gave a brief history of the origin of the Christian Association and also stated the objects to be accom- plished. A collection was lifted to defray the expense incurred for printing and for the use of the room (in the Court House)." —April 1, 1870 In the long history of the Y. M. C. A. in the United

Venerandi Onesimi Societatis Ephratensis Praepositi which being translated reads "By order of the Venerable Onesimus, Superior of the Ephrata Society." The bell is preserved and on it is the original inscription. Fur- thur mention will be made of the bell at a later place in this history. EFFORTS TOWARD

. On the fifth day of the gathering, Doctor Passavant read a report of the "Committee on the State of the Country." Limitation of space in this history will not allow the inclusion of the com- plete report and of the exciting debate which ensued. The following excerpts will be sufficient to indicate

length and six feet, three inches across the wings and weighed a little over sixteen pounds." - April 1, 1876 The correct scientific name of the American or Whistling Swan is Olor columbianus. Dr. Herbert H. Beck writing in Klein's history of Lancaster County about this bird stated that usually these

Company. The business ap- parently failed because of insufficient working capital. Dr. Henry Car- penter was a member of the board of the Lancaster Watch Company and presumably represented the investors. For more information on watchmaking in Lancaster, read the authoritative article by John J. Bowman in

Library of the Lancaster County Historical Society does not have a complete file of any one single city newspaper for the year eighteen hundred and seventy six. The following newspapers were used: January through June, Lancaster Evening Express; July through August, Lancaster Intelligencer; September