at an early period. A reference to Ellis & Evans' His- tory of Lancaster County alludes to the early theatres here in this wise: "Dur- ing the town and borough existence of Lancaster, and for years even after it was incorporated as a city—in 1818— dramatic exhibitions and concerts were usually held

his remains before they were taken to Harrisburg. The old building that stood where the swimming pool of the Y. M. C. A. building is was a theatre in 1840, and in it was played on one occasion "The Burning of Moscow." One person connected with the early theatres of Lancaster must not be for- gotten

great historic value, not only from the names appended to it, and from the �eminence of the one to whom it was addressed, but by reason of its subject matter. The reverend gentlemen wrote: A Clerical Protest. "Lancaster, the 8th Day of Feb'r. 1778. "Sir: "We are much obliged to you for the Honor you

, but, as he was good natured at heart, everybody was his friend. For more than forty years he was the crier in the Lancaster Courts. Prior to becoming such he had been a tipstaff, and, in consequence, he had been an officer of the Court for a full half century. He was rarely sick, and never absent from

was the property of William Bausman, Regis- ter and Recorder for the county of Lancaster from the year 1809 to 1818,1 and contains receipts to him from people of early Lancaster. Some of the names of those attached to these receipts are old and familiar, others are new, but the names contained in the

satellites and praised only by those who are paid for their subserviency- An indignant people, jealous of their liberties, will prostrate it in the dust. �"5. The Senate of the United States —A band of incorruptible patriots— worthy descendants of the Whigs of '76—they have stood firm in the breach broken by