THE ACADIANS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. There is no history in which can be chronologically traced the struggles and changes within that small region known as Acadia, the confines of which were ex- pressly named by Henry IV. of France in his letters patent of November 3, 1603, over the country, territory

descendants were distinguished offrcers in the Mexican war, and others are now prominent in the United States Army. John Pedan owned the farm and hotel at Big Chickies creek, where Garber's mill now is. He was a son of Captain Hugh Pedan, a Revolutionary officer. He married a daughter os Zachariah Moor and

ourselves inferior to any with- in the Dominion of the United States; our Lands are remarkably fertile and in a high state of cultivation; out country is possessed of every conveni- ency for Water Works, as will Appear by the Draft herewith sent, and pecu- liarly healthy—our water is good; every Necessary

ask, "Where is that spring?" but they ask in vain. The old deed for the city market stated that it should be "used as a market place forever." Both "market house" and "spring garden" have outlived the pur- poses for which they were created, and have been swallowed up in the"Greater Lancaster," which