Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-15
GERMANTOWN.
,rs rwu uunDktprm ANN,vuWSAK,
WAC tho Frst SettIor- wrr,-An EmIucut
aud able ImmiErant-rhc Gcr.
mar Mcnnonttc-.

wealthy merchants il about tN TplyhIIt /,
| the two huudredth anniversary of IT'S
| settlement, Tn, uionccrs wL1 settled
Gcrmantnvp nrrivnL IN pb,I,d,lphi, on
| October Il lGS3 and II i, this day which
| the Germans throupEuut the luitcd States
propose To- celebrate. Rut the most cm,.
| ncnt of the German settlement. Fr,nis
Daniel pA,torf,us. had arrived IN philI
| dcIphia ON Aupust 20. IGS8. lie was born
| in 1851 and died in lTlp. Ilr was familiar
with Greek, Latin and the modern lAu-
ruarcs. had studied law aud sccmS to
! have had gentle parents, rs the latter sout
| him 2Ga rpichsthaIcrs. OF which the SON
| said, 4uf ptytVHt cum ttnyuyf HUlliHl.
| (rhus go the times aud the dolhrs.) Like
| some oI tue settlers ot Massachusetts,
| Pastoriuus was a vummIuouS writCr and
| altogether an Interesting character. lie
describes himself ~ cot melancholy,
chulericl< complexion aud Therefore gcutic
given to subrietv, solitary, studiuuS, ,dOub,
| lul Shhmrflced, tlmOrou,, pcusvc," etc,
| The earliest Germans ia thus country
| crossed the sea in Ordrr to avoid tyranny
| IN church AMI state. Most Ot them wcro
natives Ol the Rhluo country, which At
! that time formed u part Ot tho G3rmhu
empire. Indeed both Dutch and German
! names appear in taC early records oI
| pennsylvania, Rui 10 mluy cases y -
| difficult tn dotCrmuc tho AuteCouTuLS ui
| the immigrants. Many Vt thum, however,
! were clearly of pNJcu "rign
Tho "ccaston ot tas ImmErhuru -
somewhat mixed, "s WlLht ~ expected.
As early rs March IN, ,nH2, William Pom
! conveyed some Iaud ln ltnuEyIvauh tn
| clttlcus ui trcIe.j, especially to Que IArbb
| l1lnor. \ me1chan', who had viaited tcnu
| syIana, and knew what hr was buying.
| Lat" IN May ur earl, 90 JuAo, 1858, a rou-
| pany ul franN'uljega made similar pur-
| chase "i I',On) a"' the only member v'
! tu'S company WAp gNrr went 1" lcuu~Si
'Hn'a VAS idStouus. u' and ha company
were - Iieti>ts, or lh"WclN %! spencer,
WHO attached rather moro im!oTtAuco to- a
sanity IIto than to c'ucrt dn;maN lh'
Crcicid COMPANY were uo5 i.uthr"IlS'
! ike spencer Aud 'ANl'r'nS, nuj h"nu'nltr'
! or u variety OF German puJeh AuAohP
t,N'a' ihe hrunonI'cS were rAl,r" after
h'hHo NyWnnS or N1w'HlS, "h" nat ot'n
. N'nah N"lhuhc priest, ont i"J 'cstI
! 'I'ASHo'lauj'3lon' "a" was 80 I'"pc%''d
| win Tue courage ut the Ah"pAptlSiS, lheh
frequently eN,rHJed, iuAt Ie da'P.,I 'ADl'
t3achlnGN and developed them tie i"I
I'Mei lawn ia'Aet th"h ''lth'I' uNO 10
| JecLel lLia"t "APtl'tn' ana tAught tn'' 'hr
churIA consist" oi HHihIa nn'y' that All
| ""'4S arc "touE, "ub Iu"t " u u''S'l"" CH''
neither hold political otne's nor render
military services. IL Is these ps"pie who
ieit attracted 10y M!,ilAm Tenn, is well
! they mlEhi, aud settled "ermAuto"n. but
tIeIr representative aud agent was i%"to.
nus who had much iu common with the
Mennonltes.
Acc jFdInS!y' there is certain reason
for the term reuusyIYanh Dutch which
IS often applied 10 the German dia.cct OF
the heystone state although tue dialect
ieterieu 10 Is ra'Aer oi South German
origin, Hua has ocen tn,uiued hy an Iniu-
son OF ienn'y wanna Epgl'sh' Nor have
tho breltmlun ballads much to do with
inc ehnSy wanna "efihan they SIMPLY
represent "ermanS VINO have learned Dad
huE'iHh or none ~ all, luelr pathological
'4'ne Is very ehEut. Inc real PhuoioGlan
9i iGnuSyVAna Dutch IS the late =. ;.
! AAdemhu. lie remarks that before the
year 10y several Thousand Germans had
! cu'Vte" ehuHS HHu'a, th"J III -! thelr
! The settlers oi Gernalt,wn showed their
national aud social as well As religious
preferences IN many WAYS. As Munuoui.
!