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The other day …

Summary

A former Union soldier who lost an arm in the service said, "I am waiting to see if the people of this country are going to elect Horatio Seymour, and if they do I will swear that I lost my arm in a threshing machine, not in defense of my country."

Transcript

The other day an old soldier who has lost an arm in the service said, “I am waiting to see if the people of this country are going to elect Horatio Seymour, and if they do I will swear that I lost my arm in a threshing machine, not in defense of my country.”


Article Source

Newspaper: The Herald and Torch Light

Publication Date: July 29th, 1868

Page/Column: 2H

Town: Hagerstown, MD

County: Washington

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  • Politics

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