Monday, March 15, 1830: I laid over the horse stable floor mostly new plank. Yesterday the bay mare fell through the floor. I got the neighbors to help her out.
Tuesday: This afternoon I took my wagon and horses and went to Justice Goodrich’s and paid 25 cts per bushel for 17 bushels of grafted apples.
Wednesday: Today quite rainy, I only attended the chores.
Thursday: I chopped wood to the door and towards night I walked up to Nathan Howard’s post office and got my Watchman papers and agreed to become a subscriber for a new paper entitled Priestcraft Unmasked, price 50 cts per year.
Friday: Today I went to Pittsfield with the wagon and horses. I carried 14 bushels of apples and sold them at 50 cts per bushel. About seven this evening when I left town and nearly twelve when I got home. The mud was very deep when I was returning home.
Saturday: I walked over to Doc Graves and got a dose of Markery and pink for my son Geo P. He is taken with the oracipolus. (erysipelas, treated with mercury and pink) Tonight Doc Right was going by and I called him in to look at my boy. He directed us to give injections to make the phisic work, for the child picked quite hard. Said Doc Right left Mother some rhubarb phisic, for she is quite unwell. Tonight I borrowed an injection quill to Mr. Morey’s and we operated to good effect.
Monday: Tonight about nine I took a lanthorn and walked over and got Doc Elijah Graves. He stayed all night with my son Geo P., for the child was in great distress with the erysipelas complaint. Tonight quite stormy.
Tuesday: today stormy. I tended to chores. My boy is a little better of the pain.
Friday, March 26: Today quite stormy. I started to go after Doc Graves, but I did not go quite there. I heard he was not to home and left word on the road for him to come for my boy’s complaint is getting to the head and he has a high fever and he pukes up all his medicine.
Sunday: Tonight my son was siesed more violent with the erysipelas complaint, a swelling more particular in the secret parts.
Monday: This morning I walked over after Doc Graves.
Tuesday: This afternoon I took the cart and oxen and worked on the highway to work out a half day that was back, and this evening I walked over and Doc Graves came and stayed all night with my child, for the child pukes everything up and great distress in his bowels, the spots of erysipelas disappear.
His son continued ill for most of a month, but eventually recovered.