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up a box of cement + scrubbed around the places where he could see the fire + said if the door dropped off which, of course it wouldn't, it would do no harm, for the blaze went the other away. After that he calmed down a bit.
We had a fire in town the night before + he read so much about Broton Church fire that he was [[?]]. Our fire in town was the Norfolk lumber Co Charles Dodge started in the basement, destroyed all that nice lumber the building was packed with, lost $60,000. Then last night another fire 52 [[?]] in after we were in bed. I got up but couldn't see any sign of it + it was soon all out, have not heard yet where it was.
I hope now we may have a warm spell, it must be bad for poor people + hope this is not a specimen of the weather we are going to have this winter in general. It must be a relief to you folks to get your Xmas presents off your hands. Do you have many cards to send off? I am getting out of sending many this year + its just as well. Xmas is for children mostly. Your box is big + heavy to [[?]] to do for us. Ma