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ical methods, apparatus etc., there employed. This visit was 

 made in acceptance of a very cordial invitation extended by 

 the officers in charge of the laboratory. 



I hope I make no breach of confidence in stating that a few 

 of the members concluded to avail themselves of the opportu- 

 nity to visit Buffalo Bill's "Wild West Show," which was in full 

 blast somewhere in the neighborhood — that is to say, some- 

 where on Long Island, Manhattan Island, or in New Jersey — 

 elevated railroads, swift ferries, and other agents of rapid trans- 

 it making any and everywhere within a radius of twenty-five 

 miles of New York "in the neighborhood." Candor also 

 compels me to say that some were seen disporting themselves 

 at Manhattan, Brighton and Coney Island beaches. I have 

 not yet compared the notes of the various delegations, and 

 cannot say which place offered the greatest attractions. I have 

 the word of President Simon P. Gage of Cornell, however, for 

 the statement that Buff'alo Bill's show is "bully;" while Dr. W. 

 J. Lewis and the venerable Mr. Lomb, of the celebrated Bausch 

 & Lomb Optical Works at Rochester, assure me that the dark 

 Ulmer beer of the Court Palace (also in the neighborhood of 

 New York) is particularly to be recommended to dyspeptics, 

 and others — a fact that I shall remember with grati ude if a 

 cruel and malignant fate ever causes my wandering feet to stray 

 into the jungles of Brooklyn again (unless when en route to 

 Manhattan Beach). 



Professors Kellicott, Detmers, Burrill, and a host of those 

 who formerly never failed a meeting, were absent at this one, 

 and there seems to be a general apathy in regard to the society 

 which shows that the new officers must infuse a deal of new 

 life into their work if they would keep the society from going 

 into the dry-rot. 



Professor Gage, the new President, is a man in the prime of 

 life and robust health. The Vice-presidents are also energetic 

 men, and they must infuse some of the spirit apparent in their 

 other work into the management of the society. The whims 

 and ideas of one man should not be allowed to be the policy of 

 the association. We will, however, have more to say on this 

 point hereafter. National Druggist. 



Vaccination is much more effective if practiced at once after 

 recovery from typhoid fever, but x\q oiie ^snows why this is so. 



