EARLY INDUSTRIES ON THE OCTORARA. The subject assigned to me for investi- gation was the "Eastern Branch of the Octorara and its Tributaries," with their present and extinct industries as far south as the hamlet of Steeleville. I have carefully examined the geography and history of this region and

Flax Cnltnre in Lancaster Co, The last paper I had the pleasure and privilege to present to this learned organization was entitled, "One of the Lost Industries of the Octorara Val- ley," and related to the manufacture of charcoal sixty years ago. In the present paper I propose to present an- other

Some of the Lost Industries of the Octorara Valley. From the commencement of the present century, down to fifty years ago, charcoal burning was quite an important industry in the Valley of the Octorara; but since the latter date it has been rapidly on the decline, and for twenty-five years has been