the time, and only came to light a few years ago through the discovery of cer- tain legal documents drawn up at the time. Franklin had been doing much of the printing for the Ephrata com- munity before it procured its own press, and for the other religious sects in the State. Lancaster county was the

their waking hours at home. It finally dawned on some of them that perhaps Lancaster could in some way be turned into a summer resort, which would not necessitate their going else- where for rest and health, but by which an honest penny might be turned into their own pockets. True, we had no medicinal

fixtyThousand Bushels of Corn for France. When the Ambaffadore at Conftantinople asked Leave for fuch an Exportation, the grand Signior's An. swer was, that he nor only confented to it, but that it should alfo be Duty free, gladly embrace. THE FIRST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN LANCASTER, 1752. (From Sachse's German

large- hearted liberality had instituted in this fair county a practice so beautiful, so praiseworthy and so poetical. For twelve successive years this revived payment has been made, with ever-increasing interest and enthusiasm. Men of high intelligence and culture have on the appointed day delivered

one of the most valuable of the historical documents relating to the early his- tory of our city that we have. The New Barracks. The new Barracks, the one repre- sented on the map, was built for a two-fold purpose—to provide a place of safety for the frontier people who were driven from their homes by

of Lancaster city than the stone residence located on the northwest corner of North Duke and Orange streets. It was a fine specimen of the pre-revolutionary style, and even down to the day when it was torn down to make room for St. Paul's Reformed Church was admired by all who were acquainted with it

first member of Congress from Lancaster under the Constitu- tion, and who served ten years, was married to a great-granddaughter of Stephen Atkinson. This first fulling mill seems to have had a long and prosperous career. In that old German newspaper, the "Lan- caster Zeitung," for October, 1789, I

received, excepting what was paid for prizes and expenses, to the paving of the streets in the borough of Lancaster. Meetings of the Commissioners. It is to be regretted that among the many papers relating to this subject there is none giving the initial steps, the town meeting, at which the Board of

articles (new) of wearing apparel or household linen, or a donation of money constitutes membership in a branch. Men, wo- men or children may become members. The Lancaster Branch for the year 1907 collected fifteen hundred and eighty-three garments, a gain of sixty over last year, and distributed them as

, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1899. Peace to the Brave! They do not need our praising, For in all hearts is treasured every name; Yet for the future we to-day are raising A tablet to their fame. And while the trees put on their fading splendors And trail their banners like to knights of old