. . . Twenty One Lashes on His Bare Back Well Laid on! By John Ward Willson Loose Every day for the past few decades the Lancaster newspapers have recited routinely the ever-increasing numbers of burglaries and other crimes taking place in our county. Despite the best efforts of intelligent and

national pastime—and in Lancaster County the urge found full expression. Whether it was Philip Benedict inventing a new stove—which the Society has in its collection—or Martin Shreiner, the renowned clockmaker, building an elegant new fire engine for the Sun Fire Company, the Red Rose city was not about to

Leman's Alley. Franklin College occupied the brew house at one time. McKissick and Beatty advertised their brewery products in Co­ lumbia in 1823. The following year Conrad Shultz, Sr., had a brew­ ery on South Second Street, below Union Street, in Columbia; and in Lancaster Messrs. Leman and Kleiss were

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

literature available to Lancaster Countians 125 to 250 years ago. Lancaster County's antecedent was Chester County, one of Penn's original three counties. The first permanent community located in what was to become Lancaster County was settled in 1710. From 1710 until 1729 when Lancaster County was erected