One niglU tlierc were two strangers putting up at our house, from New England ; in the dead of night a man knocked at the door -- father asked who was there ? the reply was "a friend." l-'atii^r mistook the voice for that of a particular friend of his, but mother thought they were robljers beyond any doubt ; father got up and opcncl the upper half of the door, and soon found they were come to pilb.ge the house. Mother, while father was parleying "with the gang out.side, armed all her children -- seven sons and four daughters -- (all as large as men), put men's coats and pants on the girls, in the space of a few minutes, and marched them into the room where father was; so large a company struck such a damper upon the robbers, that they immediately retreated. We then looked for the strangers who were stopping with us, and after a considerable search, found them hidden away under the back part of the bed. They appeared to be very m.uch frightened, having about their persons $1,500 in Continental money, (which v»'as then good). This was about 1776; they felt very thankful for their dehverance.

'• On another occasion, being detained at work in the field after dark, on my return to the house, and when very near it, I suddenly found n:yself stepping on some men, and was much frightened These men (about 100), were lying flat on the ground, their quarters being at the house then occupied by Joshua Carpenter ; an olYicer stepped up to me, and enquired who I was and where I was going? I replied that my home was close by, and I had been detained later than usual by work. He made me promise to say nothing about what I had seen, and tiien let me go.