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pie come into the town, is always crowded 
with waggons and horses, that are left stand¬ 
ing there all night. This is to save money; 
the expence of putting them into a stable, 
would be too great, in the opinion of these 
people. Food for the horses is always carried 
in the waggon, and the moment they stop they 
are unyoked, and fed whilst they are warm. 
By this treatment, half the poor animals are 
foundered. The horses are fed out of a large 
trough carried for the purpose, and fixed on 
the pole of the waggon by means of iron 
pins. 
. Lancaster is the largest inland town in 
North America, and contains about nine hun¬ 
dred houses, built chiefly of brick and stone, 
together with six churches, a court house, and 
gaol. Of the churches, there is one respec¬ 
tively for German Lutherans, German Cal¬ 
vinists, Moravians, English Episcopalians, and 
Roman Catholics. The streets are laid out 
regularly, and cross each other at right 
angles. 
An act of assembly has been passed, for 
making this town the seat of the state govern¬ 
ment instead of Philadelphia, and the assembly 
was to meet in the year 1797. This circum¬ 
stance is much in favour of the improvement 
of the town. The Philadelphians, inimical to 
the measure, talked of it much in the same 
