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A REPLY TO MR. GEO. FISHER ON THE ABUSES 
AT THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
By Mr. W. A. CARTWRIGHT, V.S., Whitchurch. 
I will be hang’d, if some eternal villain, 
Some busy and insinuating rogue, 
Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, 
Has not devis’d this slander ! 
Shakespeare. 
It does not surprise me in the least that I should have a reply 
from Mr. George Fisher : indeed, he is just the person of the whole 
class likely to come forward to bolster up corruption, and to do 
the “ dirty work.” 
It may appear to some harsh and indecorous on my part to treat 
the Professor and Mr. Barth in the way I have done ; but I have 
a right to my opinion on the subject, and if I am wrong it is 
an error of the head, and not of the heart. It, at least, is not done 
either “ cowardly,” or, “ maliciously,” as Mr. F. would wish it to 
be believed ; nor yet hastily. No ; malice never found a footing 
in my breast : but I must say that I am a determined enemy to 
tyranny and humbug in every shape and place ; and when I see 
affairs at the College remain in a corrupt state for such a length of 
time, and no attempt made to redress them, or to the least dispo- 
sition shewn to correct them, it becomes every one, not mildly and 
privately, but boldly and openly to speak out ; and I, for one, will, 
and I hope always shall, speak my mind on the subject, however 
others may lull their consciences to rest, and tamely submit. The 
soothing system has been tried long enough, and even the Pro- 
fessor’s setoning and an occasional cleansing out with his sul- 
phate of copper, but all without avail ; and it becomes now abso- 
lutely necessary to apply the cautery — the deep lesion cautery 
a la Turner , to produce the desired effect ; for sure I am of this, 
that, however the Professor may “ apply the unction to his soul” 
and trifle with the Agricultural Society and the public, the time is 
drawing near when an efficient lecturer must and will be appointed 
either there or elsewhere. I must nevertheless say, that sorry 
should I be to have the College divided : I would rather that it 
should become the pride of our country and a pattern to every 
continental school. 
If there are those who feel offended at me, they have but to con- 
