land in America which was at once named Pennsylvania and forty six years before the Declaration of Independence was formulated and signed in Philadelphia, devout German Lutherans were worshipping and receiv- ing the Sacraments in a new town in Pennsylvania with the name LANCASTER. At the present time

, which after countless "trials and tribula- tions" is now firmly established as one of the most important adjuncts to the physi- cal well-being of the citizens of Lancaster County.1 THE BEGINNING Sixty-five years have gone by since June 15, 1893, when fifty people met in the old Y.M.C.A. building on

Revolu- tion and the successful struggle against the first power of earth one hundred years ago." —July 4, 1876 "THE GREAT CENTENNIAL - In this city the celebration was on a scale and was accomplished with a degree of success beyond popular expectation. Around the square the main buildings were heavily

thousands of people who thronged the pews and aisles and even vestibules in the church. It was a musical triumph; one that predicts magnificent things for the future. Decorations also had never been brought to such perfection in our city. This can hardly be said to promise greater things for the future

which he made during 1749-1751 were the basis of his book, "Travels," which was published in Sweden on his return, and reprinted in the United States in 1937. �In June, 1750, he visited Lancaster County. Concerning the city of Lan- caster, he made this one observation, "The Town Hall is located in the

Lititz Mill, now owned by Benjamin Ritter and up- wards of one hundred years ago by the Moravian Society. It was then leased to a man by the name of Klaus Klein who made and sent cargoes of his flour to Jamaica." "The machinery in mills at that time was very clumsy and compli- cated. After the wheat was

through December, Lancaster Daily Express and Lancaster Intelligencer. THE BIRTH of THE CENTENNIAL YEAR - APPROPRIATE CELE- BRATION - 1876. What a chapter of history is recalled in the writing of these figures— the glorious figures that tell of one hundred years of national freedom, and such freedom as

Member of the Legisla- ture." The communication complained about gambling houses in Lancaster, and was addressed "To the Burgesses." It contained this one sentence con- cerning lotteries: "The Legislature of Pennsylvania appears to be utterly opposed to lotteries and there is no probability of their

October 11 was election day and a greater number of Pennsylvania voters went to the polls on that day than on any previous similar occasion. More than one hundred and eleven thousand votes were cast. Simon Snyder won by a plurality of 28,400, but in Lancaster County, the county of his birth, he lost by

and two of his associates. The Legislature of Pennsylvania are to meet in this Borough on Tuesday next, and the Election of President and Vice-President of the U. S. on the following day. —Lancaster Intelligencer November 27, 1804 This being the constitutional day, for the meeting of the Legislature