Geo P. Loses His Horse
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Tuesday, February 26, 1850: I this forenoon carried our hams and put to smoking in H. P. Wylie’s smoke house. Today noon Geo P. and Charlotte went to Pittsfield and this evening they went in to the Seamans Festival, and tonight they stayed to their uncle F. J. Wylie’s.
Wednesday: I tended to the chores and mended my stable floors. Today Geo P. went from Pittsfield to Lenox to see if the suit of Charlotte’s would be called on but it would not and Geo P. returned home by the way of Pittsfield and Charlotte stayed to her uncle F. Jay Wylie’s on a visit.
Saturday, March 2: I this forenoon took my cutter and rode over to the widow Amy Moffitt’s and engaged some rye straw and I returned home and this afternoon I took my two horse wagon and went back to said Moffitt’s and paid the cash, two cents a bundle for sixty bundles rye straw. This evening Geo P. and John F. and Sarah O rode to Lebanon to the Baptists to hear a man and his wife lecture on abolitionist. Their name is Foster.
Sunday: Geo P. rode to Lebanon to hear Mr. Foster and his lady lecture on abolitionist and Geo P. had his horse taken from where he hitched said horse under Ludwick Babcock’s shed and he could not find the horse tonight and he did walk home. Tonight Rensselaer Sheldon came to board with me and is to give two and a half days work out of each week for his board.
Monday: This morning early Geo P. walked to Lebanon and found the horse in Ludwick Babcock’s barn and rode home.
Tuesday: This forenoon I and Geo P. drew two sled loads hay with the ox team from the barrack and a load rye straw from the widow Pierce’s.
Wednesday: I took the one horse wagon and I sold three dozen eggs for 37½ cts to Charles Wheeler’s store for nearly one gallon of molasses, and from Wheeler’s store I went over to Canada’s and paid 12 cents for his fetching a bag boosums from Troy for my women. Today Geo P. started north to engage grafted young trees. Tonight my barrack roof blew down.