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Show Amoug the moit ltttcrestlnic of the conventions of the mouth was the annual an-nual reunion of the descendants of the old lYnniylranla (lermana. In com mnnlon brotherly and swwt met the drum tines, the Hlaymakers, the think crhotTs, the rennypackers and the III-s III-s tandem. Tlie lVniuylvanla (lermaus fumUhed an elemrnt tml-pie to the mixture of races that no to make up the Amertcau iop) IarK, strouit, st In their wayi, fond of and f nil of tho urn torlal comforts of life, they yet carried lu their souls alto a deep, pjunhmate Ideality and a fervor out of which (touts, metHphykiau and religious outhutltuts are mudo, Uayard Taylor lud u l-irtfe strsln of IVnuiylvaula Utrman blood iu him, Its sUyintr qujliths are unexctlled ou this earth. It is with plvaturewe rd that a ioovrmi-nt ts lu proKress In the sticiety to preserve tin early literature litera-ture and the proverbs and sn)lnis of tho I'enniyh aula ( ivrmuns. It Is a rich vein of local literature that litis nover jet been worked fully. |