construction of a country and the formation of a Government, while his rather centered in the building of a home and the tillage of his land. Restless and dauntless, this Eng- lish and Scotch-Irish race battled their way to the front, and in the doing thereof developed many strong char- acters, and men of mark

REPORT ON THE TRUE CHARACTER, TIME AND PLACE OF THE FIRST REGULAR SETTLEMENT IN LANCASTER COUNTY. To the President and Members of the Lancaster County Historical So- ciety: Your Committee, after having given a great deal of attention to the subject referred to them, have decided to make report upon

by Reingruber. In addition to all the church, civic and other work, Reingruber found time to execute a great number of por- traits (a partial list of which is a p -pendedtothissketch).Hisstyleor manner was acquired before the broad, impressionistic style swept Europe. His handling was conserva- tive

and have power one year from the date of its election, and no longer. It was a feature of the Constitution of Penn- sylvania from 1776 to 1790, and of that of Vermont from 1777 to 1869. (Pennsylvania Magazine, October, 1898, page 266.) He was a delegate sent to the Supreme Executive Coun- cil

and became a thrifty farmer and influential citizen of the province. He also operated a saw-mill and hemp-rolling mill. He died in 1789, leaving a will which can be seen at the Court House here. The children born to this union were as follows: John, Adam, George, Peter, Christian, Johannes, Michael

old homestead, from whom we may expect at the next meeting an elaboration of this stirring narrative. From this point the fugitives were generally given a name which they were told to assume, always adhere to and never divulge the fact that they had been known by any other name. Here perhaps I might