. John B. Reist,* Lititz, R. D. 2. Scarcely had the crowd fixed their eyes on the next speaker— the President of the United States—after taking a sigh of relief at the close of Everett's lengthy and rather tiresome discourse, when hearing the words— "government of the people, by the people, for the

Judicial Branch of the Government ; but all will yet be well. "Your friend always, "James Buchanan." 1 On the 4th of March, 1861, after Lincoln had taken the oath of office as President of the United States, citizen Buchanan and President Lincoln entered a carriage, and a military procession escorted them

ALLENTOWN FIRE By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Thursday, June 1st, 1848, a destructive fire visited Allentown, Pa., and left it in a deplorable condition. The fire started about three o'clock in the afternoon, and, owing to a south- easterly wind, the flames spread with rapidity. Three hours later, the