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Wears of age, aiin aC0Idftu man, commenceo , o'clock, P. M., removing load of hay from the wagon into the now.

 ii was in what is called cellar barn; and just after they had got to work, sheet of flame rushed through the open door at the head of the steps leading from the entry beneath to the threshing floor, and in few moments enveloped the whole interior of the building. MT. Pearson, as well as the colored man, escaped from the barn-Mr. P. being then severely burnt about the face. His son who was in the mow at work, in descending was wrapped in flames.

 He made his way speedily to creek near by and plunging in, extinguished the re but not until he was so dreadiully burned as to place his recovery almost beyond hope But the most horrible portion remains to be told. Two other sons of MT. Pear son, and neighbours boy, were in the now oPpo- site where the men were at work. Two of them escaped but one of the brothers, about 0years old perished in the aames-his limbs and part ot his body literally burned up.

 The house, barn, and all the out buildings; the wagon house, with its contents; the corn-crb, with one hundred and fifty bushels of corn, the hog pen and hogs in it, were all burnt. The hogs, the two horses to the wagon and calf in the barn, are the live stock destroyed. The larger portion ot his hay crop, being already gathered, was of course destroyed. as also about one hundred bushels ofoats All his farming utensils, including threshing ma chine were likewise destroyed.