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Show REFLECTIONS , By a Disabled Vtteiin. ,,,,,ll lT I .-. For over forty years I havo been a membor of tlio great army of patriots who fought over again tho groat fight for liberty on every recurring Fourth of July. Kver slnco I waB nbln to strlko a match, or touch oft po,dcr, I havo gallantly turned out with tho rest of tho revolutionary army, with grandfather's Baber by my aide, my great-grandfather's old flintlock musket on my shoulder, nnd my pockets full of powder and shot, firecrackers, and torpedoes. I havo always been In tho very thickest thick-est of tho fight, and when night camo on and lack of nmmunltlon forced a cessation of hostilities, I havo retired to my well-earned rest with Joyful, pleasurable sensations, feeling that thn enemy wcro routed horso, foot and dragoons. True, I have suffered much; I hav lost a thumb, my scalp has been torn off In several plnces, my eyebrows are not whnt they should be, my faco la badly freckled with powder marks, and a portion of my car Is on tho battlefield. battle-field. But what of that? Am I not a patriot, n citizen of this great nation that can whip nil creation? Pooh! 1 guess yes. Hut I am growing old now, and although al-though I still feel enthusiastic ns much as I over did, I prefer to look on and hurrah, Instead of fnlliug In with tho procession. Resides, I doservo a pension pen-sion K nny soldier who fought In tho rauso of liberty over did. Why nut pension all our Fourth of July soldiers? A grand Idea, Indeed. With a pension In view, tho wholo country would bo In tho ngony of battle fiom daylight to dark and several hours nfter on every Fourth of July. I think I will try to make this a political Issuo In tho next campaign for town mnshal. It will win, for every man, woman nnd child will go in on It for tho sako of tho pension. You think thoy won't, eh? Well, you will seo. Hurrah for tho Fourth of July! Hurrah for pensions pen-sions to everyone that can hold a flro-crackerj |