early period. In 1757 to 1765, he was the man who kept the Court House clock in order, for which he received compensation at the rate of four pounds per year. About 1748 Wilmer Atkinson, a cutler by trade, came to Lancaster from Baltimore, though report has it he was born in Lancaster, and soon

HEMP AND HOP GROWING IN LANCASTER COUNTY IN 1775. The most proper Land for raising Hemp is a rich and light soil, free from Ponds and stagnated Waters. This should be broken up in the Fall of the year, which will greatly contribute to meliorate ye soil, and to render ye Spring Tillage more

into "Fulton Hall," and the latter into Fulton Opera House, where dramatic enter- tainments, and, indeed, everything in the way of important public enter- tainments, have been mainly held ever since. Under the wise liberality of Mr. B. Yecker it has been converted into a first-class place for all enter

Record of Soldiers of Lancaster County in the War of 1812, and of Others Who Gave Service During the Period of 1784 -1815 By (MRS. D. B.) BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS and ELEANORE J. FULTON. Note—The following comprehensive list of soldiers, who served their country as active participants in the War of