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Editorial. 
5  Am.  Jour  Pbarm. 
I     Oct.  1,  1874. 
read  there.  The  attendance  from  the  Atlantic  States  has  been  larger  than 
was  at  first  anticipated,  in  consequence  of  the  refusal  of  the  great  trunk  rail- 
road lines  to  grant  a  reduction  of  fare.  But  several  cities  and  sections,  from 
which  a  goodly  number  of  members  had  been  expected,  were  but  slimly  or  not 
•at  all  represented.  This  may  be  in  part  accounted  for  by  the  depression  of 
business  during  the  last  year,  and  also,  to  some  extent,  by  the  industrial  and 
agricultural  expositions  which  were  open  at  that  time  in  four  or  five  of  the 
Western  cities.  The  Southern  States,  as  usual,  had  sent  but  few  representa- 
tives, owing  to  the  sickness  usually  prevailing  in  many  places  during  the  early 
part  of  September.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  there  does  not  appear  to  be  any 
period  of  the  year,  which  would  suit  nearly  all  the  pharmacists  in  different 
parts  of  the  country  equally  well,  for  leaving  their  business  to  attend  these 
■important  gatherings,  exchange  views  with  their  brethren  from  other  locali- 
ties, and  enjoy  some  recreation  from  the  confining  labors  during  the  past 
year.  In  some,  perhaps  in  many  instances,  our  friends  might  well  afford  to 
cut  loose  about  this  time  from  the  daily  routine  of  business,  with  the  view  of 
assisting  in  the  work  before  the  Association,  and  forming  or  renewing  an  ac- 
quaintance or  friendship  with  their  confreres  from  distant  places. 
According  to  the  programme,  as  published  on  page  395  of  this  Journal,  over 
forty  members,  including  ladies,  left  Baltimore  and  Washington  on  the  morn- 
ing of  Saturday,  September  5th,  a  portion  of  them  going  as  far  as  Deer  Park, 
situated  upon  the  summit  plateau  of  Big  Savage  Mountain,  while  another  por- 
tion went  to  Grafton,  with  its  picturesque  surroundings,  and  still  another  por- 
tion visited  Marietta,  to  examine  the  mounds,  erected  there,  as  in  some  other 
Western  localities,  by  a  pre  historic  race.  The  majority  of  these  parties,  re- 
enforced  by  other  members,  arrived  together  in  Cincinnati,  received  the  kind 
attentions  of  some  of  their  fellow-members,  and  proceeded  to  Louisville,  where 
the  pharmacists  and  druggists  had  made  preparations  for  their  comfort  and 
entertainment. 
A  promenade  concert  and  hop  was  given  in  honor  of  the  Association,  in  the 
upper  concert  room  of  Liederkranz  Hall,  on  Wednesday  evening,  September 
9th.  The  visiting  ladies  were  invited  to  a  drive  through  the  city,  and  the  most 
interesting  points  in  the  neighborhood,  on  Thursday  afternoon.  Friday  after- 
noon was  set  apart  for  a  visit  to  the  Star  Plate  Glass  Works,  New  Albany, 
Ind.,  the  only  works  in  the  United  States  making  polished  plate  glass.  On 
Friday  evening  the  members  called  upon  Prof.  J.  Lawrence  Smith,  and  spent 
a  pleasant  and  profitable  hour  in  examining  his  handsome  and  well-appointed 
laboratory  and  fine  collections,  and  in  conversation  with  prominent  citizens 
and  savans  of  Louisville.  The  invitation  of  the  Liederkranz  Society  for  this 
evening  was  likewise  taken  advantage  of  by  many  members  aud  their  ladies, 
who  visited  Woodland  Garden  to  enjoy  the  vocal  and  instrumental  concert, 
many  remaining  to  participate  in  the  dancing,  which  was  kept  up  for  some 
tiours. 
At  almost  all  hours  of  the  day  and  evening  members  and  their  ladies  could 
be  seen  at  the  Industrial  Exposition,  generously  opened  to  them  free  of  charge 
by  the  managers.  The  badges,  which  for  the  first  time  had  been  provided  for 
the  attendants  at  this  meeting,  served  not  merely  for  the  members  to  recognize 
