. The story of Lancaster: old and new; being a narrative history of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, form 1730 to the centennial year 1918 . l, another, that the people didnot want the Square encumbered. And yet, fewever imagined the time was to come when it was tobe given up to street cans, automobiles and monu-mental purposes. But the Square is the hubaround which the life and inspiration of all classesgather from each of the four sections of nine hundredsquare miles of our rich agricultural county. OldPenn Square, as the clironicler loves to call it,owing to its many early associations of boyhood,i
. The story of Lancaster: old and new; being a narrative history of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, form 1730 to the centennial year 1918 . l, another, that the people didnot want the Square encumbered. And yet, fewever imagined the time was to come when it was tobe given up to street cans, automobiles and monu-mental purposes. But the Square is the hubaround which the life and inspiration of all classesgather from each of the four sections of nine hundredsquare miles of our rich agricultural county. OldPenn Square, as the clironicler loves to call it,owing to its many early associations of boyhood,is the great human reservoir into which the trolleycars pour their daily influx of shoppers and sight-seers. No longer as in days gone by exists theantipathy between city and country people, asduring our childhood, when the cry went out, Thetown for the towns people, the country for thosewho till the soil. The line of demarcation hasbeen ehminated almost entirely, and people of allclasses mingle together. And what has become sostrikingly apparent, no longer are we able to dis-criminate between the girls from the country and I I. THE OLD COURT HOUSE THE KEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY :ldlw F NS BUILDING THE NEW JAIL 235 those of the city. Ahnost every Saturday hasbecome a Whitmonday as it was known in theolden time. Fair week comes along yearly, with thecircus for boys to make merry over! And whowould exchange Lancaster for any other city in theunion of states? If our people lack in anything,it is in sentiment. Only in certain parts where newresidences have been erected have the dwellersdisplayed any sense of propriety in beautifying theirhomes with lawns and other attractions. The un-gainly board fence still stands, leading strangers tothe opinion that the people of Lancaster want tobe fenced in from their neighbors. These dividingobstructions ought to be removed, if for no otherreason than for the high price of lumber in keepingthem in repair, not to mention the quantity of limerequire
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