sensitive to differences in quality and more responsive to changes in price!' The growth of the American economy resulted in increased rail and coke pig iron production, both oriented toward western Pennsylvania," and neither helpful to Lancaster County iron makers. The last anthracite furnace built in

were not in operation. 1° Puddling furnaces in eastern Pennsylvania tended to use anthracite coal, according to Temin, the proximity of the mines and the earlier development of canal and rail transportation in the East being advantageous. The Safe Harbor Rolling Mill was cited by Temin as using

the white-hot fury of inspiration in approximately 20 minutes. While the play is based on information that is accurate, it ought not be assumed the scenes and dialogue occurred literally. Idiomatic nineteenth century Lancaster County "English" was used. The enforced economy of few lines re- quired

Clio's Century: A History of Lancaster's Cliosophic Society John Ward Willson Loose Few communities in the nation can boast an anomaly quite like the Cliosophic Society. The arts of conversation and genteel discussion, alas, no longer seem to be part of our national culture. Literary societies have

engaged in transporting supplies to forts in the West, an enterprise involving millions of dollars annually and draught labor of 30,000 oxen. In the late 1860s Duffy developed his tobacco farms until he became the most extensive tobacco (cigar leaf) grower in Pennsylvania. The Marietta Hollow Ware and