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Great Fire In Ingersoll, May, 1872.

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'Twas on a pleasant eve in May,             Just as the sun shed its last ray,             The bell it rang, citizens to warn,             For lo! a fire appears in barn.             An ancient barn near hotel stood,             The joining buildings all were wood,             This barn a relic of the past,             There farmers' horses were made fast.             Our once fair town is now in woe,             And we have had our Chicago,             But soon a nobler town will rise,             For our town is all enterprise.

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