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could, however, scarcely have been otherwise, all things being 
considered in the past. The veterinarians of the regions both 
east and west of the Alieghanies, who met in Chicago, knew 
that the great object in view, aside from social meetings 
and the reinforcement of existing links of friendship and 
acquaintanceship, was to be the consummation of an impor¬ 
tant measure for the advancement of the interests of the 
profession, no less indeed than a national exhibition of the 
army of those guardians of the national wealth, the value of 
whose offices to their countrymen Americans have at last be¬ 
gun to look at intelligently’, and with a just appreciation of the 
estimation in which their noble calling should be held. These 
are among the results which are thus far secure, and who 
will venture to predict the further advantages which may T ac¬ 
crue in the near future, to the Association, to the profession 
generally’, and to each individual member and practitioner ? 
Considered altogether, the meeting was a grand success. 
More than 120 members answered to the roll call, and at one 
time we counted 109 members present, in the large room of 
the Auditorium building in which the meeting was held. Fif¬ 
teen States, together with the District of Columbia, were 
represented, comprising Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, 
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky 7 , Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, 
Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota and South Dakota. 
For the first time in many 7 years New Jersey was not repre¬ 
sented, nor were Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Maine, and the 
absence of the faces of the faithful old members from these 
States threw a little gloom on the party 7 which met by 7 agree¬ 
ment in New York on Sunday morning to start from the city 7 
in company. 
The Comitia Minora held a meeting on the morning of the 
16th, and what a meeting it must have been! Certainly one 
of the old kind, long and tedious, for the session so encroached 
upon the hours of the afternoon, as to prevent the assemblage 
of the general meeting until 2:30 P. M. 
Professor C. B. Michener, after listening to an address of 
welcome from Dr. W. L. Williams, V.S., of Bloomington, 
Illinois, responded in behalf of the Association, and then the 
