Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1901 — What is Scotch In the Bagpipe? [ARTICLE]

What is Scotch In the Bagpipe?

There is nothing Scotch in bagpipes except the sheepskin of the bag and the tartan. The wood—ebony or cocus wood—comes from Africa and Jamaica, the ivory from Africa, the horn from Australia and. the crane for the reeds from Spain. The sculptor isn't the man who cuts no figure in the world.