The passenger flames o'er the devil's own ferry,
And utilize mischief by spreading it faster
Than men could compete with the fearful disaster.
How sad and how strange are the memories now
Which hang round the heels of that old Leary cow—
That wretched old cow with the crumpled horn
That kicked over the lamp that set fire to the barn
That caused the Great Fire in Chicago!
THIS is the Company, gloomy and glum,
Which admits that it has some few (?) losses, yes some!