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OBITUARY. 
OBITUARY. 
ERNEST TRAVER. 
The telegraph brings us the sad news of the death of this 
young veterinarian, which took place from an overdose of strych¬ 
nine, taken by him on the evening of the 23d of March. 
A graduate of veterinary medicine at the old New York Col¬ 
lege of Veterinary Surgeons, in 1875, at the head of his class, 
Ernest Traver, a quiet, unassuming young man, was a hard student, 
who, though he left his alma mater with honors, was not forget¬ 
ful of the treasures which medicine afforded him in his studies ; 
and his might be said to have been a constant and continued 
student life. After he graduated he went to Rhinebeck, and suc¬ 
ceeded in a short time in obtaining a good country practice there. 
But this was not sufficient for his investigating mind; and, as he 
was preparing to go to a larger city where he thought he could 
find better opportunities, he became connected with the breeding 
establishment of Mr. Pierre Lorillard, where, for several years, 
Doctor Traver practiced his profession on the animals kept at this 
world-wide haras. But a few months ago he left this place, and, 
after passing a short time in New York, where he busied himself 
in the purchase of books and other means for study, and in 
taking the steps for the admission of his brother to the American 
Veterinary College, he returned to Rhinebeck, where his useful 
life has been so suddenly cut short. Suffering from nervous de¬ 
bility, he had been accustomed to take small doses of strychnine. 
He had been in the village to attend the funeral of a friend, and, 
on returning home in the evening, as he stated to his poor father, 
“ as it was dark in the room,” took an overdose of this dangerous 
medicine. 
Proud of him, his alma mater regrets him; almost unknowu 
to her, the profession has lost with him one of her best members. 
