psalmody of the Puritans, the soli- tudes of Western New York and the stern wilderness of Lake Huron were trodden by the iron heel of the sol- dier and the sandaled feet of the Fran- ciscan friars. France was the true pioneer of the great West. They who bore the fleur-de-lis were always in the van, patient

ELECTORAL VOTE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN 1804. There was recently brought to light in this city an official document nearly one hundred years old, which has both a local as well as a national interest. It is the report of the Electoral Board of the State of Pennsylvania covering the eiection for President

population and business of the place increased this drawback was more and more felt, and the result was that on February 5, 1771, the County Commissioners and assessors directed that a bridge should be built over the stream running across West King street, in the neighborhood of Water street. This action was

," consisting of the twenty gentlemen already men- tioned and for the price as before stated. Mr. Mathiot having died, James L. Reynolds, his administrator, on De- cember 29, 1854, sold to the surviving members of the company the share of the former for the sum of $526. The Wabank House was in process of erec

those of the men whose memories it perpetu- ates. On the southern face of the shaft are the names of the officers of the Third Battalion, who took part in the battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777. On the west face are the names of the two companies attached to the Flying Camp, who were in the

in English. In fact, the Dunkers (German) were the first people in Pennsylvania who availed themselves of the art preservative. Not only was the first newspaper printed in Lancas- ter, of which a cut is reproduced at the head of this article, printed both in the German and English languages, but at