reproduced. All have been enlarged about one-third. �history, derived from Dr. Seidenstick- er's "First Century of German Print- ing," may not be amiss. It was the third German newspaper published in Pennsylvania. The first number was issued on August 7, 1787. The pub- lishers were Steiner, Albrecht and Lahn

thought it of sufficient interest to have a copy made of it for presentation to our society, which was done by Mr. Kelker, he having refused all compensation for the work. About one-third of the names to the petition were written in German, and these were also Englished that they might be intelligible to

earliest record of his artistic life that I have found dates back to about the year 1820, when, at the age of twenty-two years, he opened a studio in the bor- ough of Marietta, where the late Judge John J. Liebhart became one of his students, acquiring no little pro- ficiency in portrait painting, and one

DATE STONES. As a rule, the early German settlers in Pennsylvania were not much given to self-laudation or praise- They were too busy in cutting down the forests, tearing out the stumps and carting off the stones that often covered their lands to give much attention to less material things

Donegal in the Revolution Patriotism and Piety, A notable historic event in the his- tory of Lancaster county, binding the present to the past by an enduring chain of events, was the unveiling of a monument in Old Donegal church- yard, on Thursday, October 4th, 1899. This interesting memorial shaft

. Governor Pennypacker's collec- tion of Ephrata imprints is the largest known. He has told me within a year that it numbers 150 different exam- ples. However interesting the story of the Ephrata press may be—and its �history is of exceeding value to the student of our early German litera- ture—it forms no

Early Lancaster Playbills and Playhouses. Public shows and amusements are probably nearly as old as the human race itself. We know they have exist- ed among all civilized nations from their earliest history. In Greece, where they reached their highest early development, they were in existence five

entire story forms an interesting episode in the early history of Lan- caster count y theatres. �Actor Murdoch's Story. "While yet a mere youth I was acting in the old city of Lancaster, Pa., during the vacation of the regular theatrical season, with a portion of the company attached to the Arch street

man was more conspicuous in the early history of Pennsylvania than Samuel Carpenter. and none was more h o n o r e d b y P e n n . H e w a s b o r n i n England in 1649. He was of Quaker descent and joined Penn in Philadel- p h i a i n 1 6 8 2 . H e h a d a l r e a d y p u r - chased 5'000 acres of