romance than the narrative �of history. The day after their arrival at Ephrata, McMeyer McDonald died of his wounds. His own soldiers buried him a little distance from the burial place where the monument is now placed. The last survivor of this gallant company died about three years ago. He was ninety-one

published history of St. Paul's Reformed Church. "During the pastorate of Rev. John Conrad Bucher, sometime between 1775 and 1779, the church was used as 1 Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society, vol. 23, p. 5, and vol. 51, p. 127. �Monument to the memory of One Hundred and Ten Soldiers of the

valleys of the Pequea and Conestoga. It is recorded in Rupp's "History of Lancaster County" that Martin Meylin erected a boring mill near the Big Spring, in 1719. These pioneers brought with them their ideas on the art of riflemaking and soon, necessity — their own protection — compelled them to invent

spirit of Revolution was already abroad. Children played soldiers in the streets. Young boys, like George, practised sharp-shooting with the already famous Lancaster rifles, and drilled together under the com- mand of men who had seen service in the Indian wars. On April 27, 1775, Caspar Schaffner II

early Pre sidential Elections in Lancaster County By C. H. MARTIN Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, participated in each of the Presidential Elections held since the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. It occupies first place in Pennsylvania in respect to the election of George