Thursday, April 2, 1835: This forenoon I shoveled out the hog pen and I paid 39 cts cash to an Indian for bottoming three chairs and my wife gave them some victuals and apples for bottoming one chair. This afternoon I walked up to Simon Cranston’s to meet a committee to make out a nomination for town meeting. We made choice of Rufus Rose for Supervisor and Hosea Brown Town Clerk and Christopher Clifford for Justice and others, I do not mention. Simon Cranston paid me one dol for taking care of Old Mr. Simpson when he was a town pauper. Saturday: I drew stone and this afternoon I carried a load stone on to my Rodgers farm and then I went to Hancock with one hundred and 61 lbs of old castings to Wm Lapum’s and he credit me One dol and 63 cts. Mr. Amos Chapman rode with me. I through a mistake broke his bottle brandy and I gave him twelve cts to buy more.
Sunday: High wind and rainy. Tuesday: Some rainy. I walked to town meeting at Capt. Abner Bull’s. The Jackson ticket had a small majority. Two Jackson men ran for Justice peace, straight run on the Whig and got a mull(?) majority of 70 more than Clifford.
Wednesday: Today I went to Troy with a load of seven calves. I got to Troy about seven this evening and stayed to Squ. Nicholas Harrington’s. I took my calves out the wagon and untied them and put them in a yard.
Thursday: This morning I took three of my calves to the market that was the smallest and sold them at three dol a head and I got three runnits to boot. I then returned to the tavern and got the other four calves and sold them for 16 dol and two runnits, and I paid 50 cts for four runnets more, and I paid three dol and 50 cts for half a barrel mackerel. I then returned to said Nicholas Harrington’s and ate some of victuals and took some spirits to drink, and I treated the hostler twice and my bill was 31 cts. I started at ten o’clock for home. I got stuck in the mud near Mr. Chittendon’s and got help and got out, roads bad, I got home at ten this evening.