THE AMERICAN RIFLE. Upon various occasions in the pro- ceedings of the Lancaster County His- torical Society, attention has been called to the importance of the rifle in the early history of the country, and to the fact that the city of Lan- caster, and its suburban water powers, furnished a centre

at the edge of the county, on that great broad green which still spreads itself in front of the Compass tavern, No doubt after he had a drink —or possibly two—he sauntered down �to the old church yard of St. John's, of Pequea. The present church build- ing was not there then, but the ever- lasting

How the Pennsylvania Railroad Came Through Lancaster. The casual purchase of a basketful of old books at a recent public sale threw into my possession three small manuscript volumes of rare local in- terest. They relate to an incident in the history of Lancaster city and os the public works of the

Dictates of our Conscience. You are therefore at Liberty to let your Company see, hear or read the inclosed Lines. We hope you are no Enemy to the Word of God, Open then your Bible and read with a due Attention, what you find: James C. 4, V. 8. 9; Chap. 5. v. 1. 5. Ecclesiast. C. 2. v. 1. 2. Corinth. C. 10

persons long dead with which or with whom they are somehow related. Wandering one day through West- minster Abbey, that Valhalla of the English-speaking people, which for six hundred years has enshrined the bones and perpetuated the memory of illustrious men and women of our race, I had passed St