The history of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, By a committee of the Dorchester antiquarian and historical society ...

362 HISTORY 01 DORICHESTEtR.
March 14. I first began to tar my Apple trees.
March 19. First perceive any cretores to crawl.
[By the above it appears that our fathers were troubled by
that great pest, the canker worm.]
April 3. I set a Post and an elm tree at the meeting houseb
[The elm here referred to is still standing, about ten rods
west of the present meeting-house —a graceful and majestic
tree.]
April 17. The creatores crawl very much.
April 25. Sod my heards grass, first that ever I sode.
[Was this a new grass at that time?]
May 10. Stephen Gulliver was drownded,
June 25. The mackrel came very thick.
June 26. We gathered a mess of string beans.
Aug. 7. The hottest Day has been for 22 years as thought.
Nov. 16. I went to Boston 6 times with a team this week,
Nov. 18, William King killed a hog wd. 17 score and 141b.
[In this diary are found the weights of Various hogs of his
that were killed. This one of King's is named, no doubt, on
account of being an extraordinarily large hog; yet it is very
moderate compared with some of the present day, the breed
of hogs having undoubtedly been more improved than that
of any other animal.]
1772, March 5. A very smart snow storm-a foot of snow.
March 9. A very smart snow storm, and drifted very much,
March 11. We dig out highways) and a smart storm
comes on which filled them again by the time we got home.
March 12. The snow blowed very much.
March 13. We dig out the highway to the meeting-house,
but a snow storm came on which filled the rode again as bad
as ever.
March 18,. Mr. Ebenezer Brown was drownded.
March 20. A violent snow storm came on.
March 21. People dig out the highway again.
March 27. We dig out the highway to the meeting-house,
April 3. A violent snow storm; the snow drifts much.
April 4. We dig out the highways; the snow 8 foot or 10
foot deep in some drifts.
April 15. A very great rain did great damage to the dams
and mill.
May 20. Town meeting. Esq. Holden offered to go repretentative for nothing, but they would not choose him.
[The people were very particular, about this time, whom
they chose to that office.]
May 21. Sot our Sain; atcht 12 Bass, 16 shd.