Tuesday, November 16, 1886, at 10 o'clock, a.m. in the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association, on South Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa., to consider the propriety of forming such a society. �14 JOURNAL OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Inasmuch as the weather was inclement only a few persons

accurate record of who was sinning and where. A large collection of his notebooks rests in the archives of the Lancaster County Historical Society. One must admire the persistence and tenacity of the Law and Order Society agents as they went about their unpopular business. With the arrival of Prohibition

business was built, takes in lawyers and preachers, editors and doctors, manufacturers and bankers, merchants and mechanics, and men [and women] of all vocations. Intelligence, progress and courage are the common and distinguishing characteristics of the members of the Lancaster Society. Land was purchased

nearby Mill- ersville. It, too, had a pair of debating societies: Page and Normal. In those �50 JOURNAL OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY days teachers' minds were expected to be cultivated and suitably embellished with thoughts so elevated that their pupils would develop an insatiable love for

. . . Twenty One Lashes on His Bare Back Well Laid on! By John Ward Willson Loose Every day for the past few decades the Lancaster newspapers have recited routinely the ever-increasing numbers of burglaries and other crimes taking place in our county. Despite the best efforts of intelligent and

. Frank Eshleman, "The Public Career of John Wright" Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 14 (1910): 251-282. 11. Ibid. 12. Ibid. 13. Ibid. 14. Ibid. 15. H. Frank Eshleman, "A Short Sketch of Judge Thomas Edwards" Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 13 (1909): 111-113. 16

creations, Mr. Ruth found himself �coming out "second best" in an effort to sell an invention to a farm equip- ment company. Among the inventions and patent models the Lancaster County Histor- ical Society has in its collection are a Peerless Track Brake of 1906, a Mason Jar Lid Opener made in 1917 by the

statutes then current should be incorporated into Pennsylvania statutes. This library, now at the Lancaster County Historical Society, is considered the fourth most important library of its kind in the nation. Lancaster Countians not only have been readers; they have been authors. The first history of the