assert the right of self-government, it will be mainly attributable to the preponderance of the Antimasonic maxim, that the Laws are supreme." * The influence of the Antimasonic movement extended far and wide into the political and civil life of the State and the Nation. The Whig or Antimasonic Party was

, 1 1 2 2 4 dist 3 dist." Races were advertised to be run on three successive days, beginning Wednesday, November 16th, 1808, at the house of Philip Copland in Strasburg township, Lancaster county; (16) and for three successive days, beginning Tues- day, December 13th, 1808, on the course in Sadsbury

AN AMISH WEDDING THREE VIRTUES — FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY — EXEMPLIFIED BY SOLEMN CEREMONY High noon neared and a solemn hush fell upon the two hundred and fifty relatives and guests asembled in the home of Benjamin Esh, at Mascot, Lancaster county, Pa., to witness a solemn wedding ceremony. To

ordinary functions of social life, Christmas in Pennsylvania, and especially in Lancaster County, was, essentially, a German festival. In the northern colonies, the joyous season was outlawed. The Puritans considered it one of the evil survivals of papistry, and statutes forbidding its celebration remained