rich in material for history and his- torical sketches to be covered within the scope of any one paper. Yet it is all so intimately connected, each with the other, as to be hard to separate and give anything like an intelligent story of its earliest settlement. How- ever, I am constrained by the circum

Strasburg. His grandfather was born in Switzerland in 1746, and came to the United States when a young man. His wife, whom he married in 1771, was Mary Rohrer, and they had nine children, and thus was founded the large and influential family of Bachmans located in and about Strasburg. CHRISTIAN EBY was an

the English and Scotch- Irish portion of our population in the upbuilding of our great country in shaping its course, particularly in governmental affairs, in defending it in time of war, and in the lustre which they have placed upon its history, as the birthplace and home of men alike illustrious in