voices in one burst of song. He must have had a cold heart who did not feel a thrill at this affecting ceremony pervading every fibre; and whose feel- ings were not roused at the recollection that the number of scholars before him were from all ranks and conditions of society. "The address of Judge

for the right. For now the child and sire of time demand the deeds of earnest men, To make it better than the Past, and stretch the circle of its ken." —Anon. QUAINT TAVERN SIGNS IN the good old days, when taverns were known by quaint old names and were often under the management of people of the best

United States. Lancaster was no exception to this rule, and for a period covering more than half a century, down to the Civil War, the town boasted not only of one but of several military or- ganizations. The men of the community took a keen interest in 9 The Daily New Era, Saturday, July 5th, 1913. 1