October 4, 1750

1750 October 4 (Thursday).  Mr. William Pierce came to stone the well and Sam Bumpso to tend him, but they judg’d that the Water was not deep enough, though they Spend much Time in drawing; and I assisted what I could a.m. but Charles Rice junior came p.m.  N.B. Mrs. William Pierce p.m. would fain have prevented her Husband, and not without much difficulty perswaded to give way to his coming tomorrow to stone the Well.  Was in an uncommon Manner perplex’d for want of Money — after divers fruitless Endeavours borrow’d some of Mr. Ebenezer Rice’s wife which I pay’d to Mrs. Pierce, wife of Mr. William Pierce.  They began to Stone towards Night.  Mr. Charles Rice got a Cart Load of Moss for the Well.