structure was not completed until 1794. Its height is 195 feet. The i I chime of bells in the belfry is of recent date. The handsome and commodious chapel on the right was begun in t� I 1876 and completed in 1877. Some of the most eminent clergymen of the Lutheran Church have served this con- t I gregation

HISTORICAL MEMORANDA, An Act of Vandalism. The following is an excerpt read by S. M. Sener, Esq., from "The Oracle of Dauphin," Harrisburg, Pa., under date of 6th of January, 1820: "The Lancaster Free Press contains an advertisement of the Trustees and Elders of the German Reformed Church in the

for one night eight pence; for oats, three shillings per bushel; nor Indian corn, three shillings "Col. Rec., 1st Series, Vol. 8, p. 364. 11Mombert's History, P. 150. 16.Penna. Stat. at Large, Vol. 6, p. 281. �and six pence per bushel, and the same price for a bushel of rye." On March 9, 1771, the

supplied in the same manner in 1761. No picture of this early stone church has been preserved. It was torn down in 1818, and in 1820 a new brick church stood in Its place. Addi- ST. JAMES' CHURCH, 1820. tiobs and other improvements were made to that building in 1844, 1878 and 1880. St. James' has numbered

recorded, after an illness of eight or ten days. He says preparations were �made at the Court House for a grand burial in the afternoon of the 24th, at the Lutheran Church. The vestry gave an invitation and permission for him the Oath of Allegiance. Among the on the day mentioned. Under the same date he

an age-long custom. History does not record a time when monuments were not the customary means of commemorating great events, historic occasions and distinguished services. Standing in the midst of your people, on a central and commanding site, in the shadow of your ancient church, this shaft will

no more inter- esting chapter in our local history than that which shall fully go into the details of the newspaper history of Lancaster county. There cannot be a more fruitful or interesting field. Has any one here any idea of the number of newspapers and other publications that have been born in