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Wk acknowledge the receipt of a season ticket and a cour¬ 
teous invitation to attend the Toronto Industrial Exhibition 
from the President, Prof. Andrew Smith, F. R. C. V. S. The 
fair occurs from Aug. 28 to Sept. 7, and the live stock exhibit 
is to be a special feature. 
A Brooklyn (N. Y.) Veterinarian has agents going the 
rounds of large firms endeavoring to make contracts for treat¬ 
ing their horses, in the manner that shyster lawyers obtain 
their damage suits. It is hard to make a silk purse out of a 
sow’s ear. 
Virginia State Board oe Veterinary Examiners.— 
The following have been appointed by the Governor : Drs, 
Harry Bannister, Roanoke ; H. E. Drake, Leesburg ; Wm. H. 
Bolyn, Lincoln; Wm. T. Gilchrist, Norfolk; Thomas M. 
Sweeney, Richmond. The officers of the Board are Dr. W. T. 
Gilchrist, President, and Dr. H. Bannister, Secretary. 
Maryland Veterinary Licentiates. —The Board of 
Veterinary Medical Examiners met in Baltimore in June and 
granted licenses to the following candidates : E. B. Berger, V. 
M. D., Baltimore; G. W. Horner, V. M. D., Finksburg; L. A. 
Nolan, V. M. D., Baltimore ; and Hulbert Young, V. M. D-, 
Washington, D. C. 
Clara Barton writes : “ Among the shocking and heart¬ 
rending scenes of the battle-field the screams of the wounded 
horses lingered more painfully in my ears, if possible, than the 
moans of the wounded men. They die slow and hard if left to 
themselves, and I have seen the vultures hovering and tearing 
at them while life yet remained.” 
Strongylus Contortus is reported by Dr. H. E. Titus, of 
Maxwell, Iowa, in the July Journal , to be the cause of many 
deaths in a herd of Angora goats. Post-mortem showed the 
fourth stomach full of them. An emulsion of turpentime and 
milk repeated at intervals of four days, until four doses had 
been given, saved all but one of those affected. 
Drs. S. Stewart, of Kansas City, and James Law, of Ithaca, 
N. Y., at the request of The Horseshoers ’ Journal , contributed 
to the July number of that excellent publication opinions as to 
the effect of rubber pads upon horses’ feet. Their conclusions 
were that many of the styles of pads were not injurious, but 
served many useful purposes. 
“ I Prize the American Veterinary Review very much. 
Have Vols. XXII. and XXIII. bound and find them very valu¬ 
able books of reference. We have a very good bindery here, and 
