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who are fond of reading old epitaphs on tombstones, this 

 place offers a fine opportunity. 



Having given the reader some account of the early 

 settlement of this interesting village, we shall now 

 attempt to describe it, as we find it in our day. 



It is not saying too much, if we state, that it is proba- 

 bly the neatest and cleanest village in Lancaster county. 

 As said before, its location is nearly east and west, ex- 

 tending in that direction, about one-half a mile. There 

 is not only pavement before all the houses through the 

 whole village, but the different paths leading to the 

 church, schools, &c., are well paved, with creek or lime- 

 stone slabs. The square, around which are located the 

 institutions, church and parsonage, is, perhaps, not sur- 

 passed in beauty by any other spot in the county ; such 

 is its splendor in the summer season, that it frequently 

 occurs, that travellers stop in their journey to give it a 

 closer examination than a mere transient notice. 



It is enclosed by a white fence, and tastefully laid out 

 in gravel walks; around it is an avenue of locust and 

 cedar trees, and the interior is adorned with Linden 

 Cedar and Balm of Gilead trees, and a very great variety 

 of shrubbery. From the beginning of May, till the end 

 of October, different kinds of flowers are there found in 

 bloom; its greatest splendor is in August, when the great 

 variety of Hollyhocks and Dahlias are in bloom, and 

 there are probably fev/ places where such a variety of 

 tint and color is found as in this spot. The superin- 

 tendence of this truly delightful spot is under the care 

 and direction of Mr. Mathias Tschudy, 



The church, to which reference has been made, is 66 

 feet in length, and 50 feet in depth; it is built of lime- 

 stone, and has a very fine appearance, and the mason 

 work in its front is generally considered a master-piece of 



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