until the society con- sisted of thirty-five members, a meeting was to be held each Wednesday evening at the house of Christian Smith. The book of the organization was to be kept open for subscriptions at the store of Messrs. J. and P. Long, North Queen street. Joseph Ehrenfried was the secretary. The

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

-attended meeting of inhabitants of Lan- caster county was held in the court house in Lancaster on Wednes- day, August 22nd, 1827. John Lightner was appointed chairman, and Jacob Hibshman and N. W. Sample secretaries) A committee, consisting of G. B. Porter, John R. Montgomery, John Rohrer, John Hoover

. J. H. Longenecker, Lewis Haldy. 1 Lancaster Examiner and Herald, Wednesday, September 12th, 1855. �The Lancaster Examiner and Herald of Wednesday, Novem- ber 21st, 1855, contained the following statement of monies col- lected for the Virginia sufferers : From citizens in the north-west ward

extensive journeys in South America, will, it is believed, be singularly interesting. The great and important portion of our continent is little known to the world, — in respect to either its natural or civil history ; and, therefore, Baron de Humboldt's con- templated work may be expected to yield a large

. Born to a life of obscure poverty, and handicapped by a limited education, he labored unceasingly to improve his mind and extend his knowledge. He was rewarded by being able to prepare his great work on ornithology, the pioneer of its kind in North America. Alexander Wilson was born in Paisley

"her friends and pitcher." The company retired to the dinner table, where in reply to a toast from Captain Findlay in favor of "our friends and pitcher," Mr. J. J. Snyder, of Baltimore, "made some very neat and eloquent remarks delivered in a very handsome manner." He concluded by toasting "Lancaster

who may happen to be in town and are friendly to domestic manufactures, are invited to a meeting at Col. Slough's tavern this evening at half past 6 o'clock. "The exertions that are making by our trans-Atlantic brethren to suppress the manufacturing of every thing from a hob nail up- wards in this

perils and hardships, his vessel en- tered the Thames at London and Mittelberger landed safely on the same day on which, four years before, he had trod the soil of North America. An African Lion in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A S early as 1727 a lion was exhibited in Philadelphia. (Scharf and

Seminole Indians in Florida and Georgia ; and in the great victory he had gained over the British army during the War of 1812 in New Orleans. He was the idol of the nation, honored everywhere for his military achievements and recognized as the greatest soldier of his day in America." Major General Jackson