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3. sitting on a matrass near the Lake. She was quite alone and had nothing, but a bird cage with a canary I found she was stranded and did not what to do. So I took her home cage + all + the next day got her to her friends When I got home I found the lawn covered with furniture, pictures +c.etc? and the house full of people There was a good representation of the North side Messrs. Sam. Barrett. Lavabee. Houghtelling Julian Ramsey. Thos Phillips. Genl. Stokes +c +c.etc etc? While we were getting something to eat, neighbor Bauman rushed in, with an axe in his hand, and said I must cut down all the trees about the house. he was about to chop down his. I remonstrated. I thought the trees not so liable to catch fire standing as they would be lying in a heap. So we concluded to spare the trees, though at that time I was not sure there was anything which would not burn, and the sparks and burning branches were flying over us. So we got out on the roofs. Mr Larabee. Sam Barnett; all our boys + some of our little girls with broom and buckets of water and we worked away brushing the sparks off. +c.etc? When at work, some one came up and told me me that some of the people below were getting frightened, sure the house would burn +c.etc? So I went down + tried to encourage them. I told them I thought we could save the house +c +c.etc etc? I had two large wagons hitched up and brought to the front door + told them the wagons should stay there, if the house caught