VB-343 A. Blase - WF page 3

Went with C. Miller to offer river farm for sale. Instead rent it to
John Scarff for $900.
7 Jan Sold 7 more cows for $208.
14 Jan Sold 6 more cows from Rosendale for $135.
3-Feb Sold river farm to CF (C.Miller) for $4200.
4 Feb Sold oxen for $180. Had a horse die.
Mar Had their best horse die - worth $300.
Aug Draw first load oijoats into new barn. Rye is still in field. Windows,
dooraand stalls not in yet, nor cupola finished.
30 Sept "Ella''Garlock died to God to live in sin."
Oct Samuel Waterman and his brother-in-law Ten Broeck began working on barn
20 May, 2 weeks later 3 more carpenters came, and the 5 worked there until
17 Oct., losing about 3 weeks because of weather. Waterman got $3.50 per
day, others $2.50 per day and boarded themselves.
Shakers had to make fences, gates, etc. that went with barn.

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1874
31 Mar Paid last $2000 on Oliver farm.
17 July Daniel^Brainerd, "a very good unassuming industrious brother1,' died at NF.
Over 80 years.
Oct Took in George Freeman with 3 boys and 3 girls.

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1875
April Freemanss all left (8 of them), plus 2 Wheatons /
and Minnie^Spencer and
Eliza^Megill went to Lebanon CF - total 12.
Oct. CF^iought 500 acres in Pine Plans near Centre for $10,000.
Nov Took in boy,Edwardv'Yates, 15 years old, 1st boy they have had since
1874 April.
Dec Do not know what ministry will decide- Society here very opposed to beards.

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1876
Jan. Have only 5 hired men to board -one to take^are of stock, 1 makes brooms,
1 at office, and 2 on farm, and 2 boarcjthemsleves on outfarms. 3 less than
last year.
April Aaron Sonburg, Phil Metz, Peter Smith, Frank Langlois, Franz Schmidt and
A. Blase work on farm; 3 men help Louis Schneider - Adam Schairer, George
McKenney and George Kock takes carebffetoctyand Coony at office,Martin
Schairer has Anton Flicker to help him at Kearney farm.
June 'We have just paid the last $1000 on the Rosendale farm. Have no land debt
nor any other save what some Believers gave us after the fire which we want
to pay back."
13 July "Fritz Bergbolt of Sand Creek Road sunstruck dead.(R)
20 July Mrs. Duck in Niskayuna (next to Miller's store) toldner 4 year old to pour
kerosene on fire and she was badly burned and child died.
31 July Took out the stone bridge and made one of timber.
8 Aug Peter ^chmidt struck and scratched Aaron (Sonburg).
15 Aug Peters/Schmidt went off, says he is going to Lebanon,
23 Aug Elizabeth^Swan of Philadelphia Society here.
24 Aug George Amery from Whitewater spoke at meeting.
Sept. He began making cheese ciders and "lay up" 1 or 2 cheeses every day except
Sunday from September 4 thru November 24.
Webster's says a cheese elder is'a."mass of. pomace in a cider press."
Oct. Eight men' turned, away from us and none came in this month.
5 Nov Sent away Charles^McMurrah, a boy from Lansingburgh.
6 Nov George^McMurrah absconded.