not enter into the purposes of this article. Nowhere does the author give credit to any other man in surveying or design- ing the Capital City of the United States. While half a dozen handsome illustrations accompany it, the plot or survey of this French engineer, if he ever made one, is nowhere in

reproduced. All have been enlarged about one-third. �history, derived from Dr. Seidenstick- er's "First Century of German Print- ing," may not be amiss. It was the third German newspaper published in Pennsylvania. The first number was issued on August 7, 1787. The pub- lishers were Steiner, Albrecht and Lahn

, which came along later. The first turnpike in the county and the first one in the United states was what has always been known as the "Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike." That road was built by a company that was charter- ed by the General Assembly of the State on April 9, 1792. It was not a state

British army during the French and Indian War, and was then a loyal Pennsyl- vanian. Later he became a General in the Revolutionary War and render- ed able service to the cause of the Colonies. His unfortunate campaign against the Western Indians is well known. In a letter to Governor Penn, dated at

DATE STONES. As a rule, the early German settlers in Pennsylvania were not much given to self-laudation or praise- They were too busy in cutting down the forests, tearing out the stumps and carting off the stones that often covered their lands to give much attention to less material things

liberty associations and held themselves ready to march at a moment's notice. It is believed that nearly every able-bodied male member of the Donegal Church was a soldier either in the French and Indian War or the War of the Revo- lution. The Continental Congress provided �for the appointment of

, making a total for city and county of 275, a rec- ord which, I believe, exceeds that of any community in the United States, �having no larger population than ours, say, 160,000 souls. The more immediate purpose of this paper, however, is to bring into promi- nence the German press of the county, and its

preservation of their liberties; "Resolved , That any person holding an office under the United States, who shall act, promote, encourage, or at- tend such play, shall be deemed un- worthy to hold such office, and shall be accordingly dismissed." (See Journal of Congress.) it is possible that the great expense

nicely covered with black muslin, and on this hay-stuffed couch was to rest the body of the dead or drug-surfeited Lady Juliet. "In view of the gloomy surroundings of the tomb, and particularly of its close proximity to the barnyard, it would not be considered, under any circumstances, a pleasant resting

as is known. It was not until 1783-84 that we come to the first post-revolutionary statement. (18) It is by a German traveler, John David Schopf, who made a tour of the Mid- dle States in those years and publish- ed an acccunt of the same. He says: "Among the interior cities of all North America