; his patience exhausted, he would chase the urchin down the street until he realized pursuit was futile. Then there was the trained dancing bear whose master would hum out a tune to which the ani- mal would do a side-step waltz, catching a huge club which would be thrown to him intermittently, There

morning until twelve, then home to eat a huge dinner, after which he retired to his room to take a nap, seated in a large armchair, wrapped in a blanket, with a bottle of spirits within easy reach. When he did his writing is not clear, but probably during the night. Paine made no secret of his atheistic

him for breakfast venison steak and chestnut coffee" served by the huntsman's pretty daughter. The young guide, bearing a bag of venison, of which the Captain and other officers were the recipients, warded off a reprimand and the affair was treated as a huge joke. Eugenius returned to his preceptor

1944. Insert 13 Complains about the huge delay in mail and letters not being received. Describes his Thanksgiving dinner. Paris. With envelope. 22 November 1944. Folder 15 Letters from Harold to his Mother: APO New York; from France Insert 1 It’s St. Catherine’s Day; he describes the day’s events

played a concert in New York City on Palm Sunday in 1914. This was Warfel’s final performance of the 1913-14 season. The 1914-15 season would turn out to be huge for Warfel as she would play concerts in Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, and New York City. The 1916-17

deeply affected by the meeting, with tears in his eyes, said: "Go home and tell the folks their prayers are answered. There is no intention of taking that site now." Thus the plans to establish a huge T. N. T. plant on lands rich in farming and historical importance in northwestern Lan- caster County

done to Chickies Rock. When workers built PRR's A&S through the area, they followed a straight line between the two points protruding into the river -- Chickies Rock and the tunneled hill near Columbia -- instead of following the shore. To make this straight line, the workers had to dump huge amounts

of the hon- ored? Abram Killian was a veteran of the Civil War and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. The Killian family had a few panicky moments at that dedica- tion when little brother John got lost in the huge, milling crowd. He was found, and grew up to be a successful cigar maker in

Included in the huge collection of Frankliana in the American Philosophical Society is one very curious item which relates Benjamin Franklin to Peter Miller, the famous Brother Jabez of the Ephrata community. Written in the hand of Peter Miller, this most interesting item is a manuscript of 127 folio pages