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to  the  high  appreciation  of  the  constant  courtesies  shown,  closing  with  a  pro- 
position for  three  cheers  for  the  generous  hosts,  which  was  heartily  endorsed, 
and  ardently  carried  out.  The  last  portion  of  the  trip  was  made  by  rail  through 
the  Pemigewasset  Valley  to  Bethlehem  Junction,  and  thence  to  the  Profile 
House,  arriving  there  about  supper  time.  The  arrangements  had  been  made 
with  such  foresight  that,  on  arrival  at  the  hotel,  every  one  of  the  party  found 
the  baggage,  which  had  been  sent  by  a  different  route,  already  in  the  room 
assigned  for  his  or  her  occupancy  during  the  next  five  or  six  days. 
After  supper  a  meeting,  lasting  until  after  midnight,  was  held  by  the 
Council  to  arrange  the  business  for  the  Association. 
First  Session,  Thursday  Morning,  July  ij.. — Shortly  after  ten  o'clock  the 
meeting  of  the  Association  was  called  to  order  in  the  large  parlor  of  the 
Profile  House,  when  President  Finlay  introduced  Mr.  A.  P.  Preston  of  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  who,  in  behalf  of  the  pharmacists  of  New  Hampshire,  spoke 
words  of  welcome  and  of  best  wishes  for  a  successful  meeting,  and  after 
referring  to  the  grand  scenery  and  the  varied  attractions  in  the  State,  briefly 
outlined  the  program  of  entertainment  following  the  meeting,  and  expressed 
the  appreciation  to  the  ladies  for  the  part  they  had  taken  in  New  Orleans  in 
suggesting  the  White  Mountains  as  the  place  for  meeting,  closing  by  saying  : 
''  We  thank  you  sincerely,  ladies  ;  you  have  shown  excellent  judgment  and  your 
husbands  excellent  taste  in  following  your  suggestion."  Vice-president  To*~bert 
was  called  upon  to  reply,  which  he  did  in  a  happy  manner,  referring  to  the 
generous  hospitality,  pledging  return  as  occasion  may  offer,  alluding  to  the 
community  of  interests  between  pharmacists  everywhere  and  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  closing  with  a  reference  to  the  influence  of 
New  England  upon  the  growth  of  the  republic. 
President  Finlay.  in  his  presidential  address,  called  attention  to  the  fact  that 
this  very  day  was  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  first  president  of  this 
Association,  Daniel  B.  Smith,  who  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  July  14,  1792,  and 
in  October,  1852,  was  elected  president  of  the  National  Pharmaceutical  Conven- 
tion, and  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  then  organized.  Mr. 
Finlay  then  passed  in  review  the  action  of  the  representatives  of  the  Associa- 
tion during  the  past  year,  referring  to  the  address  of  congratulation  sent  to 
the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain  ;  to  the  conference  with  the 
National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  relating  to  the  fixation  of  prices 
for  proprietary  articles  ;  to  the  section  of  Materica  Medica  and  Pharmacy  of 
the  American  Medical  Association,  and  to  the  invitation  extended  for  holding 
the  Seventh  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  in  Chicago.  The  progress 
in  the  revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopceia  was  alluded  to,  and  reference  was 
made  to  the  continually  increasing  number  of  synthetical  remedies,  some  of 
which  proved  to  be  material  quite  unremunerative  on  the  necessary  invest- 
ment. In  closing,  allusion  was  made  to  members  who  have  faithfully  served 
the  Association,  aiding  in  its  counsels  and  enriching  its  literature,  and  who 
have  given  the  results  of  their  patient  labor  and  inventive  genius,  and  it 
was  suggested  by  the  President,  that  to  them  some  token  of  appreciation, 
some  tribute  of  esteem  was  due,  which  might  be  in  the  form  of  an  emblem 
bearing  an  appropriate  motto,  or  a  scroll  suitably  inscribed. 
The  address  was  referred  to  a  Committee  of  three,  which  subsequently 
reported  on  the  suggestions,  and  approving  of  the  last  one,  recon.mended  its 
