Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A NUMBER of citizens of Lancaster met at the house of Wil- liam Cooper on Wednesday evening, February 6th, 1822. Dr. Samuel Fahnestock was appointed chairman, and Nathaniel Lightner secretary. The

profane cursing and swearing and many other enormities—which most of the inhabitants witnessed with great pain, we wish and purpose to use our endeavors to prevent. We presume this inti- mation will be sufficient to prevent persons of character from assembling in this place in future, for the above

. Smith was moderator of the General Assembly in 1790; his son, John Blair Smith, in 1798; and another son, Samuel Stanhope Smith, in 1799. This was a remarkable record and the only instance of the kind in the history of the Presbyterian Church. Under a giant oak tree, still standing in the well-kept

Members of Congress Who Represented Lancaster County in the United States Congress From 1789 to the Present Time By HON. A. G. SEYFERT NDER the Constitution of the United States the powers of government are arranged under three heads : Legislative, Executive and Judicial. The Legislative power is