and newspaper scribe, Mr. Diffenderffer. These addi- tional facts and historic notes, there- fore, will dwell particularly on the "maiden efforts" of the young people of three decades ago, besides giving some reminiscences more or less relevant to the general subject matter. In outlining the rise and

subscriber, at the Ferry. "JAMES ANDERSON. "November 16." "I do hereby certlfy that the above is an exact copy os an advertisement printed in my paper, (the Lancaster Journal) on November 16th, 1804, and in several succeeding numbers, as may be seen by reference to the files. "WILLIAM HAMILTON." �A plan of

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

pray, etc. The Signers. " JOHANNES MILLER MARTIN MILLER HENRICH KINDIG GEORGE DOSH JACOB RUBLE JOHANES WURMLE JOSEPH BRUCHBAKER DAVID KINPORT JAMES WRIGHT SAMUEL BARR SEBASTIAN GRAFF JOHN SMITH ABRAHAM HESS MATTHIAS GRAFF PETER FARNEY ABRAHAM NEWCOMER LENHART BENDER JACOB BEISS JACOB MUMERT CHRISTIAN