of this mass meeting, we are left in the dark as to the iden- tity of the speakers but we are informed that "the immense crowd as- sembled in the square was by no means confined to the voting popula- tion as a good representation of ladies indicated woman's right to be present on the occasion

apprentice his own brother, Frederick, in 1807. While the indenture differs very little from other indentures which bound the apprentice to his master, we give it in full, as we have here a good example of the restrictive measures which were used by employers one hundred and thirty-nine years ago to keep

was born nine years before the Methodist Church was organized and have known all its bishops, from Thomas Coke the first to Calvin Kingsley, the last elected. I had a common school education. The old schoolhouse and my schoolmaster Henry Rosman, I well remember. He went from house to house, and it was

had been established by the Reformed congregation in 1736. This was a challenge to Handshue who clearly saw that another school was needed; and with council approval he proceeded to organize a school for Trinity children. We cannot find any old record which tells of the building of the schoolhouse but

longer young, having passed three score and ten years of life. In a few months if I shall live, I will have completed the fiftieth year of my ministry. It is only by extremely good care of my health, by avoiding expo- sure to the eold and damp weather that I have continued to be as well as I am and as

since I got here. The latter part of my ride was dark enough. At the foot of the town I got out to see whether I was in the road. I stopped at Mr. Sheaffers. He is at Stauffer's old place. I saw Peter Pritz. He looks as well as ever. The place does not appear to have changed. It is old Manheim. Sheaffer

this era, as a trib- ute to the man who made glass in this town two hundred years ago. HENRY WILLIAM STIEGEL WAS A MAN OF THE CHURCH., Now that we have looked at Mr. Stiegel as a man of industry and as the founder of Manheim, we will consider him as a Lutheran church- man. On this day his relation to