Justin Hitchcock's Remarks and Observations

79

worms had been so numerous in the old Towns in
particular that they distroyed all hopes of any fruit
the orchards generally by July looked as tho they
were dead All the leaves were eaten and no
apples would grow As to myself I had sometime
dark prospects as to obtaining a support for my
growing family. I never was calcualted for launching
froth into greate schemes and projects I worked at
on trade and some of the time in the summer abroad
And sometimes by the day for others people I raised
some corn And got hay by takeing land upon shares?
I had hired a piece of land owned by Mrs Hannah
Williams of Pittsfield And before I could pay the
rent was sued and had to pay about five dollars
cost And to sell a cow to get through with it
Amd sometimes I found it very difficult to get Grain
and wood. All this time the debt I owed to Mr
Stebbins for the shop was accumulating. I never
disparied of getting along somehow was generally
well but laboured hard

1790 Nothing remarkable happended this year except
it was the effect our National Government had upon all
classes of people. Confidence was restored in the
Government And a new spring to all kinds of business
was effect. People ware encouraged to cultivate
their lands under a sure prospect of a ready market
and good price for their produce