Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1910 — FEBRUARY TWENTY-TWO. [ARTICLE]

FEBRUARY TWENTY-TWO.

All year we’re talked of Dewey, Of Teddy and the rest— We’ve gloried in the knowledge That they are of the best. We’ve sung a song of triumph—- _ A song that’s never done. We’ve treated and we’ve toasted “The man behind the gun.” Our thoughts must now turn backward To times long of the past— To-day the modem heroes Must be in shadow cast, For we must sing the eulogy—. (No other song can match it) The modern hero of the past— The boy behind the hatchet