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tion  of  these  two  meetings,  at  Boston  and  Philadelphia,  there  has  not  been  a  number 
of  members  present,  during  the  past  seven  year,  equal  to  that  at  Indianapolis,  where 
126  were  registered,  the  same  as  at  Cleveland  in  1872.  The  favorable  position  of 
Indianapolis  as  a  railroad  centre,  and  the  activity  displayed  by  the  Local  Secretary 
and  Local  Committee,  were  instrumental  in  securing  this  result.  The  cause  first 
mentioned,  however,  operated  likewise  against  the  concentration  of  the  visitors 
from  the  different  sections  of  the  country  upon  any  one  of  the  routes  of  travel  j 
still  a  goodly  number  of  members,  with  their  ladies,  met  upon  the  train  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad,  which  reached  Pittsburg  near  midnight,  September  6th,. 
and  mostly  stopped  here  over  Sunday  at  the  Seventh  Avenue  Hotel,  embracing  the 
opportunity  of  taking  a  view  of  the  surroundings  of  the  iron  city.  On  the  follow- 
ing Monday  the  party  was  joined  on  the  route  to  Indianapolis  by  other  members,, 
and  arrived  near  midnight,  greeted  at  the  depot  by  a  committee  of  the  local  mem- 
bers and  by  visiting  members  from  other  sections  of  the  country,  and  proceeded  to 
their  quarters  at  the  Grand  Hotel.  During  the  same  night  and  on  the  following 
morning  most  of  the  other  visitors  arrived. 
On  the  evening  of  September  9th  the  Microscopical  Society  of  Indianapolis  held 
an  informal  levee  at  the  Grand  Hotel,  under  direction  of  Dr.  Hubbard.  Many 
instruments,  of  different  makers,  were  placed  on  the  tables,  and  the  objects  shown 
attracted  the  interest  of  all.  At  the  same  time  an  opportunity  was  afforded  for  the 
visitors  to  become  acquainted  with  resident  members  and  their  ladies.  On  Wednes- 
day evening  Maennerchor  Hall  was  crowded  with  an  appreciative  audience,  listening 
to  a  concert  given  by  the  Maennerchor  Vocal  Society  and  Beissenherz's  Military- 
Band.  On  Thursday  evening  many  availed  themselves  of  the  invitation  extended 
for  witnessing  the  performance  of  the  comic  opera  "  Fatinitza,"  while  others  partici- 
pated in  the  dancing  arranged  at  the  headquarters  until  the  time  arrived  for  the  ban- 
quet tendered  by  the  druggists  of  Indianapolis.  Toasts  were  proposed  and  responded 
to,  and  the  hop  was  afterwards  again  indulged  in. 
The  invitations  received  for  visiting  public  institutions  and  private  establishments 
were  so  numerous  that  it  was  impossible,  during  the  short  stay  allotted  to  most  of 
the  visitors,  to  attend  to  all.    But  the  visiting  ladies  were  shown  the  courtesies  of 
seeing  as  much  as  possible,  and,  after  the  final  adjournment  of  the  Association,  the 
busy  members  were  conducted  to  several  industrial  establishments  where  new  and 
old  processes  could  be  seen  in  operation. 
On  leaving  the  city  of  Indianapolis  the  members  scattered  over  the  numerous 
roads  leading  away,  those  from  the  Atlantic  States  very  generally  extending  their 
trip  to  Cincinnati,  St.  Louis  or  Chicago,  and  a  number  of  them  returning  home  by 
way  of  Niagara  Falls,  where  their  fellow-member  H.  E.  Griffith  was  untiring  in 
pointing  out  the  beauties  of  this  famous  locality. 
The  exhibition  of  articles  of  pharmaceutical  interest  was  arranged  in  a  large, 
well-lighted  and  ventilated  room  of  the  Masonic  Hall,  admirably  adapted  for  the 
purpose  by  its  size  and  its  close  proximity  to  the  meeting-room  5  proprietary  and 
copyrighted  preparations  had  been  rigidly  excluded  under  the  by-law  adopted  a 
year  ago,  and  it  was  evident  that  the  attractiveness  of  the  exhibition  had  thereby  not 
suffered  in  the  least  5  in  fact,  with  the  exception  of  the  splendid  exhibit  at  Boston. 
