day, his father destined �the "firstling of the flock" for the holy ministry, and William Ramsay was "ordained and installed pastor of Fair- field Presbyterian Church, May 11, 1756." It is to be regretted that the humble Drumore house in which were born these three eminent men—severally distinguished

official capacity, participating in a treaty making with the Indians. He resided for some years at Lancaster, Pa. where his second and third children were born. For a much longer per- iod and until 1768 he ma de his resi- dence at Carlisle, and was appointed by Governor Hamilton Judge of the Court of

remembered that he was born in 1787; graduated from Prince- ton College in the class of 1805, and after completing his law studies he established himself in the practice �of his profession in Harrisburg, Pa. He was an officer in the army which marched to the defense of Baltimore in 1812. Later he was

when we corsider what it meant to, write and print and publish a volume os verse in the shadow of Donegal Church one hundred years ago, we can forgive Sally Hastings, poetess, and William Dickson, publisher, that their combined esforts os genius and journalism, scoring ambition and commercial