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1847(contQ
27 Oct "Some young Believers (Advents from Vermont) came here today. They are Abiel"'
and M\ary Hathaway."
28 Oct Ruth Green went to NF to live and Aurelia White came to CF.
31 Oct In union meeting the oldest now sit In the middle with the younger to their right & left.
2 Nov "Had a sort of bee or general muster in gathering turnips. About 40 persons in all, old
and young, male and female. Got them all pulled and mostly topped."
Sylvester released from care of cattleand sheep and goes into the deacon's lot to live
and officiate. Daniel takes the cattle.
3 Nov Elder Brother and quite a number of brethren and boys went after more moss. Hauled
and spread on the ground 38 loads.
C. Miller goes to hire a man to raise 4-5 tons of yellow dock root.
4 Nov Governor and his wife came today; the firsttime he was ever here.
10 Nov C. Miller is sowing yellow dock on the Island.
13 Nov The rhoss, now dried, amounts to only 2 loads.
DAB has begun making some rising seats in the schoolhouse on the south side.
15 Nov C. Copeley brought them 2000 clams from Albany.
18 Nov Arranging for reprinting of "The Milennial Church."
23 Nov About 12 brethren from CF and a number of bredhern and teams from NF turned .out to
work on the road. Drew about 100 loads of gravel and spread it from the watering
piece towards home.
25 Nov Thanksgiving. In afternoon some of the brethren began sQtjffing moss between the joists
in the upper garret floor.
30 Nov F .S .Wicker went with Jonathan Wood .of New Lebanon to attend court in Hudson about
the Pillow children. But in Albany, had telegram that case postponed until middle of
next month. y"\ Dec Dorephus Simmons take

the gospel will not own. He was the most bigotted, self-conceited and important feeling
youth we have met with for a long time. He was able, in his own estimate, to change a
power on heaven or on earth. And/, as the poet says, "tobe released from such vile
stuffis sure no cause of mourning.' "
6 Dec Pillow case postponed due to judge's illness.
10 Dec The book now being printed, and someone goes each day to get proof sheets.
20 Dec Met Elder Richard of New Lebanon in Albany and he told them that Pillow and a sheriff
from Hudson had been to Lebanon and taken away the 3 Pillow children.
21-24 Dec Willoughby teaches school while DAEr is varnishing the two cases of drawers that
Freegift made.
25 Dec Christmas. Attended as usual to morning meeting at 9:30, "strove to settle divisions
with one another where they existed (i.e., those who wished to be Mother's true
children) and also did a little something in remembrance of poor and needy. "
29 Dec Elders moved into new part of dwelling house today.