strong building where the Fulton Opera House now stands. It is said they condoled with them, took them by the hand and promised them protection. THE PAXTON MASSACRE On the 27th of December, Proud states, this murderous band of rangers (the Paxton boys) suddenly appeared in Lancaster, fifty of them armed

THE STORY OF SH ULTZ'S MILL ON BEAVER CREEK By Herbert H. Beck The artificial structure of an inhabited region like Lancaster County is primarily determined by its natural topography and its drainage—by surface conditions chiseled out by the geological hand of long past centuries. Thus it is that

Lancaster that, when it was officially established in 1787, he was elected principal. He, therefore, was the first president of Franklin College. As recorded in the History of Franklin and Marshall College by Dr. Joseph H. Dubbs, the institution was practically started in what was known as the "Brew House

for the latter condition the birds must have cast a distinct shadow upon the landscape, so closely were they massed. Of those who went gunning for them I recollect only James H. Mitsch, who took his stand on the Lancaster road (where is now our house) and bagged some ten or twelve. Their crops, upon

THE MEETING OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN LANCASTER By Herbert H. Beck The Sesqui Centennial of the most notable part Lancaster has taken in national affairs is September 27. On that date 1777 the Continental Congress met in the Lancaster Courthouse, which stood in the center of Penn Square