...s house and barn were uninvaded by the tide, he was yet tranquil in the assurance that where he now drew up his herring, he should by and by view with satisfaction his crops of grain and potatoes. Daniel Palmer , we know, had pitched his log cabin too near the brink, and was made aware of the fact, in an extraordinary rise, by a huge cake of ice sailing through from door to door, and carrying off not only ha...