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TESTIMONIAL TO MR. LUCAS. 
He says, “ there is no reason why we should delay our tokens 
of respect to those who deserve them until the heart that our 
sympathy could have gladdened has ceased to beat. As 
men cannot read the epitaphs on the tombs that cover them, 
so the tombs that we erect to virtue, often only prove our 
repentance that we neglected it when with us. 55 With these 
sentiments we need hardly say we entirely concur. 
PROFESSIONAL REUNION. 
A rumour has reached us that the President of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons, being convinced of the great 
advantages that must result from a union of the members of 
the profession with the scientific bodies of the metropolis has 
determined, with his usual liberality, to repeat his invitations 
of last year, to a soiree. The precise time has not yet been 
fixed upon, because, as report says, it depends, to a certain 
extent, on the will of royalty, there being some hope that his 
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge may honour the 
meeting with his presence. 
Should our anticipations be realised, we trust that our coun- 
try friends will make every effort to attend on the occasion. 
PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO MR. LUCAS, OF 
LUTTERWORTH. 
On Wednesday, December 19 th, a meeting including 
most of the influential noblemen and gentlemen in the. neigh- 
bourhood, was held at the Eagle Hotel, Rugby, for the pur- 
pose of marking their sense of the long-continued services, 
kindness, and good feeling, of Mr. Joseph Lucas, veterinary 
surgeon, Lutterworth, by presenting him with a testimonial, 
the proposition for which had been most heartily responded 
to by the whole district. 
The testimonial comprised a beautifully executed portrait 
of Mr. Lucas, upon his favorite chesnut mare, a splendid 
silver tea-service, a massive salver, and a purse containing 
£ 345 . 
The centre of the salver bore the following inscription : — 
“Presented, this 19 th day of December, to Joseph Lucas, 
