that such slavery in said children shall be ex- tinct and shall be abolished." The statute also enacts that every person who shall be the owner of a negro or mulatto slave within this State shall before the first day of November, next, deliver in writing to the Clerk of the Peace of the county the name

Transportation Troubles in Lancaster County During the Revolution It is but natural when speaking of events connected with Revolutionary times in Lancaster county that our thoughts go first to the soldiers who went forth to fight for our country's liberty. They went to scenes of ac- tivity, and

, and naturally made them feel that their near neighbors, the friendly In- dians, might turn once more to the side of their hostile brethren. Re- port, whether true or false, had set on foot many tales to this effect. In the month of October, 1763, in Northampton county, occurred a fore- runner of the

" that it should be "under the com- mand of such continental general officers as the commander -in-chief shall direct.(7) Washington replied to this, saying—"It is with great pleasure that I hear the militia from Maryland, the Delaware Government, and Pennsylvania, will be in motion every day to form the

THE GARDEN OF PENN- SYLVANIA Since Lancaster county did such a noble part in helping to lay the foundation of the new federation, what did it merit and what was the reward? Its modesty would ask for none but its reputation claimed for it the title of "the Garden of Pennsyl- vania." At the present

, that there is a pleasing prospect of a considerable �supply of flour from the different townships in that county, and that a collection of grain, etc., is making for the relief of the poor. That the sum of fifty-five pounds, two shillings and two pence was raised by the Ger- man Reformed congregation