Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1911 — Made the Cannon Balls Fit. [ARTICLE]

Made the Cannon Balls Fit.

The first battle of the war of 1812 was fought at Sacketts Harbor, JulyU, 1812, and consisted of an attack made upon the village. The inhabitants had but one gun of sufficient size and strength to inflict damage, a thirty-two pounder, for which they had no shot. This difficulty was overcome by the patriotism of the housewives, who tore np carpets from the floors and with strips wound the small bails to fit the cannon.