of ordinary routine affairs, such as would happen in the lives of most women in a small Lancaster County community, and yet it was "high-lighted" by national affairs as they transpired in the memorable year of 1865. Miss Arndt in that year made two visits to the metropolis of Philadelphia, and when

, "during the prevalence of the Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania took an active part in the field against the insurrectionists, and gained much credit in the campaign." Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, pp. 226, 616 and 698. Pennsylvania Archives, second series, vol. 4, pp. 14, 136, 137 and

fellow-citizens to vote for Thomas Jefferson who freed all his slaves, which is sure proof he will not enslave his country. This statement had great appeal in Lancaster County. The first protest of slavery on the American continent was announced by a Committee of the Mennonite Church, Germantown, Pa

those needing hospitali- zation were directed toward the Cloister. The picture of their dreary march may be drawn from a few pathetic words of an eye witness—a Lancaster County soldier who stated, "Some were in wagons, some were in carts, and those who were able to walk did so. As they passed in the

valleys of the Pequea and Conestoga. It is recorded in Rupp's "History of Lancaster County" that Martin Meylin erected a boring mill near the Big Spring, in 1719. These pioneers brought with them their ideas on the art of riflemaking and soon, necessity — their own protection — compelled them to invent

bonds $17,000. THE GAS LIGHT ERA IN LANCASTER Showing the Krug Home and Tannery, which stood on the present site of the Stevens House; the latter erected in 1874. I will briefly mention one other of the original companies in the history of the gas industry in Lancaster County before taking up the

rolling stock was re- lettered, re-numbered and the color scheme was changed to red with yellow lettering and trim. �It was under the management of the Pennsylvania Traction fifty years ago that the worst trolley accident in the history of Lancaster County occurred. This wreck involved car No. 61 on the

August 25, the battalion took part in the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, and on August 27 in the Battle of Long Island. No earnest student of Lancaster County history needs to be reminded of what the Musketry Battalion did on that day. Let us only say that, though the battle was lost, the army was saved by

-story brick �The ancestry of Adam Diller as recorded by Ellis and Evans in their History of Lancaster County, page 535, is as follows: Ancestry of Adam Diller, the Founder Casper Diller of Huguenot descent, 1675-1775, settled one mile south of New Holland, Lancaster County. Philip Adam Diller, 1723-1777

of Miss Montgomery, died on the hill. He was one of the most active of the ironmasters, and was generally esteemed according to Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County as a "genial, kind-hearted, and enterprising gentleman." Abram Musselman's children were all educated in private schools. His