as he Deserve throughout eternity, In goodly measure. xxix. The story of the war is fraught With lesson, and renews the thought That nothing great was ever wrought Withcut hard trial. Gold cannot buy, beyond dispute, God's highest gifts. The finest fruit And flower of goodness take their root, In

HISTORICAL MEMORANDA, An Act of Vandalism. The following is an excerpt read by S. M. Sener, Esq., from "The Oracle of Dauphin," Harrisburg, Pa., under date of 6th of January, 1820: "The Lancaster Free Press contains an advertisement of the Trustees and Elders of the German Reformed Church in the

): Capitals (Cities) Lancaster (Pa.)--Capital and capitol. United States--Capital and capitol. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [111]-113 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 4 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.1

Generals which the Quak- er element contributed to the Revolu- tionary War, and one of the two born Generals, besides the Commander-in- Chief, who did gallant service in that struggle of the centuries. No General in the Continental army rendered his country better service. At the Bran- dywine, at Paoli, at

AMERICAN INDIANS. The Who, What and Whence of the Pre- Columbian Dwellers, or the Misno- mered Peoples, Indians, of Lancaster County. The treatment of a pre-historic sub- ject which seemingly is wrapped in such impenetrable mystery and veiled in the blackest night of obscurity may possibly be

during the war with Mexico. Eleven officers out of thirteen were killed in that charge' two only surviving the successful and terrible onslaught. Mr. James H. Ferry has in his possession a l e t t e r f r o m G e n e r a l W o r t h , c o m - mending the bravery of Major Ferry. Two sons were born to Dr

the front leaves is a blank printed,filled out as follows: "Diese Bibel ist gekauft worden in jahr unsen Herrn 1810, den 14th April, and gehart mein." JACOB BRICKER. The record further states that he was born December 25, 1785; died April 3, 1868. Other records of his family in German are, viz: i

that the "Lancaster" is the �oldest ship in the United States navy and that the cruiser was constructed over forty years ago and was a sister vessel of Farragut's flagship "Hart- ford," and that this battle-scarred veteran of the Civil War was named after Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and was christened by

Marshall has made one of the most valuable contributions to our local history that we possess. For many years he kept a diary, a "Remembrancer," as he was pleased to call it, which, I believe I risk little in saying, is the fullest, most trust- worthy and readable of all the similar productions of that

Some of the Lost Industries of the Octorara Valley. From the commencement of the present century, down to fifty years ago, charcoal burning was quite an important industry in the Valley of the Octorara; but since the latter date it has been rapidly on the decline, and for twenty-five years has been