Wednesday, October 25, 1837: This evening I went to the Select School house to hear Elder Spoor preach. I carried my two oldest daughters and Jane Wylie and John Sackett rode home with us. Wm T. Brown was kicked with a horse.
[private]Thursday: We gathered apples. This morning I sent my son to Lebanon to N. Nichols Store and paid six cts for medicine to puke my wife, for she has a cough and hard cold. This afternoon Mr. Tid came and bottomed three kitchen chairs at 12 cts and a wagon chair at twenty five cts and I paid him the cash which was 61 cts
Tuesday, October 31: This morning I rode to Judah Rowley’s to see James to keep our school, but he had not returned from the west. On this evening I took my single wagon and carried Lanno Rodgers a barrel sweet apple juice and price agreed double to common cider. I rode to Amos Chapman’s and borrowed a last to make self a pair boots on. This evening cousin Beriah Wylie got to my house from the west and stayed with us. Tonight I kept an old begging sickly man and gave him his breakfast.
Monday, November 6: Today I went to Pittsfield. I carried the grocery near Russel’s two barrels of cider at one dol and 25 cts per and about three bushels of apples at 27 cts per, and traded half in coffee, pepper, spice, ginger and salaratas. The remainder of my apples I sold for 25 and thirty and thirty three cts per bushel. I carried about 15 bushels in all.
Wednesday November 8: This afternoon I walked over to Lewis M. Brown’s to Election and cousin Beriah Wylie with me. I had bargained with him to teach our school this winter four months at 13 dol per month, and I had him inspected by the school inspectors, Varnum Babcock, Wm Hand, and Russel P. Pierce and they three agreed to give said Wylie a certificate and send it to him the first opportunity.
Monday, November 13: I worked on the highway half a day with my team and then I worked the other half day without. This evening we husked corn.
Tuesday I went to Pittsfield with two and a half barrels cider and sold it at one dol and 25 cts per barrel, and about 15 bushels apples and sold at 33 cts per bushel.
Thursday I went to Pittsfield with about twenty bushels of apples and sold them at 37 cts and 33 per. Today Mr. Roberts, the tavern keeper from Hancock Mountain came and paid forty dollars for two fat cows while I was gone to Pittsfield.
Friday: This morning I found the fat cows that said Roberts bought had got back and his hired man, by the name of Grisal, came after them, and he took breakfast with us and then drove the cows off.
Monday, November 20: Today our school begins, Beriah Wylie teaches for us at 13 dols per month.[/private]