Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1895 — OLD IRONSIDES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OLD IRONSIDES.

The Gallant Ocean Fighter Now Rest* at Portsmouth. Since she went out of commission years ago the gallant old Constitution, the most famous of American battleships, has rested peacefully in the Kittery Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N. H. Thousands visit the old ship annually, and often there come to mind the lines from Holmes’ tribute to her: “Her deck, once red with heroes’ blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor’s tread, Or know the conquered kuee.” Stained by time and the elements, she rests contentedly In her harbor, safe torever from the “harpies of the shore,” for her memory is now’ too deeply enshrined in American hearts to permit of her being molested. Efforts have been made to remove the ship to Boston and Washington, but it looks as If she had found her last resting place.

The history of the old battle ship Is too well known to n6ed repeating. Her service for the American people in 1812 can never be forgotten. The latest picture of the Constitution does not make her look much like a ship of war. Indeed, rooied over as she Is for her former use as a training ship, she reminds one rather of a Noah’s ark.

THE CONSTITUTION.