, skins, etc., was set on fire by the bushes which were burning near the road. The hemp burned with such violence that it was with great difficulty that they saved the horses and wagon. They lost all their hemp, four bags of flour and six bags of provender." The returns of the Lancaster County election of

about that section, extending from Wakefield, or Penn Hill, across to Fulton House, and as far south as Texas. These tracts were patented, one of them by James King, called the Cave Lands,on both sides of the Cono- wingo Creek, which at that time was spelled "Canarawango," which is an Indian word, and

, and in which the Act of Settlement was passed by the English Parliament by which, on the death of childless Anne, the crown should pass to the House of Hanover. I thus identify our time of origin with important his- torical events in our Old Home. �In the year 1701, then-17th, 18th of 11th month—by

dedication of the boulder and its historic tablet, and con- tinued at the Court House in the eveniug, was worthy of enduring preservation, beyond the period of time that may be allotted on earth to those who were privileged to partici- pate in it. Men distinguished in the world of letters and affairs, sons

Background. The Causes Which Forced the Swiss Into America. Switzerland has passed through centuries of bloodshed,civil convulsion, war and religious persecution. Be- fore Christ, Caesar fought the Helve- tian War partly on its soil. The ob- �jects were conquest and empire. The Romans held it four centuries

use in the vicinity of Philadelphia on ac- count of the approach of the enemy, six different counties were called on to supply the demand. Lancaster county was asked for six hundred or more,(5) while the next highest num- ber asked for was four hundred. Con- cerning this impress of wagons and their