restrictions. But com- pared with the atmosphere over sea the prophetic words of Toqueville have stood the test of time. He said that "the public opinion in the United States will always favor the equalizing of the conditions of men and the establishing of democratic institutions." And the refugee of our times

continuous service, this is the oldest drug store in the United States. This same Dr. Otto of Bethlehem was also the first apothecary in Lan- caster County. On October 16, 1760, he arrived at the Moravian Community of Lititz to take up his duties as physician and apothecary. He brought with him a long letter

The Army Heart A War Incident tin Lancaster County By H. M. J. KLEIN I HAVE lying on the desk before me all available documents relating to a very interesting and important series of events which occurred in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, shortly after the United States entered the Second World

had an extensive practice in Lancaster, and was a member of the Lancaster City and County Medical Society from its founding in 1844. Always in advance of his times, he practiced magnetizing (hypnotizing) at the home of Judge Alex- ander Lawes Hayes and elsewhere, according to the diary of Mat- thias

valleys of the Pequea and Conestoga. It is recorded in Rupp's "History of Lancaster County" that Martin Meylin erected a boring mill near the Big Spring, in 1719. These pioneers brought with them their ideas on the art of riflemaking and soon, necessity — their own protection — compelled them to invent

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

, one of the founders of Columbia, Pa. All that Mrs. Barton has to say of Miss Wright is an accurate and fair appraisal of her character. Her biography in Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, p. 584, seems to be drawn from just such a letter. �travel this way, at this advanced age she has all

James Hamilton. �56· LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ?f the Mor�vian Church. He built the Fountain Inn in 1758, and it remained m the family until 1811. He died March 13, 1766, and was about 71 years old. Both he and his wife are buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery. MICHAEL HOOK . was listed as a wagon

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

Buchanan's Campaign In Lancaster County By GERARD BRADY INTRODUCTION The year 1856 — a year of turmoil in the United States. The question of whether slavery was to be extended into the western territories of the United States was reaching its boiling point. In Kansas a fierce battle was raging over