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TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 
greens, and led on by their genial Toast Master, Dr. C. B. 
Michener, of New York City, did ample justice to the many deli¬ 
cacies placed before them. After coffee and cigars had been 
served, letters of regret were read from Dr. Wickersham, and 
President John G. Shortall, of the Illinois Humane Society, fol- 
lowed by many pleasant and telling remarks from those assigned 
places on the toast list. “ The union and fraternal relations 
created between the East and West,” were fittingly referred to by 
Drs. Hoskins and Barker; “ The profession and its power and 
worth ” by Dr. Lyford; “ The Colleges, their growth and early 
history, their past and present, and their outlook of the future ” 
were suitably referred to by Professors Liautard and Withers. 
“ The aid rendered the profession by journalism ” was pungently 
and sweetly dwelt upon by Prof. Huidekoper. “ Yeterinary Sani¬ 
tary Work and National Yeterinary Work, and the part played by 
veterinarians throughout our whole land, in all the places assigned 
them,” were commented upon and highly eulogized by Drs. Paquin 
and Salmon. “ The place, power, influence and good work achieved 
by State Yeterinary Associations ” was thoroughly treated by 
Dr. Tait Butler, and his concluding remarks embraced a beautiful 
tribute to the future of our National Association. “ The little 
good achieved, the great dangers involved in improper legislation 
for veterinarians in their respective States ” was most thoroughly 
and justly commented upon by Dr. Atkinson. “ The needs and 
hopes, the high appreciation by the majority of the qualified vet¬ 
erinarians of the Army of the work already done on their behalf,” 
was fittingly referred to by Dr. D. Lemay. “Agriculture in its 
broad importance to the world, and to our Nation,” with an ob¬ 
ject lesson from the good things of the table, were ably alluded 
to by Prof. Perian, who closed his remarks with suitable allusions 
to the relation of veterinarians and agriculture; after which a 
jolly song by Dr. Griffin and the 2 A. M. chorus of the 
“ Kiamensi ” quartet closed the grandest meeting the Association 
ever held. 
