Boone County Recorder . •Col. Turner served through the civilwar as a volunteer officer. Some yearsago he became connected with the Firstinfantry of the Illinois National Guardand commanded that regiment during thecampaign at Santiago, Cuba, in 1898. Thapoem is copyrighted by the author. VISION OF GETTYSBURG. Painted by a Little Girl for Her Sol-dier Grandfather. the election which deprives it of Itscourthouse means the funeral of the TOWffi For then will the shouting of thecaptains and the tumult die indeedwithin Its precincts. Then will thegaudy trappings of the county fairand the spangled g
Boone County Recorder . •Col. Turner served through the civilwar as a volunteer officer. Some yearsago he became connected with the Firstinfantry of the Illinois National Guardand commanded that regiment during thecampaign at Santiago, Cuba, in 1898. Thapoem is copyrighted by the author. VISION OF GETTYSBURG. Painted by a Little Girl for Her Sol-dier Grandfather. the election which deprives it of Itscourthouse means the funeral of the TOWffi For then will the shouting of thecaptains and the tumult die indeedwithin Its precincts. Then will thegaudy trappings of the county fairand the spangled garlshness of thestreet fakirs wither and be not. Thenwill the dust pile ankle high In thestreets, and no dabbling of occasionalJets of water disturb Its muffled will the courthouse be boardedup and left to the wind and rain. Thenwill their inhabitants creep Rip VanWinkle like from their gardens totheir houses. Intent only on the al-manacs for their mental pabulum, andtbe church bells for their final sum-mon
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