at at the upper end together, Governour
at the lower end."[166]

"Dec. 20, 1676 ... Mrs. Usher lyes very sick of an Inflammation
in the Throat.... Called at her House coming home to tell Mr.
Fosterling's Receipt, i.e. A Swallows Nest (the inside) stamped
and applied to the throat outwardly."[167]

"Satterday, June 5th, 1686. I rode to Newbury, to see my little
Hull, and to keep out of the way of the Artillery Election, on
which day eat Strawberries and Cream with Sister Longfellow at
the Falls."[168]

"Monday, July 11. I hire Ems's Coach in the Afternoon, wherein
Mr. Hez. Usher and his wife, and Mrs. Bridget her daughter, my
Self and wife ride to Roxbury, visit Mr. Dudley, and Mr. Eliot,
the Father who blesses them. Go and sup together at the Grayhound
Tavern with boil'd Bacon and rost Fowls. Came home between 10 and
11 brave Moonshine, were hinder'd an hour or two by Mr. Usher,
else had been in good season."[169]

"Thorsday, Oct. 6, 1687 ... On my Unkle's Horse after Diner, I
carry my wife to see the Farm, where we eat Aples and drank
Cider. Shew'd her the Meeting-house.... In the Morn Oct. 7th
Unkle and Goodm. Brown come our way home accompanying of us. Set
out after nine, and got home before three. Call'd no where by the
way. Going out, our Horse fell down at once upon the Neck, and
both fain to scramble off, yet neither receiv'd any
hurt...."[170]

Nearly a century later Judge Pynchon records a social life similar,
though apparently much more liberal in its views of what might enter
into legitimate entertainment:

"Saturday, July 7, 1784. Dine at Mr. Wickkham's, with Mrs. Browne
and her two daughters.... In the afternoon Mrs. Browne and I, the
Captain, Blaney, and a number of gentlemen and ladies, ride, and
some walk out, some to Malbon's Garden, some to Redwood's,
several of us at both; are entertained very agreeably at each
place; tea, coffee, cakes, syllabub, and English beer, etc.,
punch and wine. We return at evening; hear a song of Mrs. Shaw's,
and are highly entertained; the ride, the road, the prospects,
the gardens, the company, in short, everything was most
agreeable, most entertaining--was admirable."[171]

"Thursday, October 25, 1787 ... Mrs. Pynchon, Mrs. Orne, and
Betsy spend the evening at Mrs. Anderson's; musick an