." (Brownstown and Oregon) of Lancaster County. SOURCE MATERIAL The Lancaster Newspapers, obituaries and news items. A Biographical History of Lancaster County, by Alex. Harris; Elias Barr and Co., publishers, 1872. Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, 1883. Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster

; unpaid, 3 cents. In 1863, letters were carried for 3 cents, regardless of distance. Congress, by Act of March, 1879, divided all mail into four classes: First, written matter, 3 cents per /2 ounce. Second, regular publications to subscribers, 2 cents per pound. Third, printed matter, books, etc., 1 cent

victories no less renowned than those of war"; but have we not always hastened to heap encomiums upon our famous sons outstanding in wars or in the forefront of political affairs and statecraft, often forgetting to honor the craftsmen of the shop and forge and record their achievements? Lancaster has

Church, and later both became members 14 Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania, Schmauk, p. 61. 15 See "Three Caspar Schaffners," Lancaster County Historical Society Papers, vol. 42, p. 181. �54 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ;::i l 2.05: ll , .s a<] C H E S "r- N V"T' M <'1 :1.J 0 I � 'I 2. I I I lo o :z

of Lancaster churches to call their people to worship by the ringing of the bells. One such bell, cast in 1745 for the quaint society of Seventh Day Baptists at Ephrata, was rejected by them, and secured by Trinity congregation. It rang through all the stirring times of the life of the colonies and

proprietary med- icine on which the tax was required to be paid. Here is the interesting story of the men, the medicine and the stamps they used. BENJAMIN MISHLER was born in Reamstown, Pennsylvania, sixteen miles northeast of Lancaster on the Reading Pike. He first saw the light of day on August 12, 1814

this proposition—in lieu of the payment of the debt of £16,000, a gift of land in the new world—America—would be acceptable. To this the king readily agreed, promising William Penn land west of the Dela- ware River, and for a name gave it Pennsylvania, "Penn's Woods." Lest it should appear as a sign of

taught us the principles for which our forefathers fought in 1776. All of which leads us to a fuller realization of what the charter of the borough of Lancaster means for us in America in 1942. Today we are involved in a World War. We are fighting for a way of life which Britain and America together