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

records of that Congress is an order for the arrest and detention of Louis and Michael Busch, of Lancaster, for 'disregarding the ordinance of the secret com- mittee.' "The foregoing sketch may seem a trifle digressive, but it is less so in a history of Andrew Jackson than in that of any other man. Hardly

see Beaumarchais' "Eugenie." Lieutenant Reeves records that his company performed "The Lying Valet" in Reading, 1781.4 Amateur play remained a favorite pastime in the American army. The Manuscript Department of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania preserves the notes of Thomas J. Baird5 on the