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iiition of worth in our dumb friends is late, but desirable.— 
(^Brooklyn (A^. V.) Eagle^ Oct. 12.) 
He Turned Up, But Attired in Military Garb. —We 
have the following interesting bit of news from a Southern cor¬ 
respondent : “ There are some individuals whose presence or 
absence, at any representative gathering of the profession or 
business to which they belong, gives occasion for remark. Such 
was the case with one of our prominent Eastern members whose 
conspicuous figure was so much missed from the thirty-fourth 
annual convention of the U. S. V. M. A., held in Nashville, 
Tenn., the correct date of which he was, we have no doubt, 
officially notified, but on account of some valid reason best 
known to himself, did not put in an appearance “on time.” 
Although some thirty or forty days late, however, he did turn 
up in the Centennial City, but attired in the chevrons of a ser¬ 
geant-major of Troop C, N. G., N. Y. Just how long our gal¬ 
lant military confrere had frequented the beautiful and 
picturesque grounds of onr Southern White City, w'e are not 
prepared to say, but he was found on the Streets of Cairo, where 
he had, no doulDt, been testing his equestrian powers on some 
of the “ ships of the Eastern desert,” and otherwise enjoying 
the sights and frivolities to be seen on “ Vanity Fair.” Com¬ 
passion for our friend touched a respondent chord in our hearts, 
and we saw him safely off from the union depot, with the train 
headed East. In this act of fraternal consideration, the pro¬ 
fession are under a debt of gratitude to the veterinarians of 
Nashville. So left us. Dr. W. H. Pendry, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 
with the parting ejaculation, ‘ Just tell them that you saw me.’ ” 
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