county. Their descendants have figured quite prominently in the history of our county, one of whom was Emanuel Carpenter Reigert, the grand-father of Edward P. Brinton, Esq., a prominent attorney at our bar. 2. Barbara Carpenter was born in 1738 and was married to Jacob Ferree a descendant of one of the

this particular portion of East Orange street, near Lime, has wrapped up in its history much that makes it one of the most interesting quarter blocks in our entire residential part of Lancaster. The Barton Gardens on the corner and the home of the Episcopalian Minister who was forced out of his

of whom served with honors and distinction in the war of 1812 in the U. S. Navy. They were all three captured aboard their ship during the war and taken to England and became for some time prisoners until after the war was over. �Archibald Steele, the Minute Man Poem by WILL F. McSPARRAN. Attuned to

man, ready equipped to fulfill the duties of the service required; this truth applies to every stage of our history, and was never more forcefully illustrated than in the life story of the subject of this day's theme—Emanuel Carpenter; " Judge " familiarly and affectionately called " Manny, the law

- ing completion the finest and largest hydro-electric plant in this country if not in the world, and at the same time a magnificent concrete bridge and boulevard beautifully finished and lighted crossing the scenic Susquehanna at a height of one hundred and eight feet above the bed of the swift flowing

the town limits of "Charleston." This again tallies with the Ellis-Evans history which states at page 634, that "Charleston was laid out on the land north of the Charleston road on the east end of what had been the Chartier Tract." In one of Taylors Maps or Charts found at page 11 of Third Series of

seventy-five years, and as a rule they are in fair condition yet and liable to stand for a good many years before being replaced by concrete. With this much of a prelim- inary of the story of the Octoraro, I will now give you in particular a short sketch of each bridge and its surroundings as full as I

East King street. It was founded by Christopher Demuth in 1770 and as such has been handed �down to various descendants of the family until it is now owned and carried on by Mr. H. C. Demuth, a great-grandson of Christopher Demuth. We are told it ante-dates all similar stores in the United States. The