Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1917 — Cane Nearly Century Old. [ARTICLE]

Cane Nearly Century Old.

William A. J. Giles of Concord, N. H ;r bought a cane in an auction shop, some weeks ago, to help him ;in his lameness. He supposed It was ‘an ordinary cane, but William H. Harris, when inspecting it, pulled off the hanand with it-a steel blade about IE inches th length. On the blade was engraved the words: “William Mattocks, June 2, 1832.”