Public Dinner Declined by James Buchanan By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Monday evening, March 3rd, 1828, the Hon. James Buchanan, who represented this district in the Congress of the United States, arrived in Lancaster for a short stay. A number of his friends met at Stehman's tavern on the day

friends of Lancaster's talented and most distinguished citi- zen, Hon. James Buchanan, anxious to testify to the respect and esteem which they entertained for his great private worth and brilliant public services, invited him, by letter, to partake of a public dinner at the Red Lion tavern, on West King

graphed and sent me a copy. By this kindly act, for which we are grateful, he has rendered most valuable service, for he has rescued the drawing from its obscurity, and has given to us the only out- line, so far as known, of the original building of St. James's church. LETTERS OF JAMES BUCHANAN By

in the three R's—readin', ritin', and 'rithmetic—and many were no doubt not infrequently sub- jected to corporal tortures according to the rigid discipline of the olden time schoolmaster. We have before us now a letter written by one of these old- time teachers, James Caffrey, addressed to Nathaniel

Foltz, at the birth place of her uncle, Presi- dent Buchanan, and erecting a suitable monument to the memory of her distinguished relative." The Journalcontinued, "Owing to some difficulty as to acquiring title to the ground her laudable intention was, very unfortunately, never carried out." A letter