A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

actually invented the depth charge. Much of the credit for the naval torpedo must be given to Fulton. Of course, we all know his success as the first to build and operate steamboats successfully on a commercial basis. Not all Lancaster County inventors shook their earth with the products of their genius

Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse

and adopted as the Constitution of the Lancaster County Temperance Society :1 "Whereas, it is now generally known and conceded that the habitual use of ardent spirits is neither necessary to health nor to the successful prosecu- tion of any business, trade or profession; but on the contrary, that it

HORSE-RACING IN LANCASTER COUNTY By HERBERT H. BECK and WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The earliest recorded organized trials of speed with horses were the chariot-races at the Greek national festivals, of which the most notable were the Olympic games, held every fourth year. Greek sculpture frequently