Friday, July 3, 1829: This forenoon I took the single wagon and carried part of my wool to Allen Adams machine to be carded. I bargained at eight cents per pound, payable in cider at one dol per barrel. I called to Doc Graves. The school commissioners met there to attach our district to the meetinghouse district, but our district laid a petition before the commissioners against it and they let us stand as we were.
Saturday, July 4: Today quite rainy. I peddled a spell in Pittsfield. I sold cake for Ross and beer and cider of my own. I cleared about one dol 50 cts. Samuel went with me.
Monday: This morning about nine I started for Troy with the double wagon. I carried sister Miriam Campbell, went to take passage on the canal for home. Aseneth Newton went with me and my daughter Charlotte E. We got only to Sand Lake tonight to Mr. Henry Withees and stayed.
Tuesday: This morning we went into Troy. I found a line boat that sister Miriam took passage for Utica within an hour after we got to town. I exchange a keg of cider eight gallons for two pounds Scotch Snuff and two pounds plug tobacco, and I paid three cents for sugar toys. While we were in Troy we put up at Price’s. I paid 9 cts for beer. We left town at 4 o’clock and came on six miles to Kilmer’s and stayed.
Wednesday: This morning I paid my bill to Kilmer’s, myself and daughters lodging and horsekeeping and milk at night, the whole 35 cts. We came on to Nassau and took breakfast to cousin Chancey Rows and we came on to Clark Vary’s and took dinner.
Saturday, July 11: This morning I rode to the Shakers with Pratt Wylie and carried veal and hide.
Tuesday: I mowed and brother Wm mowed part of the day in the way of changing works and I helped him grind a new scythe and today brother Sylvester works making a new celler door and brother Wm returned my horse and wagon that he had yesterday to carry his third daughter to Canaan to Doctor Merrymans for council. The child’s bowels bloats.
Wednesday: I worked at haying and Mr. Rowland Danford’s hired man by the name of Jeremiah Ostrander helped get up hay about two and a half hours and I credit said Danford for the same, and today brother Sylvester worked at my celler door and put a few shingles on the roof of the house and helped rake hay and I borrowed fifty shingles of Mr. John Russell and Old Mr. Caleb Sheldon and his son Asa wired 12 swine’s noses and I treated with about three pints cider brandy.
