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

Quixote, the famous hero created by Cervantes, in his make-up, and failed in his high endeavors at reform because he, like Quixote, did not learn the lesson that often men accept great truths but slowly. It is easier at times to lead than to drive them. WOODROW WILSON IN LANCASTER By WILLIAM

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

volumes, from which the children each Sabbath are furnished with a book. The school now numbers 216 scholars and 28 teachers; and from the efficiency of and the great interest manifested by the teachers, it is to be presumed that the number of scholars and the prosperity of the school will not

Col. Timothy Matlack A Revolutionary Patriot In Lancaster By (MRS. D. B.) BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS Col. Timothy Matlack, although a resident of Philadelphia, lived for a time in Lancaster. It was during the most trying period in the history of our country, and the activities of this remarkable man

was contributing to the comfort of those who came to do honor to her native city through the Lancaster Fencibles. She would always revert to that occasion with feelings of gratification and joy; and whenever she recalled this mark of esteem from her visitors, it would be to remember with gratitude

Saturday, November 14th, 1801, contained the following: "A set of complete quarter races, of considerable consequence, will be commenced on Saturday next, the 21st instant, at Wallace's lane, on the Horse- shoe road, ten miles from Lancaster and two miles from New Holland. All honest sportsmen are invited

for the right. For now the child and sire of time demand the deeds of earnest men, To make it better than the Past, and stretch the circle of its ken." —Anon. QUAINT TAVERN SIGNS IN the good old days, when taverns were known by quaint old names and were often under the management of people of the best