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man  to  that  lean  and  slippered  pantaloon,  the  oldest  alumnus,  are 
of  to-day,  and  to-morrow  are  not,  a  great  school  is  as  nearly  as  any 
mundane  thing  can  be  immortal. 
It  has  a  corporate  existence  and  a  perpetual  succession.  The 
fires  on  your  altars  are  never  quenched :  each  one  tends  them  for 
a  while,  and  then  becomes  a  memory  to  his  successor. 
I  am  glad  to  address  you,  because  pharmacy  was  my  first  love, 
and  even  to-day  I  occasionally  find  myself  longing  for  your  profes- 
sion. I  can  sympathize  with  your  joys  and  your  sorrows.  I  have 
arisen  at  2  a.m.  with  a  smile  on  my  lip  and  murder  in  my  heart,  to 
show  a  belated  rounder  the  directory.  I  have  lolled  on  your  flowery 
beds  of  ease;  "  I  also  have  dwelt  in  Arcadia."' 
My  good  friend,  Mr.  England,  got  a  little  mixed  when  he  an- 
nounced that  my  address  would  be  on  "  Dispensing  for  the  Veterina- 
rian." That  would  indeed  be  carrying  coals  to  Newcastle.  My 
object  is  rather  to  foregather  with  you  and  suggest  methods  that  will 
tend  toward  closer  and  more  profitable  relations  between  the  phar- 
macist and  the  practitioner  of  veterinary  medicine. 
Some  of  you  have  heard  of  that  now  somewhat  venerable 
"  Kitchen  Pharmacopoeia,"  Airs.  Glass's  Cook  Book.  The  recipe  for 
making  hare  soup  commences :  "  First  catch  your  hare  " — sound  ad- 
vice beyond  question. 
Let  us  then  see  how  best  to  attract  the  veterinarian  to  your  es- 
tablishment :  What  is  the  best  bait,  the  best  way  to  display  it  ? 
Perhaps  it  will  be  well  to  attack  the  negative  side  first  and  point 
out  to  you  some  manners  and  methods  that,  in  my  opinion,  will  not  be 
likely  to  catch  the  veterinary  fish,  or,  for  that  matter,  the  medical 
fish  or  any  other  fish  whatever. 
Here  are  a  few  advertisements  not  calculated  to  give  me  confi- 
dence in  either  your  knowledge,  sense,  or  good  faith. 
No.  1  is  from  a  Boston  drug  store :  "  Lunches  put  up  to  take  out. 
Baked  beans,  bread  and  butter,  doughnut  and  coffee,  15  cents." 
No.  2 :  "  Saturday  is  apple  day  at  our  fountain ;  an  apple  given 
with  every  glass  of  soda." 
No.  3  :  "  Our  59-cent  offer :  One-half  dozen  cakes  ivory  soap, 
one-quarter  pound  Bunko  Brand  coffee,  one-half  dozen  carriage 
candles,  2  pounds  washing  soda,  one  bottle  Tonko  Brand  vanilla." 
Here  is  a  quotation  from  one  of  your  journals ;  the  article  goes  to 
show  how  to  build  up  a  run-down  store,  and  I  pass  it  on  to  you  with 
