art. After Aaron had an inn of his own and a wife, it is said, he grew dissatis- fied. Although before having these he thought that if he could only possess them, and also paint, happiness would be assured. To possess this or that, money, love, fame, and then write, paint or play, has been the dream

of Philadelphia crosses the same," praying that a law, entitled "An Act establishing a ferry and building a bridge across Conestogoe Creek, in the county of Lancaster" might be passed. Abraham Witmer at that time must have resided on the east side of the Conestogoe. As shown by the records, he owned

and affirmed, that on the 2d day of November last, a cer- tain colored man named Abram John- ston, brought to his grist mill, in Bal- timore county, a lot of wheat (five bushels), which wheat Abram stated he got from the Gorsuch boys, Mat- thews observed to Abram that he thought the boys had not come