Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1874 — “The War is Over.” [ARTICLE]

“The War is Over.”

candidate for county Auditor calls upon an ex-soldier of the Union Army who carries the evidences of his part in the terrible struggle for a nation’s life in the shape of a shattered and ruined limb, and endeavors to employ him go out electioneering for said “peoples” candidate, which employment the soldier declines, and is asked why ? Soldier. “Because in the first place I remember too well the stand you took during the war.” Candidate, with a sneer. “The war is over, long ago.” Soldier, presenting his ruined limb, “I haven’t got my hand back yet.”