L'ancienne et des sites historiques dans la vallée du Liban . llstanding. De là, il retiré du site de thepresent, ville où il avait acheté une grande étendue ofland, qu'il a immédiatement procédé à jeter dehors dans atown parcelle après le présent plan d'un marketsquare centrale et quatre rues principales menant hors de là. Ici il a élevé sa famille, les descendants de whichare trouvés encore dans les environs. Un grand-grand-daughteris Dissiuger mariée à William de la ville, et un autre,la fille d'Abraham, un successfullocal Rex long marchand, est la veuve épouse de feu Wm.M. Weigley, Esq., dont le magni

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Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . llstanding. From thence he removed to the site of thepresent town, where he had bought a large tract ofland, which he immediately proceeded to lay out into atown plot after the present plan of a central marketsquare and four principal streets leading out thence. Here he raised his family, the descendants of whichare still found hereabouts. One great-grand-daughteris married to William Dissiuger of town, and another, the daughter of Abraham Rex, long a successfullocal merchant, is the widowed wife of the late Wm.M. Weigley, Esq., whose magnificent brown-stone man-sion graces the streets of this ancient burg^ conspicuouslytowering over its lines of humble dwellings. The body of Schaeffer lies buried in the portion ofthe cemetery where the Reformed buried their dead, and about him are buried his family. The hands ofconsiderate descendants have since marked these graveswith becoming tombstones. That of the founder him-self contains the following epitaph : no LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY.. Hier ruth Im Herrn der Leib des ALEXANDER SCHEFFER I ft gebobren deu 8ten Janvarivs 1712 Ift geftorben den loten April 1786 Alt worden 74 lahr 5 Monath & Zwey tage Amen. SchaefFerstown is a rich field for the antiquarian. Itis built on more hills than the Eternal City, and, butfor the lack of that citys charming Tiber, might haverivaled Rome itself In scenic beauty of mountain andfarm-land, and in the fascinating romance of its inter-esting history, it lacks nothing to rival any town ofmore pretentious boast. Let me take my readers to the crest of the highesthill and point out objects of historic interest. As wedesire in these trips to dwell among the ancient andthe past, it is fitting that we take this position, forhere is located the resting place of these worthy de-parted ones, hundreds upon hundreds of whom havebeen gathered on this northern hill-side to sleep side byside, like so many children, who, wearied of play, havefalle

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