Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — Fourth of July Poem. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Fourth of July Poem.

A pistol toy Gave much joy, To small boy— Bang!

He’ll no more fir®— Went up higher, And th® choir— Sang. —St Louis Globe-Democrat