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

address was as follows: TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, PA. At this alarming crisis in our political existence, we approach you, Sir, to express our cordial approbation of the measures adopted by the Executive for the preservation of the

, 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

natural to infer, though we lack conclusive evidence to substantiate the inference, that while in Lancaster he called upon the venerable pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, the Rev. G. H. E. Muhlenberg, who besides being a mineral- ogist and chemist was probably the most famous botanist of his day on the

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

perils and hardships, his vessel en- tered the Thames at London and Mittelberger landed safely on the same day on which, four years before, he had trod the soil of North America. An African Lion in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A S early as 1727 a lion was exhibited in Philadelphia. (Scharf and

Independence Celebrated in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N June 20th, 1826, Select and Common Councils of the city of Lancaster passed a resolution recommending the mayor to call a town meeting for the purpose of making arrangements for the celebration of the semi-centennial of American Independence

that paper it is stated that Ann Moore served as postmistress of Lancaster, Pa., from July 1st, 1798, to April 11th, 1829, a period of 31 years. Since that paper was published, my attention has been called to the obituary of Mrs. Moore which appeared in the Lancaster Examiner and Democratic Herald of