and ornamentation." This masterpiece was found in Lancaster County, and is by Jacob Bachman. Its history includes a record of movement from Lampeter to Lancaster, thence to Columbia, at which place it was purchased by Joe Kindig, Jr., of York, Pennsylvania. Its date, of course, is after 1760 and it

. Settlement in the Pequea Valley Martin Meylin was one of the classic group of first settlers in Lancaster County, who came into the Pequea Valley, October, 1710. The others were Jacob Miller, Martin Kendig, Hans Herr, Christian Herr, John Bundely, Wendall Bowman, John Funk and Christopher Franciscus, all

The Makers of Pottery in Lancaster County By M. LUTHER HEISEY "The wheel goes round and round, And where it stops nobody knows." S 0 RUNS a radio couplet, but the wheel of the old potter has stopped, and mechanized methods have stolen the romance from the mystic makings of forms in clay. The art of

Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Part II—The Gas Industry in Lancaster County The first gas company to successfully operate in Lancaster County was The Lancaster Gas Company chartered April 7, 1849. A gas plant was built on land purchased in the southwestern part of the city of Lancaster near Hoffman's

Early Coin and Private Scrip of Lancaster County By C. H. MARTIN In introducing the subject of this paper I wish to call your attention to the large variety of coin which circulated or was referred to in early Lan- caster County, and follow with brief reference to the origin and extent of issues of

various times, he was a member of the Lancaster School Board, a trustee of Millersville Normal School, and active in the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Pennsylvania German Society, the Linnaean Society, the Union on Fire Company, Lodge 43, Free and Accepted Masons, and Trinity Lutheran Church

years and his wife but 17 years. �Jacob Souder arrived in what is now Lancaster County sometime before May 16, 1719, for on that date he purchased a certain tract of land from Hans Graeff. He had two daughters-Mary and Susanna. The latter mar- ried Martin Funk. Jacob Souder died in 1737. His will

the southeast corner of East Market Street and Elbow Lane, Marietta, Pennsylvania, for the �last ten years of his life (1865-1875). This home is now occupied by his great-granddaughter, Miss Mary Montgomery. Prior to this period, he occupied, the greater part of his mar- ried life, the mansion which

the Post Office in King's Street." (See fac-simile on page 4.) In 1756, the Pennsylvania Gazette advertised a list of unclaimed letters for Lancaster County folks held "at the post office in Lancaster." Previously, 1738 and 1741, the lists of letters were held at Philadelphia. Post roads were few in

triumphant notes ringing from the old organ which had often responded to her own fingers, that its words were very true : "The Lord of Life is risen, And love no longer grieves." BIBLIOGRAPHY Bachman, George Calvin—The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, 1942. (Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 49). Brand