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| Mr. Editor: I see that quite a number are having their say about their favorite candidate for Collector. This is right, of course. We do not desire to disparage any candidate inthe field, but I want to say a word forMr. A. S. Burrows, whose name standsprominently among the candidates.lie has been a resident of this county since 1S59. When the war broke out he raised part of a company, and with a large number of other Illinois men, joined the First Missouri Cavalry, which was mustered into the service August 1st, 1861, and was mustered out September 20, 1864. He was mustered in with the regiment and was mustered out with it. He served four years and two months, and to-day carries in his right arm a rebel bullet, which disables him for manual labor. He was wounded at Silver Creek, Mo., and a horse was shot from under him at Prairie Grove. He commanded the cavalry that went out on the extreme left of the ninety-fourth Illinois, as they advanced on the rebel lines atPrairie Grove. He drew the first fire from the rebels that was posted behind that rail fence, and disclosed their position to the 94th. He belonged to Major Hubbard’s battallion* The First Missouri cavalry served west of the Mississippi, and had no easy life of it; danger, daring and hardships were daily companions.From Mt. Hope township, Captain | Burrows moved to this city, a year and a half ago, and, as everybody knows, is a good and worthy citizen.His proposition to serve the township at greatly reduced rates, may be ridiculed by those who pay tut little or no tax, but it must address the good sense of the tax-payer.From long personal acquaintance 1 know him to be sober, honest, capable and trustworthy.May we not ask the voters to think of Mr. Burrow’s four year’s service in the army, and the wounds received when standing between us and danger. Let him know, from experience, that Republics are not ungrateful to their wounded soldiers who shed their blood in its defense.A Voter.
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Bloomington Daily Leader
Bloomington, Illinois, US
Sat, Mar 25, 1871
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