Monday, December 7, 1835: I drew two loads of wood from my Rodgers farm. Today I began to send my children to school in Lebanon in the district near Mr. Nathan Patchins. Mr. Hiram Mattison teaches the school. I send there on account of our own school paying an extra price of 16 dol per month and boarding. The teacher’s name is Howard from Williams College. On this evening I took my cutter and carried my wife to Mr. Judah Rowley’s. We went to get sage to put in to sausage.
Tuesday: Today I send the whole of my children to school, five of them. We carry and fetch them in the cutter and Mary Wylie with them.
Thursday: I called to Mr. Wm Bailie’s to see him about sending my children to school in his district, but he was not to home and I came on and fetched my children from school and on this evening I chopped up sausage meat.
Friday: I chopped wood to the door and filled sausages.
Wednesday, December 16: Today a severe cold. I carried and fetched my children to and from school. I only tended to my chores and today I rode over to Mr. Amos Chapman and reckoned with him. We reckoned over all our deal such as my team work and house rent and butter and soap and leather and on his part his work in the corn and potato ground and shoemaking, and there was a balance due to me eight dollars and seventy four cts.
Thursday: On this morning my wife returned home from Frederick Russel’s. She went there last evening and said Frederick’s third child was born, it was a son, early last evening.
