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VETERINARY SURGEON PEAS. 
Little practice, niiicli vacation,— 
These, all these, and many more than these. 
Were known to Veterinary Surgeon Peas. 
Age of Usefulness — 
On old placentae he was skilled. 
And with cures for spavin filled. 
He also made hermetic powder 
That wounds nine miles point blank 
would solder. 
Toiled this man with bots and colic. 
Giving shot-gun pills di’bolic. 
And dehorning rams hydraulic. 
Still he toiled for promised pay. 
Trusting, trusting every day 
For his pay to come “ next May, ”— 
These, all these, and many more than 
these. 
Were known to Veterinary Surgeon Peas. 
Last Scene of All. 
‘ ‘ Yon are great and we will tell it, ’' 
Quoth his patrons for their credit. 
Ods bodkins ! he yokels trusted 
^ „ . fTT f 1 c Till his bank account was busted, 
Veterinary Surgeon Peas—Age of Usefulness. 
Thus he toiled without collecting, 
Making debts and just existing ; 
Credit, trusting was his feasting. 
So he leaner grew with feeding. 
Larger grew pathetic patches 
On once bright and sporty breeches. 
Till he heard the Angel call,— 
* * * -x- * 
Now—he needs no pants at all. 
S. R. Howard. 
Reprfsentative American Laboratories.— In a depart¬ 
ment bearing this title the JoiLrnal of Applied Microscopy for Feb¬ 
ruary describes in a long and well-illustrated article the laborator¬ 
ies of microscopy, histology, and embryology, and of bacteriology 
and pathology, of Cornell University, including a very perfect 
cut of the New York State Veterinary College. 
