Editorial. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
1      Oct.  1875 
promptly  volunteered  to  convey  us  to  the  landing  in  his  yacht,  and,  the  sky  clearing, 
we  arrived,  after  a  splendid  sail,  in  time  to  participate  in  the  enjoyments  and  become 
a  listener  to  the  speeches  delivered  on  the  homeward  trip,  upon  the  call  of  the 
Chairman,  Mr.  Jos.  Burnett.  As  the  boat  neared  her  wharf,  many  a  farewell  was 
uttered  with  deep  regret,  and  the  parting  salutations  were  mingled  with  expressions 
of  hope  to  meet  again  in  Philadelphia  in  1876. 
The  Excursion  Trip  to  the  White  Mountains,  after  the  close  of  the 
twenty-third  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  planned  by 
Mr.  Sheppard  very  judiciously  so  as  to  afford  all  an  opportunity  to  visit  the  pictur- 
esque mountams  of  New  Hampshire,  spending  either  two  or  three  days,  or  more  if 
so  inclined.  A  special  car  carried  about  sixty  ladies  and  gentlemen  on  Saturday 
morning  from  Boston  to  North  Conway,  where  dinner  was  served.  Commodious 
stagecoaches  carried  the  party  from  here  to  the  Glen  House,  beautifully  located  at  the 
foot  of  Mount  Washington,  where,  on  the  following  morning,  Glen  Ellis  Falls,  the 
Garnet  Pool  and  other  interesting  points  were  visited.  The  ascent  of  Mount 
Washington,  towering  6,288  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  was  of  unusual  interest. 
Starting  from  a  valley  where  an  agreeable  temperature  prevailed,  the  road  passed 
through  dense  forests,  in  which  the  needle-shaped  leaves  of  the  pines  and  firs 
gradually  became  more  predominating.  By  and  by  the  coniferas  dwindled  down  to 
insignificant  shrubs,  and  afterwards  left  mosses  and  lichens  to  adorn  the  otherwise 
bare  rocks.  The  change  in  temperature  was  now  thoroughly  felt,  and  ice  appeared 
in  the  little  rivulets  and  ditches  by  the  roadside,  the  wind  blowing  at  the  rate  of 
forty  miles  an  hour.  The  arrival  at  the  Mount  Washington  Summit  House 
afforded  secure  shelter  from  the  chilly  temperature. 
Gradually  the  top  of  the  mountain  became  enveloped  by  passing  clouds,  which 
settling  deeper  in  the  valley  beneath,  again  left  the  surrounding  peaks  bare,  so  that 
in  the  bright  moonlight,  a  seemingly  boundless  view  upon  an  endless  sea  of  clouds, 
about  1,500  feet  beneath  was  afforded,  while  occasionally  a  passing  cloud  covered 
the  moon,  surrounding  her  for  the  moment  with  a  circle  of  the  bright  colors  of  the 
rainbow. 
The  descent  was  made  on  Monday  morning  by  the  Mount  Washington  Railway, 
through  thick  clouds  j  but  after  the  base  was  reached  the  journey  was  continued  by 
stages,  the  weather  becoming  clear,  past  the  Ammonoosuc  Falls  and  Fabyan's  to  the 
Crawford  House,  situated  in  a  pleasant  valley  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  the 
gate  of  the  White  Mountain  Notch,  from  which  Idlewlld,  the  Willey  House,  Mount 
Willard,  with  Hitchcock's  Flume,  several  picturesque  cascades,  and  curious  rock 
formations  were  visited.  Here  the  company  separated,  one  party  passing  through 
the  Franconia  Mountains  to  Lake  WInnlpiseogee,  while  the  other  returned  by  rail 
^uia  North  Conway  to  Boston,  many  meeting  again  on  board  the  Fall  River  boat  on 
their  trip  to  New  York  and  homeward. 
A  party  of  ten  spent  some  days  on  the  Isles  of  Shoals,  while  others  extended  their 
journey  to  Lake  George,  the  Hudson  River  or  Niagara  Falls. 
Dr  Pancoast's  Tonic  Tincture. — Under  this  name  a  preparation  is  prescribed 
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