of Charles Dickens, that an American would not accept a place in Heaven unless he was allowed to move West. Their posterity inherited tile habit and followed the course of empire. Few of their descendants are found here to-day; while the South and West are rich in good citizens, splendid men, noble

," bounded on the west by "Roaring Brook," now the "gas," for- merly "Hoffman's Run." There were two swamps, the "Dark Hazel," nearly in the centre of the now city, and the "Long Swamp," in the northeastern part. Wolves and other wild animals prowled in the vicinity, and the red men roved over the hills and

prominent men of his native state. After graduating with high honors from his alma mater, he chose a military career, serving under scott and Brown with credit in Canada. After the war he studied law with James L. Petigrew. He was chosen the chief executive officer, or the same position as the Mayor, of his

and heroic nation of In- dians that dwell upon the confines of America; also, are so allowed and looked upon by the rest of the Indians, by submission and tributary ac- knowledgment, being a people cast into the mold of a most large and warlike deport- ment, the men being for the most part seven feet

regularly used as early as 1714, for "the peti- tion filed in Lancaster County Quar- ter Sessions Court to 'relay' it out in 1734 sets out that it has been in use for twenty years." These five terms were first Tuesday os August, 1729; first Tuesday of No- vember, 1729; February 3d, 1730; May 5th, 1730, and

grantors were the King and the "Great Men" of the Susquehannocks; and a writing was drawn up in the nature of a deed. All this may be found in Vol. 3, of Maryland Archives, p. 66. The next sale, that to the Swedes, is set forth in Campanius, p. 23, and it in- cluded the lands from the Delaware to the

after annually paid. When the Council of Zion Lutheran Church some twelve years ago resolved to revive the ancient custom of rose payments, which for more than a century and a quarter had fallen into disuse, the event received wide notice and well-deserved credit, and praise was awarded to the man whose