grave her engagement ring and a rough draft of the hymn he had just wrrtten, "I would not live alway." This romance was no doubt one reason for his leaving Lancaster, which, he sard, was a sad place for him to visit. When he did return, the first and last place to which he turned his steps was to a

THE EARLIEST KNOWN ADVERTISEMENT OF A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner In Vol. 7, No. 2, of the Proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society, appears a very illuminating paper on the subject of "Early Lancas- ter Playbills and Playhouses." In this monograph

The Infant School Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER I N September, 1831, the Infant School Society of Lancaster was organized ; and a room for the sessions of the school was secured in the Lancaster County Academy building,' which stood on the east side of North Lime street, near

famous tavern, that on their return home they de- Lancaster Journal, Friday, February 1st, 1833. 1 For a brief biography of Mrs. Rosina Hubley the reader is referred to Vol. 11, p. 413, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society. �

is the fourth marker erected in Lancaster county by the Historical Society as a memorial to the American Indians—our earliest inhabitants, presumably. The bronze tablet, from the studio of the James H. Matthews Company, Pittsburgh, was placed on the shaft by the Haldy Marble and Granite Works ; and

The Saint Patrick Benevolent Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Thursday evening, August 22nd, 1816, a number of Irish- men, and descendants of Irishmen, met at the tavern of Arch- ibald McLenegan on East King street, in the borough of Lan- caster, and formed an association

persons having in their pos- session books belonging to the Juvenile Society of Lancaster to return them without delay. Prevention of Horse-Racing and Gambling in 1812 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER L ANCASTER borough was thrown into considerable excitement for a short time by a number of gamblers who had

Columbia Spy, and Lancaster and York Record, Saturday, January 5th, 1833. 8 The Columbia Spy, and Lancaster and York Record, Saturday, Feb- ruary 2nd, 1833. �society. E. Kirkpatrick was the secretary.9 Two years later, a meeting of the society was held in New Holland on Tuesday, Feb- ruary 24th, 1835. The

THE PRESBYTERIAN SABBATH-SCHOOL SOCIETY By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Vol. XXXIII, pp. 175-188, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster I County Historical Society, appears an article entitled "The Sun- day-School Society," which describes briefly the origin of the Sun- day-school movement in Lancaster