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we  have  not  been  able  to  offer  any  of  them  to  our  readers.  The  printing 
of  the  discussion  on  the  subject  of  alcohol  in  connection  with  the  internal 
revenue  tax  is  nearly  in  full  detail,  and  will  be  interesting  to  many.  The 
spirit  with  which  the  sessions  were  animated,  the  full  attendance,  and  the 
large  number  of  new  members,  all  rendered  it  one  of  the  most  successful 
gatherings  that  have  taken  place,  and  fully  repaid  the  time  and  expense 
of  getting  there.  The  members  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy 
were  unremitting  in  their  exertions  to  add  interest  to  the  occasion,  by  well- 
timed  movements  outside  of  the  meetings.  On  the  evening  of  the  first- 
day,  an  impromptu  visit  of  the  Boston  members  and  their  wives,  to  the 
visiting  members  of  the  Association  and  their  wives,  at  the  Tremont 
House,  was  admirably  managed ;  breaking  the  ice  of  reserve,  and  render- 
ing the  members  better  acquainted  than  a  whole  series  of  sessions  would 
have  accomplished.  In  the  midst  of  the  pleasant  intercourse,  it  was  an- 
nounced that  the  authorities  of  the  hotel  required  the  parlor  vacated,  when 
the  company,  following  a  worthy  Ex-President,  soon  found  themselves  in 
an  apartment,  wherein  a  table  spread  with  many  delicacies  invited  them  to 
partake  of  its  bounty. 
The  ladies  were  well  cared  for  during  the  sessions  of  the  meeting,  and, 
through  the  agency  of  Mr.  William  Brown  and  some  of  the  Boston  ladies, 
visited  numerous  places  of  interest  in  Boston  and  its  vicinity,  so  that  the 
time  passed  agreeably  and  rapidly.  Not  satisfied  with  this,  on  Thursday 
afternoon  the  whole  Association  adjourned  to  meet  on  a  steamer  at  India 
Wharf,  with  the  flag  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  at  the  bow, 
and  proceeded  down  the  harbor  into  Massachusetts  Bay,  among  the 
forts  and  islands,  calling  at  Nahant  for  a  short  visit  at  that  noted  water- 
ing place,  and  debarking  at  Point  Shirley,  to  partake,  at  Taft's  Hotel,  of  a 
regular  fish  supper,  in  true  Boston  style.  More  than  two  hundred  sat 
down  to  the  repast,  whilst  the  band  accompanying  the  excursion  discoursed 
sweet  music.  Many  strangers  had  an  opportunity  of  partaking,  for  the 
first  time,  of  a  real  Yankee  chowder,  of  approved  quality,  as  a  preliminary, 
and  pronounced  it  good;  when  other,  and  numerous  delicacies,  of  fish, 
flesh,  fowl  and  fruit,  vied  with  each  other  in  tempting  the  appetite.  The 
party  re  embarked  at  8  o'clock,  and,  after  a  most  delightful  moonlight  ex- 
cursion to  Fort  Warren  and  along  the  harbor,  returned  to  the  city,  much 
gratified  with  their  experience  of  Boston  hospitality  and  attentions. 
We  must  not  forget  to  notice  a  visit  to  the  great  organ  at  Music  Hall, 
planned  by  the  Committee  of  Arrangements,  where,  for  a  full  hour,  this 
extraordinary  instrument  poured  forth  its  wealth  of  sounds  with  a  magnifi- 
cence of  compass,  depth,  and  sweetness  intensely  gratifying  to  the  visitors, 
most  of  whom  had  not  heard  it  before. 
Such  are  a  few  of  the  episodes  of  the  meeting,  which,  all  in  all,  will 
long  be  remembered  as  the  best  attended,  most  animated,  and  most  har- 
monious of  the  annual  gatherings  of  the  Association. 
