. The following statistics of one great collection reflects the interest taken in the life of this noble character. Books and pamphlets-3800 Lincoln volumes. Magazines—more than 3000 separate articles indexed and bound. Newspapers—many thousands of clippings filed according to subject ma- terial

- elect Lincoln addressed one of the largest groups of citizens ever assembled in Lancaster. Mr. Lincoln made an address at the state house, in Philadelphia, about 7 A. M., February 22, 1861. A Lancaster committee succeeded in having Mr. Lincoln's man- ager, Colonel Wood, agree to have him make a short

succeeding issue of the Lancaster Journal, dated Friday, March 1st, 1822, contained an announcement that a meeting of the society would be held on Wednesday, March 6th, at the house of Christian Smith. How long the society continued to exist and who were the officers and members of it is not now definitely

, Lancaster boasted of a bathing establishment, operated for the benefit of the public, and had on sale "bathing machines," as is evident from the following advertisement, which appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, April 5th, 1833: "BATHING ROOMS. "The subscriber respectfully informs the public in