known, as subse- quent issues of the local papers contain no references to it. Address to John Adams by Militia of Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a meeting of one hundred and fifty officers of the militia of Lancaster county on June 21st, 1798, the following address was read and

perfected or not is not known, as subsequent issues of local papers do not refer to the subject. Seven years later, citizens of Donegal and Mount Joy town- ships met for much the same purpose at Elizabethtown, Lancas- ter county, Pa. On their recommendation, and public notice hav- ing been given, a largely

nurses, and many inhab- itants died. Subscriptions for the relief of sufferers were solicited in the principal cities of the country. Lancaster city and county, never behind in deeds of mercy and charity, responded to the call for assistance from the afflicted inhabitants of the two Virginia towns. A

to the pub- lic. At the vigorous age of thirty-three, with a good constitution, he possesses an accurate knowledge of the Spanish language ; and unites to an intimate acquaintance with astronomy and natural history the character of a man of letters and general science. "The baron is now on his return

assisting struggling humanity rather than wasting their activities by engaging in theological disputations of little consequence. Harmony and brotherly love, however, were not always main- tained among the religious sects in old Lancaster. Less than one hundred years ago a disgraceful disturbance or riot

country, call loudly for counter exertions on our part. "Policy, patriotism and self-interest demand effort. The ex- ample set by our fellow-citizens of New York, Philadelphia, Balti- more, Pittsburgh, Washington and other places, ought to be fol- lowed ; and it is anxiously hoped that in the county of

An Early Threshing Machine in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER LATE in the summer of 1806, a threshing machine, invented in Scotland, was erected at David Witmer's mill in Lancaster county, Pa. The machine was capable of threshing 35 bushels of oats in an hour, of threshing and cleaning 100

that paper it is stated that Ann Moore served as postmistress of Lancaster, Pa., from July 1st, 1798, to April 11th, 1829, a period of 31 years. Since that paper was published, my attention has been called to the obituary of Mrs. Moore which appeared in the Lancaster Examiner and Democratic Herald of

benefit of the church, stated that the drawing was completed on Friday, May 22nd. The list of num- bers that drew prizes was published in the Pennsylvania Gazette of Thursday, June 11th, 1761. Eight years after the completion of the original building, the vestry instructed George Ross and Samuel Boude