to the gutter on each street front. It is not known when the first coffee house was established in Lancaster, but we learn from the following advertisement in The Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser of Wednesday, May 27th, 1801, that in that year the town could boast of such a place of refreshment

THE FEMALE SUNDAY-SCHOOL SOCIETY OF SAINT JAMES'S CHURCH, LANCASTER William Frederic Worner Mr. William A. B. Halbach, a member of one of Lancaster's oldest fami- lies, has kindly presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society a pam- phlet, 4 by 5 inches in size, that contains much of local

latter institution occupied the building until it was sold at public auction, in December, 1855. Now divided into four dwellings, the old house is still standing at 109-115 North Lime street. 2 The Lancaster Journal, of Friday, February 10th, 1832, contained the following announcement: "The public is

of Conestoga Park), moved into town and pur- chased a large house. He started a brewery on North Water street, now the site of the Liberty Can and Sign company. During the time that British prisoners were quartered in Lancaster this large brewery was converted intc a theatre, and in it probably were

coffee house on Wednesday, January 1st, 1817. Whether or not the meeting was held, is not known, as no subsequent references to it appeared in local papers. Nearly two years later, another effort was made to form a similar society. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, September 11th, 1818, con- tained the

is the fourth marker erected in Lancaster county by the Historical Society as a memorial to the American Indians—our earliest inhabitants, presumably. The bronze tablet, from the studio of the James H. Matthews Company, Pittsburgh, was placed on the shaft by the Haldy Marble and Granite Works ; and

The Saint Patrick Benevolent Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Thursday evening, August 22nd, 1816, a number of Irish- men, and descendants of Irishmen, met at the tavern of Arch- ibald McLenegan on East King street, in the borough of Lan- caster, and formed an association

concerning its activities can be obtained. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 3rd, 1815, contained an announcement that the trustees of the "Juvenile Library Society" were requested to meet at the house of Samuel Slaymaker on Fri- day, February 10th, on business relating to the society. About four

Temperance Society recommended that simul- taneous meetings of all associations in the United States should be held on Tuesday, February 26th, 1833. In compliance with the request of the parent organization, a large and inspiring meeting of the Lancaster County Temperance Society was held in the court house