street, Philadelphia, require a full column and a half to set forth the wonderful merits of Dr. Swieten's iii comparable pills. Not even Peruna nor Lydia Pinkham's pills are set forth to-day in more glowing terms. They were to be had in Lancaster, Lititz, Ephrata, Readingtown, Allen- town, Tulpehocken

better known; Alexander Lowrey, Col. Peter Grubb, Col. Philip de Haas, John Hopson, Zaecheus Davis, and, last of all, Col. Nicholas Hoosacker, the sol- dier of fortune, who deserted the pa- triot cause, and, with several officers and twenty soldiers, joined the Brit- ish forces at the battle of Princeton

ARTHUR ARMSTRONG. One of the best-known names in the galaxy of artists who adorn the roll of Lancaster county's honored sons is that of Arthur Armstrong, portrait, landscape and historical painter. His is the distinction of being born, rear- ed, educated and living his life among our people. He was

, taking for her husband Captain Thomas Ewing, who was a staunch Presbyterian and a member of �the Donegal Church. Two sons were born of this marriage—the one, James, was a Captain in the French and In- dian War, and later became a General in the Revolutionary struggle on the patriot side, and the other

erection, "1779." This has a personal interest for me, be- cause my father, then a lad of sixteen years, "dipped" the bricks, as was customary then, preparatory to their being laid in the walls by the brick masons. The Moravian Church was one of the early places of worship erected in Lancaster. This church

Donegal in the Revolution Patriotism and Piety, A notable historic event in the his- tory of Lancaster county, binding the present to the past by an enduring chain of events, was the unveiling of a monument in Old Donegal church- yard, on Thursday, October 4th, 1899. This interesting memorial shaft

mercy blessed the commission under- taken by S. E. Mich. Slatter (Schlat- �ter), V. D. M., to our Christian Church fathers for their aid and deliverance; and how he should be duly recognized and received with thanksgiving. Pub- lished by G. M. Weiss, T. P. Leydich, quarto 11 pages." There is a copy of

- tial canvass of 1840, a log cabin, the emblem of the Whig party, under the leadership of General Harrison, was erected on the spot, and for a season hard cider and political fireworks were administered to visitors. The Union Bethel Church now occupies the site, and the light songs of that early day

himself became a Quaker. Those people were not in favor with the Puritans, and after having been much harassed made overtures to Penn, who invited them to Pennsylvania. Before leaving Boston he donated a piece of ground for a Friends meeting house, on which was erected the first brick church built in