. Perhaps Henry Witmer was not in the same league with Robert Fulton and William Henry, but Witmer must be credited with an improved whisky still that facilitated the distilling of a purer liquid. The next important inventor was Peter Getz of Lancaster. Getz was born near Lancaster about 1768. He was made a

in a glittering period of great newspaper editors — began an appren- ticeship in the office of the Lancaster Journalat about age thirteen.1 Forney served his training under Hugh Maxwell, proprietor of the Journalat that time and noted for his ability as an editor. The youthful Forney's previous