boys were reprimanded for their delinquency and given memory tasks of such selections as "The Village Blacksmith," "Breathes There a Man With Soul So Dead," or portions of the Constitution of the United States. Long will Dad Stamy be remembered for his severity and for his ability to cram a boy's mind

penned these prophetic words : "The United States of America have more natural advantages than any other Governments, or Powers in the World, and if they judiciously turn to their own account those advantages which they have from the nature of the Country, they must become both rich and powerful." �In

protection. According to the records of Donegal Church one William McDowell died there on September 12, 1759, aged 77 years, having fled from his home on the "Conecaeheague" in Cumberland (now Franklin) County 1 Archibald Loudon's Narratives, Carlisle, Pa., 1811. 2 Rupp's History of Lancaster and Y ork

afternoon in good light was 1/16 second at f :8 with a K2 filter. The Hyperchrome cut film was developed in DK-50. Print on Ilford Plastika, developed in D-72, 1:4." Photography could be called "the handmaiden of printing." Without it, the printed page or story can be dull and listless. A picture, it has

Baron " Stiegel and the Muhlenbergs By M. LUTHER HEISEY In February, 1762, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg visited Heidelberg, Tulpe- hocken, Lebanon (in dreadfully cold weather), Ephrata and Canestoge; all points within the early bounds of Lancaster County. He was engaged in visiting and consoling the

Lancaster County Historical Society, vol. 10, p. 203. 4 Rupp's History of Lancaster and Y ork Counties, 1845, pp. 412, 413, 419. �11, �eminent property, and that officer was Captain Paul Zantzinger. A company of the Flying Camp was commanded by him in the Fall of 1777. He was a soldier in Captain John

shillings, "to sell rum by the small." Among them were Christopher Franciscus, John Miller, Samuel Bethel and Casper Loughman. 1 From the ·Charter of the Borough of Lancaster, as printed in Mombert's History of Lancaster County. �46 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY We feel that at times, less scrupulous

ranking among the most gigantic of all in the United States, and therefore in the whole world. Our story concerns only our own county. But let us take a glimpse or two into the dim past. One of the first references to the "post" or post office is found in the Bible. In the eighth chapter and tenth verse

Company, of which Major Light was clerks—which office remained in the family for four genera- tions,—was located just across the street from the rear of his residence. Another major—John Andre, widely known in American history as an enemy and a spy—was housed as a prisoner of war in this block in the year