1857 he went to Kentucky— if there was a Kentucky in 1857. How- ever, he left his wife and two children in Lancaster. In this act he can claim kinship with many artists and some geniuses. If one have great im- agination and can forget his canvases they can hear him talking to Shakes- peare (a genius, G

a few years later. At sharp contrast with a train speeding today across the county, from Conewago to Christiana in about 40 minutes, stands the passing of the funeral train, April 22, 1865, on the following schedule: Conewago siding A M. 11.56 Lancaster 1.19 Elizabethtown P M. 12.07 Gap 2.23 Mt. Joy

frequently criticised Mr. Lincoln severely for not being sufficiently aggressive and destructive in the prosecution of the war, accom- panied this old Lancaster county lady to the White House. The President suddenly turned to his Pennsylvania friend who had so often opposed him, and said, "Now, Thad., what

, "Whereas, it hath been represented to this House by the petitions of a considerable num- ber of the inhabitants of the county of Lancaster, that the erecting of a good and substantial bridge across the Con- estogoe Creek, on the great road lead- ing from the city of Philadelphia to the borough of Lancaster