Saturday, April 16, 1831: Today quite rainy. This afternoon I walked to Lebanon to Lias Dike’s to have him come and bargain for my calves.
Sunday: Today said Dike looked at my calves and said they would do a part for veal and agreed to come tomorrow and get them, seven in all, the remainder on Wednesday, and pay me fifteen dol and fifty cts and four runnets.
Monday: This afternoon I and my wife walked over across the hill to cousin Jessey Eggleston’s on a visit and I went down to what is called Norton’s Mill to see if the Griffin girl would work for us as I had talked to her at Guy Moffitt’s a few weeks past but got no answer for certain.
Tuesday: Towards night I got Harvy Wheeler’s single wagon and went after Hulda Smalley up on Hancock mountain to Mr. Sylvester Smith’s to work for us in our dairy, as I have before bargained with her on the 5th of Jan.
Wednesday: This forenoon I and my wife walked over to see Mr. Newton and family. He is considered dangerous by the doctors.
Sunday: Towards night I walked over to my Rodgers Farm and I called to see I Newton and family that was sick, and this evening I walked over to Mr. Guy Moffitt’s to see if the said Griffin girl had left word that she would work for us, but I did not hear from her and I gave up trying to hire her.
Monday, April 25: Today my wife went to Hancock with butter and eggs. She fetched home a girl by the name of Rachel Hall on trial to work for us, price not agreed on.
Friday May 6: Today Doctor Tanner called to my house and I had him draw two teeth for me and I paid him 12½ cts.
Monday: Snow squalls all day.
Tuesday: We plowed manure on a piece in the meadow for corn and potatoes. Today I sent my hired boy Swan after Doctor Tanner for Hulda Smalley. She had a tooth drawn yesterday by Doctor King and broke said tooth before he got it out.
Friday, May 13: Today hired girl Hulda Smalley quit work and went to Dr. Tanner’s to be doctored.