day added to the comfort of the occasion as the large crowd assembled for the exercises. Accompanied by our daughter, Gladys, and Junior, I had the pleasure of spending the day chatting with a number of both Northern and Southern veterans, and listening to the President's address, following the

. and Mrs. Lincoln lived at a hotel in Springfield, kept by a Mrs. Beck, formerly of Lititz, Lancaster county, Pa. Mr. Lincoln was elected to congress in 1846 as a representa- tive of the 7th Congressional District of Illinois. Many members of congress at that time lived in boarding houses, and formed

that one of the Pennsylvania signers, James Smith, had read law in Lancaster and was here admitted to the bar. This encouraged a search for information concerning Mr. Smith's connection with Lancaster, and I take pleasure in present- ing this brief paper to our Lancaster County Historical Society on

counterfeit coins also circulated. The greater the variety of coin, the larger the counterfeit. The early extensive settlement of Lancaster County gave rise to con- siderable trade. The county was erected by Act of May 10, 1729. The products of the rich farm lands and artisan shops were taken to market by the

preceding assess- ment, necessitated an adjustment on the assessment. He gave an outline by which to list assessible property, as to slaves the outline was as follows: 10 slaves of the following description:— �Males-1 above 50 years, 4 between 12 and 50 years, 2 under 12 years. Females-2 between 12 and 50

this the Indians answered in part—they are extremely well pleased with the Governor's speech and as to the Palatines they are in their opinion, safely seated. In closing, after hearing of Hans Herr's trials, emigration and establishing a home in the forest among skulking Indians, I believe you have

Federal Gov- ernment. (Examiner and Herald 3-19-1845.) Annexing Texas led to war with Mexico and residents of Lanc. County alive to some of the effects thereof, in looking up the cost of the war incurred up to the summer of 1847 found from official documents, it had exceeded $80,000,000.00 which would be

Life of Andrew Byerly By C. H. MARTIN SOMEWHERE in or about Strasburg, Pa., evidently in an un- marked grave lie the remains of Andrew Byerly. This man, of eventful and spectacular life, lived in Lancaster about fif- teen years. To recite in somewhat chronological order some of his expe- riences, I

the township are natural ones and the northern one a recognized route of travel at this early date which, accord- ing to Ellis & Evans, has never been changed. I shall treat upon two of these boundaries presently under their respective heads. Is It any wonder then that I say, "owing mostly to natural

those needing hospitali- zation were directed toward the Cloister. The picture of their dreary march may be drawn from a few pathetic words of an eye witness—a Lancaster County soldier who stated, "Some were in wagons, some were in carts, and those who were able to walk did so. As they passed in the