454  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  { AmA^"rimarm' 
the  sudden  illness  of  Professor  Bedford.  In  another  place  we  record  his  death, 
which  occurred  on  the  Wednesday  following. 
After  installing  the  newly-elected  officers,  and  reading  the  minutes  of  the 
last  session,  the  Association  finally  adjourned  to  meet  next  year  in  Chicago,  on 
the  third  Tuesday  of  August,  1893,  unless  the  time  be  changed  by  the  Council. 
The  date  for  the  meeting  of  the  Seventh  International  Pharmaceutical  Con- 
gress at  Chicago  has  been  fixed  for  the  fourth  Tuesday  of  August,  1893. 
During  the  days  of  their  stay  at  the  Profile  House  the  members  visited  the 
places  of  interest  in  the  neighborhood.  Within  easy  walking  distance  is  the 
"profile,"  a  stone  face  formed  on  a  spur  of  the  mountain  by  three  ledges  of 
granite,  nearly  forty  feet  in  height,  and  overlooking  the  placid  Profile  Lake, 
twelve  hundred  feet  beneath  it  ;  and  in  the  opposite  direction  Echo  Lake. 
The  Basin,  Pool  and  Flume  are  distant  four  and  six  miles,  and  a  visit  to  Sugar 
Hill  requires  a  drive  of  about  sixteen  miles.  Ascents  of  Mounts  Lafayette  and 
Cannon  were  also  made  by  a  number  of  the  party.  On  three  evenings  read- 
ings were  given  by  Professor  Churchill,  and  music  had  been  provided  in  the 
lobby  or  the  parlors  of  the  hotel  afternoons  and  evenings. 
On  Tuesday  morning,  July  19,  about  one-half  of  the  party  left  by  rail  at  7.30, 
visited  Mount  Washington,  took  dinner  at  the  Summit  House  and  then 
returned,  passing  the  evening  and  night  at  the  Crawford  House.  The  remaider 
of  the  party  started  about  three  hours  later,  passed  the  night  at  Fabyan's,  and 
reached  the  Crawford  House  on  Wednesday  morning.  From  here  the  ascent 
of  Mount  Willard  was  made,  from  the  summit  of  which  a  grand  view  is  had  of 
the  upper  Saco  Valley.  Dinner  was  provided  at  the  Crawford  House,  the 
excursionists  being  the  guests  of  Vermont  druggists,  Wells,  Richardson  &  Co., 
Burlington,  and  after  dinner  the  party  left  by  rail,  some  returning  to  Boston, 
but  the  large  majority,  accepting  the  invitation  extended  by  Maine,  proceeded 
to  Portland,  arriving  there  early  in  the  evening,  and  put  up  at  the  Falmouth, 
United  States,  Preble  and  other  hotels.  At  the  former  of  these  an  informal 
reception  was  held,  at  which  many  of  the  pharmacists,  druggists,  physicians 
and  other  citizens  of  Portland  were  present.  The  pharmacists  of  the  city, 
joined  by  the  Board  of  Trade  and  others,  provided  a  carriage  ride  for  Thursday 
morning,  thus  affording  the  visitors  an  opportunity  for  seeing  the  principal 
portions  of  the  city  and  some  of  the  suburbs.  The  drive  terminated  at  a 
steamboat  landing,  where  a  steamer  was  in  waiting  to  convey  the  visitors  and 
their  hosts  on  an  excursion  through  the  harbor  and  a  part  of  Casco  Bay,  which  is 
studded  with  a  large  number  of  islands,  big  and  little.  Finally,  Long  Island 
was  reached,  where  a  clam-bake  was  in  progress  and  dinner  was  served.  The 
return  trip  to  the  city  was  made  in  time  to  take  the  evening  trains  for  Boston. 
But  many  preferred  remaining  in  the  hospitable  city  over  night,  while  another 
large  party  secured  state-rooms  aboard  the  steamer  Poi'tland  for  a  sea  voyage 
to  Boston  during  the  evening  and  night.  The  latter  city,  which  had  been  the 
gathering  point  of  the  party  nearly  two  weeks  earlier,  became  now  the  divid- 
ing point  on  the  homeward  trips. 
Aside  from  the  work  done  at  the  sessions,  the  meeting  was  a  memorable 
one  for  the  historical  places  visited,  for  the  sublime  scenery  beheld,  for  its 
social  features  and  for  the  unbounded  hospitality  tendered  by  Massachusetts, 
New  Hampshire,  Vermont  and  Maine.  But  a  shadow  was  cast  at  its  close  by 
the  sudden  removal  of  one  of  the  party  from  among  the  living. 
