profitable crop, and on the basis of the yield in Lancaster County, asserted that an acre of ground would yield 33 to 36 pounds of Saffron. For a picture of the Heinitsh store in the 90's we have this description by Edward Page: I went to the store in 1891. At that time, the store had bulk windows with

during the Revolutionary War. The Jonathan Potts Collection is particularly rich in such letters ; and because of this, it seems appropriate to first tell you something about Jonathan Potts. He was born in the year 1745 at Colebrookdale (Popo- dickon) in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and as a youth

John Seybert A Hessian Soldier's Son Who Became Bishop of a Church By GEORGE L. HEIGES Like other blessings which we have enjoyed and still enjoy in Lancaster County, the Christian Church too has been taken very much for granted, with little thought given by even church people to the development of

Boehm's place, and will continue several days. Strange preachers will attend this solemnity." Following this, other camp meetings were held at various points in the county during the next thirty-seven years, but then none were held under exclusive Methodist auspices for a period of twenty years. The