charged with what he got and credited with his receipts. Bro. Eberhart was to see that Dr. Otto was provided with an assistant in the garden and in compounding drugs, "so that this faithful old servant of the Church may not again have things too hard for him. In Bethlehem he has passed through many

94/3, 1992 77 Appendix SELECT AND COMMON COUNCILS OF LANCASTER (Presidents are denoted by capital letters) Compiled by John W. W. Loose April 1891 - April 1892 Select Council 1st Ward: 2nd Ward: 3rd Ward: 4th Ward: 5th Ward: 6th Ward: 7th Ward: 8th Ward: 9th Ward: William McComsey Adam J. Auxer

images "as through a glass darkly," by the medium of skillfully painted portraits by the old masters, by reflections in mirrors, placid streams or highly polished surfaces. Years before 1839, artists and chemists had been experiment- ing with methods to retain a permanent image or reflection of an object

The Battle of the Roses: The "First Capital" Controversy By John Ward Willson Loose Lancaster's neighbor across the Susquehanna River—the city of York— delights in proclaiming itself the "First Capital of the United States of America." So far has this bit of boosterism gone that "First Capital" has

Biography Paul Zantzinger By M. LUTHER HEISEY There came to the shores of America, on the ship Adventurer, Septem- ber 23, 1732,1 one Paul Songsinger (Hans Paulus Zantzinger), aged twenty years, whose family in years following became prominent in the affairs of Lancaster Borough; in fact, one son

The Blue Ball National Bank: The Making of a Successful Country Bank By Holly Kroekel Good The area of Blue Ball was originally settled in the late 1600s by groups of Welsh people, who were looking to establish permanent residence in a location that would be suitable for long term habitation. Bands

the stage as a mail carrier. And now, in the lifetime of the writer, and with what seems like a touch of irony, the familiar blue and white buses — modern- ized and motorized — replace the trolleys as carriers of passengers and mail, covering much of the ground over which the old stages traveled

Oak Hill. STIEGEL'S GLASS HOUSE Stiegel's first glass house (works), which was erected about 1763, was at Elizabeth Furnace, at the base of Cannon Hill. Hunter, in 1913, found bottle and window glass in an old slag pile several hundred yards southeast of the mansion and east of Furnace Run; and also

gone the way of twelve-course dinners. Indeed, everything about Clio would appear anachro- nistic. Fortunately, as with many human efforts and institutions in Lancaster, appearances are deceiving. Clio is a remarkably youthful and peppery old lady at the age of one hundred. Probably she is healthier

science methods and a grass-roots perspective.' It can be inferred from her presentation of these sweeping changes that the old schools have been razed, leveled for the sake of progress. A closer inspection however reveals that the new structure of American history is not quite so completely new as it