learned that Mr. D. H. Lan- dis, of Windom, Lancaster county, had a reprint of the Benjamin Eby Geschichten, etc. This proved to be true, and Mr. Landis kindly lent us the use of this very rare book. In it, p. 150, is verbatim the passage that Rupp quotes from the original. The re- print is by John Barr

by 38 feet, two stories high. All the buildings enumerated are standing to-day, are in good condition, and bid fair to withstand the ele- ments for another century. Daniel Graybill, by his indenture, bearing date April 1, 1814, conveyed to Peter Elser a tract of mountain land, containing 36 acres and

eight years. He afterwards moved to Harrisburg and became a prominent citizen there, having been treasurer of Dauphin county, where he died, Dec. 3, 1839, leaving six children to sur- vive •him. Just when John Hoff took over his father's business is not apparent, but he seems to have worked for his

have been prominent in days gone by. It chanced to be so on July 2, 1912, when a centenary celebration was held at Manheim, Lancaster county, Pa., at which the memory of Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman was the most conspicuous feature,and in whose honor a memorial volume was then published

The Early Abolitionists of Lancaster County, In giving a history of the Abolition movement in Lancaster county,or else- where, the question seems first to arise, what is specially meant by the term "Abolitionist." The indiscrimin- ate manner in which it was used sixty years ago against every person

Who Was Jacob Hibshman, the Con- gressman from Lancaster County? John Gerhard Hibshman was a native of Switzerland, and came to this country in 1732, at the age of 19 years. Five years later, returning to his native land for his wife, he sailed on the ship St. Andrew, September 24, 1737, from