and, until the internal revenue tax came into effect during the Civil War, sold at the prices quoted. The popularity of these cigars, which were among the first of Lancaster County manufactured cigars, is attested by the com- plaint made some fifty-five years ago by a then "Old Timer" who had lived to

the consistory of the old German Reformed Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Without the courtesy and efficient help of the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company officials, this paper could not have been written. The author expresses his apprecia- tion and acknowledges his indebtedness to Mr. A. D

gentlemen sold the property to Jacob Gryder, who added a saw mill and sold it in 1792 to Martin Gryder, who passed it to Christian and Martin Gryder, and from thence it passed into the hands of Joel Smedley, a practical miller, who in 1833 rebuilt the old mill and added a sorghum fac- �tory. In 1893 it