Wednesday, May 30, 1832: Today some rainy. I drove my cows to and from pasture and I got my two young horses home from my Rodgers Farm from Bishop’s pasture where they had jumped in and one got kicked by one of his horses. I doctored said colt hurt on one fore leg.
Thursday: I worked on the highway with my horse team and plow. I had three days credited me and Samuel worked out his day.
Friday, June 1: I worked on said highway with my same team and tools and Samuel.
Saturday: Today we washed our sheep up to Elijah Goodrich’s spout and tub. John Dean washed my twenty at one and a half cent a head and I paid him in corn. This afternoon I went up to brother Wm to assist him about selling his farm, but the man that talked of buying said farm, his name is Wm Hand, he comes and could not agree on terms of payment, and went away before I got there. Brother Wm took a wagon and we went to Howard’s post office and got our newspapers. I called to Squ Nathan Howard’s and agreed not to continue the suit against R. Danford on account of not taking him in behalf of the people. Said Howard did not charge me nothing, but I paid the constable 37 cts and paid said justice 12 cts for the letters he sent to Troy to know the points of the law.
Sunday: Today I went to Hancock meeting house to meeting with my covered wagon and carried my family and others. A stranger preached, he was an old ragged man begging for money to clothe himself, his name I did not learn.
Wednesday, June 6: Today my court with R. Danford, but the Justice did not appear to call said court, and for that reason he could not demand any charges. This afternoon I went and bargained with James Glass for a sow at seven dollars and to take her on Saturday. I paid five dollars in cash tonight and said Glass warrented her to have pigs in 20 days.
Thursday: this afternoon I went in persuit to buy a bull. Mr. John Dean went with me. We went or walked and went by the way of C. Moffitt’s store and I paid six cts for two drinks of rum and then went on by the way of Whitman’s Lane and round to Eldridge Green’s and paid him ten dollars in cash for a two year old bull, and we called in to cousin Orsemas Holcomb’s and took tea, and we got home with said bull about ten this evening.