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Mrs. Leary's Cow

Mrs. Leary's Cow

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"ORIGIN OF THE CHICAGO FIRE.

MRS. LEARY'S COW.

"ORIGIN OF THE CHICAGO FIRE.

"On the other side of this card will be found a life-like picture of Mrs. Leary and the cow that kicked oyer the lamp that caused the great fire in Chicago.

"Mrs. Leary got her living by selling milk; she had five cows, and kept them in her barn on De Koven street, on the west side of the river. A neighbor woman called on her for a pint of milk at nine o'clock Sunday night, October 8th, and Mrs. Leary, having sold all she had, went to the barn with her lamp to make a further draft on her best cow. The cow, as seen by the picture, being a spirited animal, became indignant at the attempt, kicked over the lamp, setting the barn on fire, and thus inaugurated the greatest fire the world has ever seen."
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