a brief account of the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most decisive battles, the dedication of a cemetery on that field, and reference to the few remaining who participated therein, nor for any information or reference to Lincoln whenever his shadow may have fallen across old Lancaster. The

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S CONNECTIONS WITH LANCASTER AND ITS CITIZENS AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HELD ON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9TH, 1934, TO COMMEMORATE THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF LINCOLN'S BIRTH BY C. H. MARTIN O N the recognition of the 125th

conceived and well planned inter-county event. And as the official representative of The Lancaster County Historical Society, I cannot too strongly commend the Lancaster and York County Branches of the Colonial Dames of America for erecting this fine bronze tablet to commemorate the first important ferry

needy.1 At this meeting a constitution was unanimously adopted as follows : Article 1. This society shall be called The Dispensary of Saint James's Church, Lancaster. Article 2. The object of the society shall be to afford med- ical relief to the indigent. Article 3. All contributors of one dollar

, Lancaster boasted of a bathing establishment, operated for the benefit of the public, and had on sale "bathing machines," as is evident from the following advertisement, which appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, April 5th, 1833: "BATHING ROOMS. "The subscriber respectfully informs the public in

, 198.50 " Rev. Alfred Nevin's Second Presbyterian church congregation, 28.00 " Lodge No. 43 F. and A. M., 50.00 "67 I. 0. 0. F., 25.00 " St. John's Protestant Episcopal church, Pequea, Rev. E. P Wright, rector, 30.00 " L. Habersberger, M. D., 5.00 " Second M. E. church, Rev. J. L. Kilgore, pastor, 10.00

occurred in Zion German Lutheran church this city, the cause of which, as we look back through the mists of nearly a century, seems childish and unwarranted. The Examiner and Herald of Thursday, January 29th, 1835, contained the following account of the event, which occurred on Saturday evening, January

encouragement of domestic manu- factures and national industry, and to make a common cause in the prosecu- tion of objects of such high importance. It cannot be supposed that the people of Lancaster county, prompted as they are by every consideration of patriot- ism and interest, will want zeal in the promotion

all-day ceremony of the "old order" of "house" Amish. It began early Tuesday and was concluded, as such affairs are, after midnight Wednesday morning. Among the invited guests was a friend, who also happened to be a reporter .1 — hence this story — for the Amish Church does not seek publicity

over to work it out. This man Rinne owned and operated a mill near Roland's Church, Lancaster County. He was one of the Committee of Observation, the purpose of which was to seek out those persons who maintained a traffic in goods of foreign origin to the detriment of local products. Early in the