbers and 75 cts for my wife a pair rubbers in Pittsfield
Monday: This forenoon  John F went to Canaan Depot with two horse lumber wagon and carried myself and my wife and cousin Sidney Grosvenor and wife. We took the cars after 11 o’clock. We paid one dollar each in the cars to Albany, and two dollars 20 cts each to Utica. We started out of Albany about four o’clock pm in the cars and got to Utica half past eight this evening.