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" The Brass and Glass Men." — Invaluable aids to the scientist. 

 Colaborers in a common cause. To their wonderful accuracy, skill 

 and ingenuity microscopy owes everything. Responded to by 

 "Uncle "Griffith. 



"The Ladies." — The highest type of differentiated protoplasm 

 around which cluster an allied group- -the men. In microscopy^ 

 as in all else, they are determined men shall have no secrets they da 

 not share. Responded to by George C. Taylor. 



In the.se responses it was shown that scientific men can indulge 

 in wit and pleasantry when the occasion requires. When the toast- 

 master had perpetrated his little jokes on the .several parties he had 

 called out, he took his seat ; then. Dr. Barrett arose and said he 

 proposed that that gentleman should swallow some of his own phy- 

 sic, and offered the following : 



Elmira, our hostess — the Queen City, peerless among enter- 

 tainers, and our friends of the microscopical society — her worthy 

 children. 



After which he called that toast-master by name, who, after 

 some sort of a response, called Prof. Ford, of the Elmira College, to- 

 his aid, thus securing admirable help out of the difficulty. And so. 

 ended the merry-making. Soon the excursion train reached Elmira,, 

 good-byes were regretfully said, "we will all meet in Chicago next 

 year ! " proclaimed, and the fifth annual meeting of the American 

 Society of Microscopists was at an end. 



These meetings are provocative of much good in various direc- 

 tions. They are good for the microscopists themselves — permitting 

 them to compare notes, one with another, and so improve their 

 methods, as well as often adding to their resources. They benefit^ 

 also, the community in which the meetings are held — interesting the 

 people in scientific pursuits and desirable acquaintances. 



Our people — our best citizens — opened their pleasant homes to^ 

 the members of the American Society and entertained them right 

 royally. Many sincere regrets were expressed when our guests 

 found it necessary to return to their own homes, and many hearty 

 invitations were given them to come to Elmira again. 



Count the fifth annual meeting of the society a magnificent suc- 

 cess — in every particular — and believe me, 



Very truly yours, 



Thad. S. Up de Graff. 



