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

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