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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Paterson ; Congressman Benj. F. Howell, New Brunswick ; Con- 
gressman Allen L. McDermott, Jersey City; Congressman 
Chas. N. Fowler, Elizabeth ; Hon. Vivian M. Lewis, Mem¬ 
ber of the House of Assembly, Paterson; Dr. Henry Mit- 
chei, Secretary of the New Jersey State Board of Health,'Tren¬ 
ton ; Hon. George Wurts, Secretary of State of New Jersey 
Paterson ; President Patton, Princeton University, Princeton and 
Congressman John J. Gardner, Atlantic City. 
NOTES OF A. V. M. A. MEETING. 
By far the largest and most glorious meeting ever held bv 
the A. V. 51 . A. took place at Atlantic City last month. 
The extreme points of attendance were Canada, Texas, Mon¬ 
tana and Louisiana. 
d he attendance included 98 members, 64 visiting veterina- 
rians, 53 ladies, 14 applicants, and 14 laymen (besides a number 
who failed to register). 
Dr. W. B. E. Miller, of Camden, N. J., was prevented from 
attendance by a severe trolley accident, which rendered him 
ternporarilv hors-de-combat . 
One of the members of the local committee of arrangements 
was so unfortunate as to lose his purse containing $90. Al¬ 
though he advertised to give $25 for its return, evidently the 
finder could not see the profit in such a calculation. 
Dr. Leonard Pearson’s pleasant face was greatly missed, he 
oeing in Europe on an inspection tour of the colleges, seeking 
ideas to be utilized in the rebuilding of the Veterinary Depart 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania. • 
Phe news of the attempted assassination of the President of 
United States came like a thunderbolt after the Convention 
hud adjourned, and those who still lingered about the corridors 
of the Rudolf were dazed by the sad intelligence. 
An inspection of the Atlantic City Artificial Ice Company’s 
plant, through the courtesy of its President, Dr. W. Horace 
Hoskins, Mas very interesting and instructive. It has a capacity 
of 70 tons per day, and the facilities will be increased to 100 
tons by next summer. 
Fifty-three ladies—wives, daughters and mothers of mem¬ 
bers and visitors added much pleasure to the occasion, and if 
one m jght judge by appearances they fully enjoyed every hour 
of their stay. Not a few brought small children with them to 
the delightful seaside resort. 
Two gentlemen were elected to membership upon their de- 
