Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1920 — Old Drum. [ARTICLE]

Old Drum.

Eugene, Ore. —Among the early day exhibits at/the Lane County fair will be a drum that was made 61 years ago In Waupaca, Wls., and that still has one of the original heads. The drum will be exhibited by F. H. West. It was made in 1859 by Mrs. West’s father. To the martial notes of the old drum was mustered In Company A, Eighth Wisconsin Infantry, the regiment that is noted in Civil war history for having carried a live American eagle throughout the war.