SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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mg President, the gift of the Buffalonians, remarking that it 
was the first the association had ever owned, and in acceptino- it 
t le recipient returned thanks for the great honor which the 
members had conferred upon him, saying that that office was 
the highest from a professional standpoint that could be con- 
ferred upon a veterinarian in this country. Incidentals he 
paid a very high tribute to the great work which had been 
wrought by the. retiring President, affirming that the present 
flourishing condition of this great and influential body was in a 
large measure due to his wonderful energy and enthusiastic ex¬ 
ertions m its behalf. He had taken hold of the helm when it 
was little else than a local eastern organization, with but little 
influence in a national sense, and when he now relinquishes ac¬ 
tive office it is a powerful organized body of earnest men work¬ 
ing m unison with zeal and determination for grand ends and 
whose influence is masterly whenever its weight is exerted He 
said he would feel perfectly satisfied to continue the work for 
the next year as it had been done for the past, but he would 
strive to make it even better. The vice-presidents were then 
introduced, and each had a few words to say in acknowledgment 
of the honor bestowed upon them. The re-election of Dr. 
Stewart as secretary was everywhere commended, as he had 
made a most indefatigable worker, and in response to calls for a 
speech he remarked that the members would all hear from him 
during the year, and trusted they would respond for the best 
interests of the association. When the new treasurer, Dr. Rob¬ 
ertson, was re-elected for the ’steenth consecutive term many 
were the calls for a speech, but he had hied himself away, and 
could not be found. 
association then adjourned to enjoy a delightful excur¬ 
sion, arranged by the local committee, and they again met at 
the dock, where they, in company with their wives, sweethearts 
and friends, embarked on the steamer “Idle Hour ” for Niagara 
Falls, where they boarded the wonderful Gorge Electric Rail¬ 
road, which passes down on the banks of the Niagara River, 
past the Whirlpool Rapids, and, continuing in a perfect pano¬ 
rama of the most weird and bewildering scenery, finally reaches 
the village of Lewiston, where the guests alight and view the 
many points of interest, after which they re-embark on the elec¬ 
tric cars and are carried over the same route back to the Falls, 
where tickets have been distributed to convey the guests by 
elevator to the summit of the wonderful tower, which*presents 
the grandest view of that grand country that it is possible to ob- 
