with the French Republic." Similar meetings were held elsewhere and popular indignation at the conduct of France was rapidly in- tensifying. Following the example of Philadelphia, "a large number of respectable inhabitants of the borough and county of Lancaster" met in the court house on Thursday

natural to infer, though we lack conclusive evidence to substantiate the inference, that while in Lancaster he called upon the venerable pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, the Rev. G. H. E. Muhlenberg, who besides being a mineral- ogist and chemist was probably the most famous botanist of his day on the

The following description of the Dunkard Monastery indicates that Mit- telberger is mistaken in stating that the third road "runs to the left hand toward Lancaster and Bethlehem." Obviously, he meant Ephrata. At the latter place there was "a monastery and nunnery of Dunkers," described by