pestivious insects of the early days; John Banister (1680), a Virginian clergyman who wrote "Some Observations Concerning Insects"; Mark Catesby (1679-1749), the Englishman who wrote fluently, and was the first to illustrate American entomology; and Israel Acrelius, a Swede, who collected many insects which

he pursued the way of the naturalist with the customary net, was Melsheimer in the quest of the elusive beetles and butterflies. His ramblings took him across the upper part of the county from Maytown to New Holland and Strasburg, for in that section he served five Lutheran congregations. These two

having been deceased, the nephews and nieces had a merry time claiming precedence over one another. Matters had to be settled in the Orphans' Court of Lancaster County, and the appelants and the appel- lees had for attorneys these prominent members of the Bar: Thos. E. Franklin, Thaddeus Stevens, and Wm