of this association the sum of two dol- lars weekly, and every week during her natural life, if she remains the widow of such deceased member; but if she should again inter- marry, the said weekly allowance of two dollars shall immediately cease to be paid." It was also resolved at this meeting that

nation;" and "exhorting" Congress to prepare for war. The effect of this information upon public opinion was instantaneous and far-reaching. Marshall's disclosures in the dispatches "produced such a shock upon the Republican mind as had not been seen since our independence." Public meetings were held

attendance was requested, in order that a constitution might be adopted, a society organized, and such other measures approved as would secure the provisions of the act of Legislature, passed on March 6th, 1820, "for the promotion of agriculture and domestic manufactures." �Whether an organization was

meeting of citizens of Lancaster was held on Tuesday evening, September 11th, 1855, in the city hall, for the purpose of securing funds to aid the un- fortunates. Mayor Jacob Albright was called to the chair, and Francis H. Carpenter was appointed secretary.1 Committees were appointed to solicit

the two Virginia towns. A meeting of citizens of Lancaster was held on Tuesday evening, September 11th, 1855, in the city hall, for the purpose of securing funds to aid the un- fortunates. Mayor Jacob Albright was called to the chair, and Francis H. Carpenter was appointed secretary.1 Committees were

members were requested to apply to Mr. Joseph Ogilby, treasurer of the society. At the second meeting of the society, held in the court house on Monday, March 17th, 1817, Robert Coleman was appointed chairman, and Samuel White secretary. The committee submitted the constitution, which was unanimously

The following description of the Dunkard Monastery indicates that Mit- telberger is mistaken in stating that the third road "runs to the left hand toward Lancaster and Bethlehem." Obviously, he meant Ephrata. At the latter place there was "a monastery and nunnery of Dunkers," described by

An Early Threshing Machine in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER LATE in the summer of 1806, a threshing machine, invented in Scotland, was erected at David Witmer's mill in Lancaster county, Pa. The machine was capable of threshing 35 bushels of oats in an hour, of threshing and cleaning 100

citizens as to the legislature, which then held its sessions at Lancaster, that, on the decease of her husband, she was proposed as a candidate for the vacant place. Although the appli- cation was a novel one, the government was at length induced, by the urgency and respectability of those who pressed the

from his excellency, the Commander-in-chief, a general court-martial was held at Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, when Henry Mansin (who confessed himself an officer in the British army) and Wendal Myer, an inhabitant of the county, were brought before the court and charged with being spies, carrying on a