hundred racing forms delivered to Lancaster. Now you take, for instance, that there's two people for each one of these forms. That's putting it at the lowest possible average. That means that there's twelve hundred people every day who are betting on the ponies. Yet they won't let a bookie run. They're

, deaths were kept at less than two hundred. Many of the brethren and sisters were stricken fatally in their work of mercy. General Washington and the military heads of the Continental Army had the highest praise for the service given by those of the Cloisters. Tributes given Peter Miller carried

-speaking cantons of Switzerland. Most were farmers with �93/4, 1991 119 sufficient skills in trades such as blacksmithing, weaving, cabinetmaking, and grainmilling. Many Scots whose families had sojourned for a generation or two in Northern Ireland settled in the western and southern parts of Lancaster

north (320 perches), one mile south, one mile east, and one mile west from the courthouse in the Square. The early surveyors "raked" the two-mile square three degrees to the west, resulting in Queen Street being three degrees off perpendicular. The two-mile square divided Lancaster Township and cut off

Pennsylvania until the Constitution of 1968 revised the judiciary. Those elected to that office now are called "district justices," and they are required to undergo special training and to demonstrate competence prior to being elected. Presidents of the Lancaster County Courts Lancaster County was served well

. Transportation was important, for coal does not occur in Lancaster County. Anthracite coal was brought to Lancaster County by canal boat, as was steam coal from southwestern Pennsylvania. The newer furnaces had to be located on or near canals, and along railroads for delivery of pig and wrought iron to the