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

production was 770 barrels.5 The 1962 Brewers' Almanac states only 129 breweries were operating in the United States in 1810, and they produced 182,690 barrels of beer and ale valued at $955,791.00. Nine breweries of Lancaster Borough and County con­ stituted seven per cent of the national total. Valentine

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

in the United States. Lancaster's prolific early printer, Francis Bailey, a native of Sadsbury Township, did much to keep booksellers' shelves filled with works of every variety in the eighteenth century. Two early poets were Sallie Hastings and Benjamin G. Herr of Lancaster County. Mrs. Hastings was