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on some body & they could sue us for damages I suppose I may get him to do the other trees. I am sorry to have to pay out so much but it cant be helped. it is terrible but as no lives were lost we should not complain chimbneys swayed but did'nt fall this time, here at Drakes they thought the one on the [[ell?]] would go. Web Smiths widow has to pay out three hundred dollars to have that awful big elm tree removed from her roof. its a wonder it didnt smash through the roof where her sister Blanche Dunbar lay sick in bed with heart trouble.

We hear of lots of disasters around us & think ours were not so much compaired with others. I was sorry to lose that Macintosh apple tree it took away half the pear tree & Hazels cherry tree. they thought over to Old Drakes house surely the sheds next to the fence would go, but they were built strong. it was grandpa's last work he did. not many trees over here near our house were blown down that oak he took down was eaten inside by worms & possibly those other two are the same. it might be safe to cut those down also to save them from falling against the little museum building in a strong wind. 

I sent clippings from the town & adjoyning towns in my Sundays letter & think that covers every thing there is to tell. you may get in your papers some more.

Around the water front it seemed much worse & up to New Hampshire & Vermont it was worse also. Ma.