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                <b>1851</b>                                        -ay-
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                February
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                24fh (cent.)    garden seeds,  $30*78 worth.    Reading the papers here this eve.  as usual.
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                                Rains all day.  Clawson & George    went to  Pittsfield.
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                25th            Cooler  N wind.   Put up abox for Clauson to send North.     H went to the State
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                                line with the boxes for NY   & some brooms.    Roads very  muddy.
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                26th            H took  L toEdward's depot  with more brooms & some brushes for    New   York.
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                                He goes by  Hudson Railroad & river.    H  went from E's depot to  Canaan   Depot
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                                & brought some broom   corn home.    Very huffy  In morn,  A boat come   to
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                                Albany  from NY   "Oregon,"
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                27th            W.  wind blows strongly.   Br. making seed bags.    E & Wm went    tosizing broom
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                                corn today.   H. cutting bags & putting up order boxes for   Clauson.   Very  dark
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                                & rainy.
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                28th            Continuous raining.   H cutting bags, cut   18 thous. Extra long size.  Eve the
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                                wind changed to N    & freezing
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                March
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                1st             We keep this day   in commemoration of Mother Ann Lee's birth; she was born
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<b>29  Feb.</b>th <b>1736</b>,  115 years since & is kept  much as Christmas  is - meeting  at
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                                nine, union at  1/2  1 o'clock, supper at four, after which attend to   business.
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                2nd              SABBATH DAY.      About 30 spectators &   150 br'n & Sisters atpublic meeting.
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                                 E's went to Canaan, meeting at   3  P.M.
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                3rd              No one in seed shop,    Andrew   & Henry  E. brought the  rest ofthe broom corn
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                                 from Canaan   Corners, 29 hun.   Very  cold N wind.    H.E,  started at about 3 to
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                                 take a man & woman from Pokipsee to     Canaan Corners.    He gave   12 skills.
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                                 Most  of the Br, have commenced sawing wood at the saw mill.
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                4th              H, went to mill  & to Hancock   Depot  to get a bal. of P. leaf.
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                5th              Levi arrived home little past noon.   Henry went to   Edward's depot  to bring 5
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                                 of the 10 bis. of red onions he bought  NY   & some baggage   for ourselves & Wm.
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                                 Thrasher who comes.
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                6th              Levi & Henry are putting up seeds by the quantity for    NY.   Qawson came home
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                                 from Troy this eve.  Wm. Bullard, father of    SisterHarriet, came today to visit.
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                                 Attended  meeting this eve.
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                 7th             Levi went to Canaan Depot to take    some seeds for  NY   & get things.  H putting
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                                 up some pound   papers for Warren,  Troy.   Br. finished at the saw mill today
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                                 noon.   Strong N wind   for a number of days.
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                 8th             H.  is putting up pound papers still.  Br. Robert W.  & Joseph Tillinghast  come today
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                 9th             SABBATH DAY.      Meeting at  home,   both A  & PM,   Joseph spake to  encourage
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                                 the young to be content.
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