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

TWO NOTABLE MINING INDUSTRIES OF LANCASTER COUNTY By H. Luther Willig While the bounteous harvests of her fair fields have made Lancaster County as the "Garden Spot of Pennsylvania" her past mining industries have added additional luster to her name through the discovery of the rare minerals

supposed, however, that it was a plainly constructed affair, just sufficient to serve its purpose, a container for the hells. It was the first recorded belfry in the town of Lancaster, that of the Reformed Church having been erected in 1741, and that on the Court House in 1748. As stated heretofore, it was

THE EARLIEST KNOWN ADVERTISEMENT OF A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner In Vol. 7, No. 2, of the Proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society, appears a very illuminating paper on the subject of "Early Lancas- ter Playbills and Playhouses." In this monograph

belonging to the Watt & Shand store and it was here that the newly invented auger was manufactured during the following six years. Mr. Henry was President of the Court of Common Pleas, Treasurer of the County of Lancaster, a member of Continental Congress and was other- wise prominent in public affairs. It