The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-01
REV. G|LL|N
OF LINCOLN
Pennsylvania Writes a Let
ter to the Mirror
DISCUSSING SOME Of THE
Landmarks of the Old Key
Stone State, Describing
The Old Church Which
Flourished Before the
Revolution
AS Well us the Room and Furniture
Which Washington Usci---Somc
Printing Also.
Lincoln, Penn.
Aug. 10Th 1910


VIII you kindly give me space in
your columns for this communication
| which will perhaps be interesting to
your many Intelligent readers and to
some of my friends in particular. l
left my dear old Marion at about
a. m. on Monday August 10 and land
ed in Lancaster Pa. at 2 q. m. i'm the
! morning. Tuesday morning at o
o'clock got here to Lincoln Penn.
where I found all of my friends well
and very glad to see me, as I also was
to see them. This is a very beautiful
country, as well as very old one.
The people are generally of the Ger
man descent, and are of q very social
and entertaining disposition. 1t is also
a wealthy country generally, with the
finest dwellings, and barn buildings I
ever saw. Many of the buildings are
of long ago or ancient architecture
but COSTLY and commodious, with
some buildings of modern architecture
The soil here is of the most fertile and
kept up to the very best state of pro-
duction possible. Corn here Is most
excellent and will make an abundant
crop. 1t will soon be ready to cut
| There is n large acreage OF the nth
weed (tobacco) planted here. This Is
great tobacco country and there are
many tobacco and cigar factories here.
Yesterday (Sabbath) I visited one
OF the ancient landmarks of this coun
try, the old 7th day Baptist church
built prior to 1880, the parsonage be-
ing erected in 1880. both old fashion
ed wooden frames, filed in with a
composition of sand, gravel and water
lime. The old church Is two stories
high and the old Sisters House is OF
the same material and Is three stor-
les high with somo so apartments l
had the satisfaction of standing In
the ancient pulpit for few minutes
and saying few words to the numer-
Gus visitors congregated there. Satur-
day Is their Sabbath and so Sunday
| is n visiting day at the old church. /
was in the room where General
Washington and his staff held a coun-
ell, and had the great pleasure OF sit
ting in the chair that Washington sat
in at the said council oh, felt pa
triotic.
The old sexton is q man 73 years OF
age and very affable old brother
He seemed to take great pleasure in
showing us through the entire build
ing, which contains many things OF
interest to sight seers, viz, the old
pulpit the kitchen furniture at the
sisters Home and especially the room
I'm which Washington and his staff
held the council of war and the chairs
on which they sat, and the old Bipie
printed in 1886. The Chapel, too'
where Washington ana his staff at
tended public worship. The rooms
that the several sisters occupied were
also q curiosity to any one OF THESE
modern times each having deep
nreplace with it's old fashioned tram
mel or crane with chains and hooks
for hanging the pots over the hre,
falling leaf table and very antiquated
chairs, dutch ovens, and straw preaa
baskets for raising bread before bak-
ing. In one room We're two sho"
cases containing many interesting
relics too numerous to mention at
this time. One box contained various
gold, silver and copper coins, one OIL
first American dollars, spanish com
the old shilling or IL 1-2 cent piece
the six-pence or Ii cent piece
Several English coins that can't now
remember the names OF and pennies
of different ages of this country ana
the three cent silver piece and 20
cent gold coins with many others that
| don't remember at this time.
One of the things that Interested me
was some of the printing that was
done during the revolutionary days,
by our Menonitish friends, piece OF
which our old guide kindly gave ms
and which I herewith inclose to you.
Perhaps YOU can decipher it, but l
can't as 1t is in German, IL seems
as IL the paper mill here was about
the only one anywhere handy ana
General Washington appropriated
about all on hand to be used for wad-
ding for their guns.
Love and true regards to all or my
good friends in Marion, Yours for
Democracy this fall and Judson Har-
mon for Governor.
Rev. John w. Gillln.
I,incoln Penn.