, which after countless "trials and tribula- tions" is now firmly established as one of the most important adjuncts to the physi- cal well-being of the citizens of Lancaster County.1 THE BEGINNING Sixty-five years have gone by since June 15, 1893, when fifty people met in the old Y.M.C.A. building on

. When Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capital By GEORGE L. HEIGES Philadelphia's Loss — Lancaster's Gain The frame of government for William Penn's colony in the new world was published in 1681. At the same time the colony was fittingly named "PENNSYLVANIA" by King Charles II. In October, 1682, the

October 11 was election day and a greater number of Pennsylvania voters went to the polls on that day than on any previous similar occasion. More than one hundred and eleven thousand votes were cast. Simon Snyder won by a plurality of 28,400, but in Lancaster County, the county of his birth, he lost by

agent shall attend at the Library Room from five until six o'clock on 16 Historical Society of Pennsylvania. �the Saturday of each week and shall furnish any Officer of the Government, residing within the borough of Lancaster, with such books in said Library as he may require. Legislature Adjourns — A

Lancaster 1802 True republicanism is gaining ground in Pennsylvania. In the county of Lancaster, we can state from the most positive evidence, that nearly all the moderately, well-meaning men among the democrats are disgusted with the late public measures. They . . . begin to feel that the government is