the first president of the United States, under the provision of Article II, of the then recently adopted Constitution, Lancaster County had already existed as a body politic and civil unit for sixty years, was one of the largest, and as before stated, among the most populous counties in the thirteen

hum- bly Sheweth, That your Memorialist early in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six entered into the service of the United States, as part of the quota of this State, and continued therein until discharged in the city of Philadelphia after the expiration of the war. That your

" and feed; Because they carried feed and "grub" They bore the brunt of many a "rub." An old wagoner from Western Pennsylvania, shortly after the Civil War period had this to say about Lancaster County teamsters: "Two brothers, Abner and David Peirt, natives of Lancaster County, at one time left their 6

McCoun, about 20 years of age, committed for murder, and Mary Porter, committed for a felony and liable also to the death penalty. Not less than half a score of women were hanged in our county before the Revo- lution—most of them for murder; but several for burglary, etc. About this time the war spirit

this paper offer for sale, two of the old time remedies such as were then found in well regulated families, known as "Golden Tinc- ture" and "Balsam de maltha" at 4 and 3 shillings per small bottle, re- spectively. In this issue appears a notice of the death of a very prominent member of the Mennonite

activities as the same appears in the volumes now being examined, in chronological order. 1613 In 1829 Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States, in his address upon the opening of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal said, "More than two centuries have passed since this work was contemplated

one here present knows, is the richest agricultural county in the United States. The value of its agricultural products in a single year has reached the great sum of $7,657,790. During the past half century three purely agricultural publications have been started for their instruction and

EXTRACTS FROM THE EARLY COURT RECORDS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. By H. WILSON EARLY APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICERS TO SERVE IN WHAT IS NOW LANCASTER COUNTY W ILLIAM PENN, proprietary and governor, made the first appointments of justices for the Province of Pennsylvania. Succeeding governors continued to

value of local history. They must not forget that it was the historical tradition and honor and the age-long implanted ideals living in patriots' hearts which inspired the great and brave souls of the past, even to wage war for our land and its blessings— it was this that enabled us to conquer—this

as a Citizen": The committee in charge of this celebration has prepared and published a complete genealogy of the Hand family. This and the very compre- hensive and accurate chronology of the leading events in the history of Lancaster, relating it to the Revolu- tionary War, render it unnecessary, in