Show Old Account Book Gives Gives Interesting View of Farm Lif Life An old account bok book b ok has just jus come ome to light giving the transactions lions a farmer had at the little Country courtry store where he did his trading Samuel farm farming farming ing near Pinckney Corners Comers exact exact- exactly exactly ly one hundred years ago Pinck- Pinck Pinckney ney Corners was as near the present village of Copenhagen Lewis County New York In the eight months covered by b this this record from January to August 1931 Stoddard used exact ly y one in cash store bill for himself and his family loan i-an up lip to Farmers then were literally jacks of all trades So here is the way Stoddard paid his store bill that is were the commodities Stoddard disposed of I to the store-keeper store and the prices he received for them pounds nine nine forty pounds of butter at 14 cents three thousand shingles at two skins two cords of wood and one dollar in cash Shingles were cheap in those days S Schwas was wood Stoddard grew most of his own food In fact his food bill for 8 B months was only It was made up of these items Hems tea 2 31 1 pounds sugar one pound half molasses one half gallon butter Ph 1 pounds iDe fish 10 pounds of codfish 11 pounds of had had- haddock haddock haddock dock Stoddard sold butter in in June for 11 1 cents He bought a little in in February at 12 cents So we ne lie bought poor butter He was 1 M rn 4 Hp TT was WS fond of chewing using 3 pounds and eleven cleven ounces which cost himI him himSl I Sl 9 cloth The main expense was 1500 1500 00 Only one cake of soap was cents bought military soap 10 The only outlay for the tho kitchen 50 cents for C G tumblers For was apparel we find a few out outlays out out- outlays wearing ring w these one bonnet such as la lays s 's 1 pair shoes one lair shoes of of shoes one pair for baby Then and andone one one- there is this item five half yards ards of ribbon 56 60 cents Calico gingham a and a sheeting she were 1 cloths bought On One was of a fourths thre-fourths thre 30 luxury of lace K for 37 cents During these sol soil any farmers s 8 months no DO O at this store eggs Samuel Stoddard lived car car- So o his bis family and reared ned ried on found life satisfying |