Thursday, December 29, 1831: I and my wife and Mother Holcomb and sister Eleanor we went with sister Wylie and her son Moses, we all went to brother Wm in a visit. Mr. Wm Post’s dog chased and frightened my horses and followed us to my brother’s; we armed ourselves and returned by said Post’s and the dog came to us as we was passing, jumping and biting my team and Moses Wylie shot and it went under the dog and he ran away. I then called on said Post to kill his dog or I would complain of him. He would not, and I entered complaint to Squ Nathan Howard and I paid brothers Wm which was three dol and 55 cts. Wm and Moses went with me. We went in to Edmond Cherevoy’s woods and fetched brother Wm’s broken down sled home for him.
Wed, January 4: Today I took my cutter and my wife went with me to the north part of Hancock and we bargained with Lydia Green at one dollar per week to come make our cheese this season and to milk and wash and do any other work.
Monday, January 16, 1832: I chopped in my Rodgers swamp and Samuel sledded home. We drew three loads home and one load to the school house.
Wednesday: I chopped and drew two loads of wood in the swamp. A thaw we lost the best of the sleighing.
Thursday: I chopped and drew one load of wood and today I cut down and pressed out cider and tonight I cut my foot splitting wood.
Friday: My foot is lame and sore where I cut it last night.
Saturday: I went to Lebanon to a vendue near the Shaker Mill, but I did not bid off anything. On this evening as I was returning from Lebanon I met with a man by the name of Paine, I bargained with him to come a week and shoemake. He agreed to make thick boots at 88 cts per pair and women’s shoes or boots at 44 cts per pair.
Wednesday: I carried my children to school and today I went to H. Platt’s mill with a grist of rye. I carried two bushels of oats to H. Platt’s store at 37 cts per. Today quite snowy and blustering.
Thursday: I took the cutter to the vendue of Nathaniel Niles. I bought a cow at public vendue at 13 dollars and seventy five cts.
Friday: My wife and I went round by Mr Nathaniel Niles for the cow I bid off yesterday and I paid 15 dol for another cow that his wife and his son-in-law Harris sold to me and John Dean drove said cows home for me. I and my wife went on to Randal Brown’s to see a Roberts girl if she would work for us this season. We did not get an answer. Then we went to Mr. Chittendon’s to see if we could hire a girl but could not.
Saturday, Jan 29: Tonight a snow storm and high wind and snow drifts up the roads.
Monday: Today the storm continued. We only tended to our chores.
Tuesday: We shoveled roads on the highway. Snow had drifted badly.