1750 October 5 (Friday). Mr. Pierce and Samuel Bumpso Stoning the Well. Joseph Grout junior help’d them. N.B. Two foot of Water in the Morning. N.B. The Well 22 feet Deep. Mr. Haven and I rode over to Mr. Martyns and din’d there. I went especially to take Measure of his Entry and stair Case and Fire places. Return’d about 4 p.m. Ebenezer has been Carting Apples etc. No corn gather’d yet. But we suffer’d great Dammage by the cattle; of them 12 in Number broke out of the Cow Yard last night — were in the Corn, among the Apples, Cabbages etc. N.B. the Weather has been very Cold for several Days.