that he is as fully entitled to whatever honor belongs to the laying out of Washington City as Major L'Enfant, who is so highly lauded in the article already quoted, although his connec- tion therewith is not even so much as mentioned. Of the youth of Andrew Ellicott lit- tle is known. His father, a

many who walk our streets a cen- tury from now will be as much surprised to learn of our, to them, old-fashioned and primitive ways of living, as we who read this article, are to learn of the doings of our forebears of early Lan- caster. "Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis." ("Times change, and

THE TIMES OR WEEKLY PORCUPINE By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N January 3rd, 1798, Johann Albrecht und Comp. (John Albright and Co.) established a German weekly newspaper in Lancaster borough, the title of which was "Der Deutsche Por- cupein und Lancaster Anzeigs-Nachrichten." The Library of Con

Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Bicentennial of the James Wright House and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania By ELIZABETH F, G, HIESTAND a Five Great Granddaughter of John Wright Paraphrasing the words of the old familiar song, "The sun shone bright on the old

BISHOP BOWMAN'S POEM* By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In view of the fact that Americans are celebrating, during the I year 1932, the bicentenary anniversary of the birth of General George Washington, the "Father of his Country," especial interest attaches to the publication of a bit of poetry written

in English. In fact, the Dunkers (German) were the first people in Pennsylvania who availed themselves of the art preservative. Not only was the first newspaper printed in Lancas- ter, of which a cut is reproduced at the head of this article, printed both in the German and English languages, but at

influential citizen. In that article the statement is made that there is nothing on his tombstone in St. James's churchyard in Lancaster, to indicate that Mr. Chambers served as an officer in the Revolutionary War and as a delegate to the convention which ratified the Federal Constitution on the part of

. I believe he has already been introduced to you; but lest you may have forgotten him, I give him this testimonial. "With sentiments of affectionate respect "I remain sincerely your friend "JAMES BUCHANAN. "General Andrew Jackson." �The Caldwell family of Lancaster came to Pennsylvania during the

The Wright Mansion By FRANCIS X, REUSS The following article, written by Mr, Reuss in 1903, shows clearly that the old stone house was dear to the heart of, at least, one Columbian, He would be delighted, could he know how the old house is restored and preserved by the Rasbridge family, and how it

HOLLOW SCHOOL An Old School And A Letter Written By A Teacher 146 Years Ago. (Reprinted from an article in the New Holland Clarion of April 29, 1893.) Over in Leacock township, along what is known as the Ridge Road, stands the Hollow Schoolhouse. Standing, as it does, on the top of a ridge, from

MURAL PRESENTED TO CITY OF LANCASTER By WILLIAM FREDERIC WARNER On Friday evening, December 28th, 1934, a mural painted on one of the walls of the council chamber of the municipal building, (depicting "The Arrival of James Hamilton," in 1729, who came for the purpose of establishing Hickory town as

Lancaster Union, Tuesday, December 22nd, 1835. THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF LANCASTER By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER I N Vol. XXXIII, pp. 160-7, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster I County Historical Society, is an article on "The Washington Association of Lancaster." Since that paper was published, my