The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-11-03
A Notwithstanding Stables Con.
sumed.

We regret to learn that one of our most
extensive breeders of blood stock at the
North. j. B. Monnot, esq, of Westchester
County, New York, has met with a most
serious loss, the burning Of his whole
range Of stables. 1t appears that on the
morning of Tuesday. the 4th inst, Mr..
Monnot left home with the intention of
going to Albany to attend the State Fair,
leaving his place in charge of his wife
Shortly after noon, while the men were
yet at dinner, Mrs. Monnot discovered
n dense smoke issuing from the stables
she was alone with her women-nota man
within call--the blood horses, worth near
ly $I0o, 600, were in eminent Danger
For a moment she was p~aralyzed, but
soon recovered her presence of mind to
perform what she considered a religious
duty-to save her husbands property,
even at the risk Of her own life starting
her women in various directions in search
Of assistance, and alone rushed into the
stables, from the sides of which the
flames were bursting in every direction.
Logan, the pride and pet of her husband,
was to be saved to unchain and lead
him to the door of his box was but the
work of an instant, but, terrified at the
flames which met his sight, he rushed
back TO his stall and resisted every at
tempt to lead him out until, when near
ly exhausted by her exertions, Mrs. Mon
not succeeded in blindfolding him with
part Of her dress, when he became tract
able, and submitted to be led to a place
Of safety.
The foreman and helpers Of the farm
at last arrived, and soon had every hoof
turned out. Now commenced a scene
the widest and most appalling eye ever
witnessed. The stables, which were suf-
ficiently extensive to accommodate $50
horses, and barns containing 100 tuns of
hay, were completely enveloped in
flames. The horses, which in the ex-
element Of the moment, without regard
to sex or age, were turned into a small
inclosure, maddened by fear, commenc-
ed fighting in a fearful manner, making
it dangerous and apparently ~foolhardy in
the extreme to attempt to separate them.
The foreman, however, watching his OPP
p~ortunity, succeeded in catching by the
name one of the most furious, a two-year
old colt, who reared and plunged at such
a rate that the man was soon sent flying
under the heels of the other horses
Mrs. Monnot again exhibited her nerve
and courage by entering the inclcsure
and selling the brute by the nose. She
held him until the man recovered himself
and procured a halter, with which the
animal was secured.
Old Sylphide, by Emilius, bred by R
l.. Stevens, esq, now owned by Mr.. Mon
not, was very near being lost !; she was
surrounded by flames, and had to be TAX
en- out through a hole cut in the side
of her stable. Having secured the stock
TO the best of her judgment. Mrs. Mon
not sent an express messenger to convey
the tidings of the calamity to her hus-
band, who was intercepted just as he was
embarking for Albany. On hearing the
news his thoughts were not on his loss,
but on his wife. His first exclamation
was My God and that poor woman's
all alone /" He little thought that that
poor vonaan, all alone, had really saved
his immense property.-POrter's Spirit.