to your brother and Mr. Blanchard. If they would condescend to write me, I should be highly flattered. I am en- gaged in the academy during the win- �ter. Mr. Chassell, on account of his health being poor, was not able to at- tend to it. "Yours, etc. "THAD STEVENS." "Mr. Samuel Merrill." Trifling and

historian appreciated the value of newspapers more than Macaulay, whose use of them in the preparation of his history os England was con- tinuous and effective. The first newspaper published in Lancaster that lived beyond what might be termed the experimental stage was the "Neue Unpartheyishe Lancaster

Stephen Atkinson paid taxes, as may be seen by the assess- ment rolls, on land in Conestoga town- ship. (Ellis and Evans, p. 21). This seems to have been the first assess- ment. Taxes were paid by him in the same township in 1724-25, and on land in West Conestoga in 1720. A very wild, perilous tract it

AN OLD NEWSPAPER Recently there came into my hands a file of The Hive,a weekly newspaper published in this city more than one hundred years ago. It consists of two volumes, the initial number being of the date of June 22 , 1803, and the last number of June 12, 1805. I sup- pose few of our citizens

County of Lancaster, deceased. Appraised by us the Subscribers, the 17th November, 1757: f- s. d. To his Aparel 5..16..0 7 Books 1..15..0 3 Bedsteads with dltto 5..10..0 46 lb Feathers..-- @ 2/6 5..15..0 8 hand Towls end 2 begs smal 0...7..6 9 lb- Alspice 16/5 doz. Buttons 3/4 & 4 knives 3/- 1. .2..4 a