Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1898 — MASCOT OF THE WABASH. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MASCOT OF THE WABASH.

Eight-Year-Old Sherwood Picking of the Recrniting Ship. Eight-year-old Sherwood Picking ia the mascot of the United States recruiting ship Wabash, anchored off the

navy yard, says the Boston Herald, lie has never received any certified commission from the Navy Department, yet he says he is the “captain of the captain’s launch.” He is the son of Captain Picking, and is 8 years old. “Sherd,” as he says his short name is, goes to school every day and returns on board with great dignity every afternoon. Besides being a dignified and popular ship’s mascot, he is a born naval fighter.

MASCOT OF THE WABASH.