On one day last week, [June 1861] (we cannot tell precisely what day.) while Mr. David Bloom and his wife were absent from home, their son, aged about six years, obtained some matches and went to the barn. In about ten minutes a column of smoke was seen, by a neighbor, wending its way upwards, and the alarm was raised immediately. The whole building was so quickly fired that nothing could be accomplished in the way of extinguishing it. Two horses, a wagon, sled, windmill, and a variety of other valuables were consumed. [Not sure this is the same David Bloom]1096