family papers. In fact, it was with the hope of learning some new facts regarding our common ancestry that I studied it; and it was a great surprise to dis- cover that it gave considerable insight into the past history of one of the most remarkable characters in the medical profession in Lancaster—a man

the 17th of June, of the same year, we read: "Yesterday, Major General Anthony Wayne passed through this town from Philadelphia, on his way to Fort Washington." In our present time two such locals would have furnished columns for the reporter's pen. Equally simple are the obituary and marriage notices

city has many fine build- ings, and in it is the finest church I have ever seen. In it is a gigantic image of our Lord, as a negro, even to the woolly hair, and the candles burn- ing around him are black. He is espe- cially worshipped by the colored peo¬ple.ThecastleofSanJuanisstrong and full of

Hamilton donated lots of land to the various churches. The Reformed congregation built a log church in 1736. The establishment of the Lutherans began in 1730. The Episcopalians held services as early as 1717 and 1729, but the parish of St. James was organized in 1744. The Moravians founded St. Andrew's

A Vision of the Cloister, On the old stone bridge I loiter, where Cocalico's clear water Past the mill and 'neath the willows ripples o'er its pebbly bed, All around me birds are singing, and their melody is ringing Like a voice from bygone ages, like a message from the dead. 2. So my wand'ring

ST, JAMES' CHURCH RECORDS, Those who care to delve amid the records of the past find much therein to interest them. Whatever be the motive which prompts research, be it for personal advantage or otherwise, the turning over of these old annals brings with it its own full and suffi- cient reward. Old