Show MRS LIBELLED COW the death last wednesday of mrs mn oleary 0 leary whose cow to la supposed to have kicked over the lamp which kindled abe fire which laid aid chicago in ID rin ruina revived interest in that con fla gration that bovine and that tery story with the latter latier we have bare otly orly to do at present preen and must embrace the eunity to 0 o declare once more that it i in a myth pure pare rod and simple a falsehood falge hood out of whole cloth when it first started on 00 its ita round within a few hours after the great fire blazed out mr OJ Leary branded it sua as untrue and she abe reiterated the charge off and on OD until her death the cow poor thing bag long since gone the way of all beer beef but mile lived jived loog long enough to see ee a mountain of evidence piled up io in her ez ex onera tion ion of the unruly part attributed to her the story has bai gone on blithely however and notwithstanding all contradictions it comes up as aa smiling miling now that mrs mra OLi olivary Leary eary is dead am ai it it was wai very every word true it ai all 1 illus how bow prone tie the world 1 is to hang bang on to a good tale talc |