Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1892 — The Star-Spangled Banner. [ARTICLE]

The Star-Spangled Banner.

English antiquaries now positively assert that the star-spangled banner was not evolved from the depths of the inner consciousness of a committee of patriots in the parlor of Mrs. Ross, in this beautiful Quaker City; and they point to sundry tombstones, monuments, and family records still extant in England as conclusive evidence that the starry and striped flag of Britannia’s runaway daughter was simply an outgrowth from the coat-of-arms of the Washington family.— Philadelphia Record. No matter how welcome a guest is, the hostess always looks a trifle dismayed if she brings a trunk instead of a valise.—Atchinson Globe. How nice it would be for the fellow with a savage mother-in-law to order a Pinkerton.—Columbus Post.