Monday, July 30: Today we mowed on my Rodgers farm. John Dean helped towards his month work for house rent. This day I learned that E. Pierce had driven eighteen of my sheep into the highway. Said sheep got out of my lot over his unlawfully brush fence. I sent word to him to look up my sheep or he would have trouble.
Wednesday, August 1: We hayed, said Chapman and Dean worked towards their rents. This morning said Pierce came and told me he had found some sheep but would not tell me they were the same ones that he turned out his lot. He accused me of crowding up on him and denied of my sheep getting over his line fence. I told him he was a liar in a vulgar abrupt way after he accused me falsely. I went and drove my sheep home from his yard, all but two he did not find. I took my hired men and marked 29 of my sheep smooth crop off the right ear, a slit in the upper side the same.
Wednesday, August 8: Tonight I turned out our cows to come home. I found out two were missing. I ranged the fields quite late before I found them which was in my own pasture. Said Chapman helped.
Monday, August 13: We hayed. Said John Dean works towards his rent. Tonight Mother Holcomb went with brother Wm on a visit. On this day Mr. Ebenezer Merrit died of a kick of a horse by the fills broken and wagons running on to the horse.
Wednesday: This afternoon I took a grist of rye and carried to H. Platt’s mill and left. Brother Wm went with me and we went to Squ Nathan Howard’s post office. Brother Wm had business to see about writing on to Washington to get the Hoosic mail to carry. Brother Wm set a shoe for me and mended three of my trace chains while I walked up to Caleb Jolls’ and I was told that they had two stray sheep. Quite rainy and a thunder shower this evening.
Thursday, August 16: Mr. Caleb Jolls sent word that he had got those two stray sheep down to his house and I took the single wagon and went and got them, which makes up my stray sheep that E. Pierce had turned into the highway.
Saturday August 25, 1832: We hayed. Mr. Amos Chapman helped with a hand, I Newton towards his rent and Joseph Simpson helped towards his rent. Tonight my wife and two of my children stayed to I. Newton’s. They went after two of my cows that did not come home with the rest.