and Winnower GENERAL EDWARD HAND, EXPERIMENTAL FARMER Research undertaken by the Rock Ford Foundation relative to the life and activities of that Revolutionary War personality and his Lancaster mansion reveals General Hand to have been quite interested in agricultural improvements. In 1773 a group

every household; and that its operation and efficacy could be tested by calling at Mr. Bachman's establishment, where for twelve and one-half cents, a most delightful bath might be had, warm or cold, at any moment. Agricultural Societies in Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Intelligencer

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania History and Museum Com- mission. Pennsylvania Agriculture and County Life 1640-1840. Har- risburg: Pennsylvania History and Museum Commission, 1950. Diffenderffer, Frank R. "Odds and Ends of Local History". Lancaster County Historical Society Papers, X (1906), 181-215. Fishel, Leslie

A case in point is offered in the pamphlet entitle 1 List of 104 Maga- zines Against the Distribution and Sale of Which the District At- �torneys of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania have issued Warning which quotes two letters from District Attorney, Charles W. Eaby, dated June 24, 1936 and December 8

A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse