The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1854-03-30

For the Pioneer.
Fire at Lac qui Parle...NissionD Bull.
fHI dings DESTROYED

IHW dings Destroyed.
On Friday the 81 inst, about noon, our dwelling
hoase took fire, and in a short time, it, with the adj
joining buding and stable and haystacks, were
all in ashes The fire commenced in the cellar which
under the west room. To secure potatoes
| from frost, had in the early part of the winter
stuffed hay around under the floor. Our Two young
est boys, in bis seventh and The other IN his iiIh
year, had been down by their ,ther get po-
atOes for dioner. Unwtingly, they in passing held
tie candle too the hay and fire. They
CAV IL IN i'm ncdiattj. When ran down 10
the cellar II seemed If bucket of water would
eX'insuisa the FIRE, but before it coald be applied
the iie al spread around considerably. A hands
ran 10 The river Tor water, for we had no thought
then out oi saving the house and its contents. H.
tins, however, were u be Disappointed. La a
few minutes the cellar filed with smoke and
heated AIR, that the attempt to appl, water from
within was highly dangerous. The SIN he was npw
coming up IN various places through the floor II
was suggested that by cutting holes possibly
water us hi be applied as to stop The fe VIII ci
was accordingly done. Bot now see that
this false step, for it only h,sened on the sad
cad, aud made IL Impossible to the property In
the Ia Iuse. The flames !caped up through the losr
cuI led along the partitions and spread the CELL
ing above IN an Incredibly short space Of time The
house given a, tor lost, and effort made to
save some Of the moveabe effects.
The wind blowing (ufousIy from the north
west. The north corner room was occupied hy Miss
were broken III, and their beds and bedding, trunks
&c, with very little case of books belonging 10 the
children saved.
From my wiie's bedroom on the east corner, moth
Y taken bat her escroi:e. My own writing
desk, the Table IA the sitting room, with all Ia>
papers, were lost. lew books from one book ease
m that were thrown the window Web
ster's Dictionary, Crudens Concordance, Gessail's
Hebrew LeHicou, copy of Dakota Grammar and
Dictionary, and few others. But neither my He
-.
Greek testament, MOI single copy OF some fifteen
twenty English Bibles, saved. We feel the
loss OF our books more than almost anything ese
may Of them were presents from friends, some
of whom have gone 10 the spirit iand
Alfred, with his little bother Thomas and 10
seph Laour, hall breed boy, occupied a room up
I saIrs.
The flames so so0a enveoped the whole b,ihling
that nothing could he taken from The upper sto.y. By
th!s time the other building, which stood twenty
five feet to the south east, WAS on fire. From Lhis
building succeeded IN getting cut some bedding
and a bureau containing the clothes Of Mr. STANLEY
and Mr. Blake, clock and barrels of COLL
The bureau partly consumed by fire, and sreat
part OF The clothing rendered useless. The corn
was ali the provisions then secured. And more
than Ill the potatoes IN the ceIats afterwards
found to be cbaire'i or cooked.
It'll the exception of Miss Spooncr Isabella and
Martha AMI ous two iitile hall breed girls, none oi
Us succeeded il saving change of raiineGt. Oar
GiSuiTeoisc@ ana o'her rcuehIfahccs 81 trends are
ali gone. " { regret the loss ol them, hit thon
remember that fast Fastening 10 the land
where mementocs not ne icd
Since The lhst Ut the year church and c0ngre-
CATION have inade Their annual effort tor the Bible
cause Il anounte TO SO, which was still IN the
bureau drawer with other money. Thirty dollars ri
this MAS IN gold aud the rest ia paper. The gold
was all melted down. We have found part Of II
but probably not fifty per ceat. / have some hope
mat some "'aitAy, beneFoirnt in"Widual OF those
VINO see 'h' statement VIII IN ahd''i2n 10 his o. her
uNf" "ph"i'A 10 'hls cause, give "thty or twenty
I'VE ''oI"S' ad so mus noble HsttutItn II, TIE boie
>"t'Fly' sustain 10 i9ss'
- Sh't uhe since na,,' az us request o! pr.
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&c" y. IL WAS priAted at Geneva H"''1"iIa'd, IA
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80
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K1us,iuo'tc AM o'hcrs,* have s,cu ~ provision.
M" c'''n',7' ,'n'ete A'''E o"t''d Us III, oc'r-
accI!,oosd 70 live in = tent AMI vbao On -.
hole We thought it best to 90 into The chu,cii, OF
ms "'1 accord nc brought ns, that afternoon, IA
soa, ',', c'., - o'f' a. sS'0
barrel e horr. (Which was more than half he ha6.
som" por, coffee, sugar sc: And MIS- Bird, ia!I
i;Y , CO. 90 700; p: N 80
dress. s.. Lorenzo Lawrence when he had b.a..r nj
his contribution, sad 1T seems As II you had come
on Firi', ""'1''5 10 "'S 'e'! '''e we IA" saved
from on, >. ,rhl ,s who have .,,c l,n;,,6 meas -
iiu, the state OF feeling now developed, shows ~
ANY,, NV ',s I'M u. NY 'i',' VI IS