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

direct to America. They had suffered imprisonment, some for two years, many were old and infirm and none were allowed time for preparation for the trip, or to say farewell to their families and friends. Fortunately for them, the jurisdiction of �the Bern government ceased at the border of their country

Collections for the Poor in 1795 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of the "Association for the Relief of the Poor," of the borough of Lancaster, was held at the house of Chris- topher Brenner on Monday, November 2nd, 1795. John Joseph Henry occupied the chair. The committees appointed to collect

, Reformed Church. No specification recorded. Referring to this the Pennsylvania Gazette (Phila.) Jan. 10, 1771, has the following entry: "Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 24, 1770. Yesterday we had the pleasure of hearing for the first time the new organ of the High Dutch Reformed Church, of this place, accompanied