was contributing to the comfort of those who came to do honor to her native city through the Lancaster Fencibles. She would always revert to that occasion with feelings of gratification and joy; and whenever she recalled this mark of esteem from her visitors, it would be to remember with gratitude

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country

lessons in Mr. Rohrer's tavern. At the same time his colleague, M. Boudet, had another dancing school. In 1812 M. Cezeron gave dancing lessons and instructions in the French language. He charged $10 a quarter, three times a week, two hours each, "without any extra charge for firewood and candle light." In

preachers. But there is a beauty and dignity in the solemnity and simplicity of the service that is unforgettable—an impressiveness and seriousness which helps one to understand why Amish couples remain married unto death. C. B. Miller, uncle of the bride, of near Bird-in-Hand, had charge of seating the

near the site of old Fort Du- quesne. In its general appearance it may be described as an old-time "bull's eye," of the most pronounced type. It is two inches in diameter and one and a-quarter inches thick. The case is of silver, but the outer shell is not detachable from the works, to which it is

, than Major Ellicott always appeared to me to be in the faithful execution of the public business committed to his charge." Andrew, son of Joseph Ellicott, was born in Bucks County, January 24, 1754, and became famous as a surveyor, astronomer, scientist and mathematician. While yet a young man, he and

not pay the bond he had given sor the purchase money, and Franklin in 1754 put one William Dunlap in charge. He rented the establishment to the latter from February, 1754, to April, 1757, at the rate of £20 per annum, then ceased. Those were the days os small things in the newspaper world, as well as

dollars from 1808 to 1839, on the quarter dollar from 1815 to 1839, and on the dime and hadf-dime from 1809 to 1839. Robert Scott is supposed to have engraved the dies. In the old Mint there was a plaster model bearing the name E. Luigi Persico. It was of a Liberty head that very much resembled the head

AN OLD DIARY (INTRODUCTORY.) The brief paper which is to follow this introduction consists of a series of extracts selected from a diary kept by Matthias Zahm, beginning in 1835, and ending in 1849. Although Mr. Zahm died thirty-two years ago, there are, no doubt, a number of persons present who

surmise. According to Rupp, it was built at great expense in the same year that the town wa s laid out, 1730, and the earliest mention os the sulling mill in any deed I have seen is in Record Book L, p. 62, when sor the sum os £40 and for his natural affec- tion, Stephen Atkinson, under date of March 30