s,
All about the hidden ruins.
Shades of Caesar and of Virgil,
Shades of Webster and of Murray,
Manes of ye classic worthies,
Gather ever o'er the ruins.

[9]A brick engine-house was erected on the square in 1875, to shelter the
new Champion Fire Extinguisher, called the "Undine."

[10]One year later a Hook and Ladder company was organized, with George
W. Dunlap Jr., as Captain, and W. H. Wherritt and Theodore Currey as
Lieutenants.

[11]A new Deposit Bank building was erected during the summer of 1874.

CANTO XII.
1874.
PAX VOBISCUM.

Nigh a hundred years are buried,
In the endless sweep of ages,
Nigh a total centenary
Hangs its harp upon the willow,
Since the rude log-cabin era,
When the city on the hillside
Was preempted by the stranger,
By the stranger surnamed Paulding;
Since the pioneer council
Came to "Watty" Dunn's old spring, and
Met in caucus and selected
A foundation for their court-house:
Chose a green and ample clearing
Near the well-known Wallace cross-roads.
Here alone in "God's first temples,"
Here with nature's wild communing,
Henry Clay, a youthful trav'ler
Through the wilderness, surprised them;
Found the little band assembled,
Paused, and shared their noonday luncheon.
Thus beheld Kentucky's hero,
The domain of future triumphs,
Thus his eyes beheld the section,
Destined soon to make him famous.
And the pioneer council,
All unconscious of his greatness,
Bade their stranger guest a welcome
To the tangled, gloomy woodland,
Bade him break the loaf of faring,
Bade him eat the salt of friendship.
Then they pointed out the clearing,
Where the building should be fashioned,
Thus the ground was consecrated,
In the statesman's august presence;
Thus a halo of true glory
Hung about the rude log court-house.
'Twas the first judicial movement
In the city of Lancaster,
'Twas an impetus that prompted
The erecting many houses,
'Twas the gath'ring of a people,
A community of workers.
Could the story of each household,
In the city on the hillside,
Be translated for my canto.
For the ditty I am singing,
Many a wail of grief and sorrow,
Many a sigh of hope defeated,
Many a smile of sweet fruition,
Schemes for profit and for pleasure,
Plans of varied speculation,
Sc