it was ordered that the same should be forthwith opened, cut, clear- ed and bridged (if necessary), of the breadth as the Court should thereafter direct, according to the Act of As- sembly of this State in such case made and provided. This order was directed "to the Supervisors of the roads and

arms for the defense of all that can be held dear to freemen, the officers of the militia of Lancaster county, —feeling themselves happy under the influence of a government of their own choice, mild and equal in its operation, and perfectly satisfied that it has been, and continues to be, administered

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

It was not until 1850 that Millard Fillmore, then President of the United States, had the first bathtub installed in the White House. It was made in Philadelphia, of thin cast iron. It is interesting to note that nine years before Adam Thomp- son introduced the first bathtub into this country

ground assumed of defense or exculpation is, that the charter of the church does not permit English preaching, and that as the in- troduction of a clergyman to deliver an English sermon was a viola- tion of the provisions of that instrument, the preventive proceed- ings resorted to were justifiable." A

of nearly two months in Havana, Humboldt sailed on April 29th for the United States, accompanied by two friends, — Bonpland and Carlos Montufar. In the Channel of Bahamas they encountered a severe storm, which lasted seven days, but were mercifully pre- served, and finally, after a voyage of twenty

Lancaster, which at that time was the capital of Pennsylvania. In a letter dated Pittsburg, February 22, 1810, and addressed to his friend and instructor Alexander Lawson, he refers to his sojourn in Lancaster in these words: 'From this first stage of my ornithological pilgrimage, I sit down, with pleasure

County, the Eden Spot of Pennsylvania." This was briefly responded to by a member of the Lancaster com- mittee. It would be interesting to know what became of this pitcher. If it is still preserved, it should have an honored place in Lan- caster's museum, when that fire-proof structure is erected. THE

who may happen to be in town and are friendly to domestic manufactures, are invited to a meeting at Col. Slough's tavern this evening at half past 6 o'clock. "The exertions that are making by our trans-Atlantic brethren to suppress the manufacturing of every thing from a hob nail up- wards in this

The following description of the Dunkard Monastery indicates that Mit- telberger is mistaken in stating that the third road "runs to the left hand toward Lancaster and Bethlehem." Obviously, he meant Ephrata. At the latter place there was "a monastery and nunnery of Dunkers," described by