New-York tribune., 1876-09-02
SCIENCE AT BUFFALO.

PREPARATIONS FOR ADJOURNMENT.
YpFEcr OF MINaIINa PLEASURE AND BUSINESS
LAVISH HosPrrAIIrY-HEAPINa GOALS ON THE
cLERaY-sILvER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF TILE
LAKEs-APPEAL TO MEN OF WEALTH.
fFRoM A sTAFP CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE.1
BUFFALO. Aug. 3O.-No limit seems possible
to the hospitality Of the hosts of the American Assoca
tion Yesterday we were taken by rail to Jamestowna
distance OF 10 miles. For this are indebted to the
Buffalo and jamestown Railroad; by which also we re-
turned making this part OF the trip at flying pace-31
miles in 40 minutes Citizens Of jamestown had placed at
our service Lake Chauauqua-a large three
decked wheeler-and band of music. jamestown
ought be known to TRIBUNE readers as 1t was there
that Horace Greeley in his youth earned as aourneyman
printer In the Office Of what is now The jamestown
Democrat enough TO enable him to go to New-fork and
there begin his There several old men In
jamestown who recollect having seen or talked with
him at that time. The excursion on the Lake was
I'm every way delightful: dinner was provided at the
hotel at Lake View Among the 423 persons who made
ND the boatload, several guests OF distinction
besides the members of the association may name
among these Judge Marvin, Judge Clinton, and Judge
Hall of New-York. Gov Fenton was expected to be OF
the party but the state of his health did not permit
| Mrs. and Miss Fenton were. however present
| There was the expected amount OF speech-making;
some of the addresses rather too much OF the
spreadeage kind, considering the number OF foreigners
that were with us. Section Qtbe funny section-held
s meeting on board and fully comic as In any
year. always excepting Its great success at Port
land One OF its best features was an argument by the
Rev. Mr. Calthrop of Syracuse, to prove that the we'll
known London ballad Of Billy Taylor and his true love
was an early myth in which reced the phenomena
OF the heavens; the personages OF the ballad being
anthropomorphc representations Of sun, moon, evening
star, and the like. The hits at the treatment which
| Aryan myths have received at the hands OF
| philologsts were very happy. The essay concluded
| by fixing the date Of the ballad by means OF
Its astronomical indications, at an early year In Assyran
history; the day, April 1. The excursion was rather
diversified than marred by an accident to the steering
apparatus durBg the passage the winding inlet that
leads from jamestown to the lake; the result being
slight detention and the sweeping over the steamboat
decks of the long OF trees the bank One or
two were scratched by the branches and ono
lady was very slightly hurt by the fall Of part OF the bow
flagstaff which broken by the conclusion The water
In the inlet IS very low: all this on has been almost
destitute of rain for months moro. Vegetation IL
thoroughly parched and hlsides are brown Tho peach
cron on the southern shore Of Lake Erie Is usually very
jargs this year IL IA small and poor Iiearn that this Is
due TO the circumstance OF tho peach trees haVing
lowered In the early part Of last January during an un
seasonable term Of warm weather Grapes also, arc
| small and not juicy. - -4~sisl--1sS--
The Buonians had not come to the end OF their hos.
pitates with tho close OF the day. Mayor Becker had
arranged TO provide carriages for drive around the
| Park and TO finish with o collation. This programme
was carried after the close Of todays meeting Buff
fao has spent much money but with economy and udg
ment on her public works Tho Park Is large one. ap-
preached by several long. fine "ooulevards" It. suf
cent the reader that the grounds are laid out
with taste to mention that the work 10 under the super
vision OF Frederick Law omsed
This years experience will probably tend toward In
ducing the Association 10 adopt tho method which the
British Association for the Advancement OF Science has
found best regulating excursions and
h.alp Araf anAp ~
after~srd-is indeed TO certain objections There
| win always be q certain number OF members
that viii go through tho scienine work,
and then II the excursions arS ali at the end And that
they have no moro time 20 spare and 80 hurry homo.
| All work and no play during the week OF the session
might make the scientific people supernaturally dull
But thero be mistake ~ the result Of such q
method In securing due attention and time for the read
ing OF papers The eect Of mingiDg much pleasure
seeking with work has been quite apparent this year At
least one OF the elcursionstha provided by the Union
Iron Works-was tbinly attended. Tho expectation Of
numerous excursions caused many OF the papers to be
prepared IN very brief form IN the Chemical Section for
instance there scarcely anything that ranked above
technical abstract. The chemists talking OF dis
banding their section II II Is not moro productive next
year The Anthropoogca Section almost equally DIS
couraged though the papers read OF the highest
order and the audiences good. only small group
OF the special students OF mans early existence attended
| After routine business, at the general meeting
| to-day the President announced that Sir Edmund
| Barry OF Australia present. and would
make a few remarks. Sir Edmund Barry expressed his
regret that he could not arrived earlier during the
| meeting He had been O tour on the lakes and had
| seen much tonterest and crafty him. He gave some
brief facts respecting public library of Melbourne,
Australia Il contains $1,000 carefully selected books.
Tn the list OF authors the novess may be numbered
ones fingers The American jurist, ChefJusce Story,
once said that 1t was doubtful whether the citations In
Gibbons cline and Fall could be verified any public
library In America This remark fixed itself In Sir Ed
mund Barrys mind, and suggested what library ought
| TO be- Among other features the library under his
charge has 800 volumes OF the proceedings Of learned
societies Whenever point Of than usual interest,
recurring research comes up for public discussion tho
library furnishes needed material for reference, and
even for books that not on hand Great
has attended the management Of the library and
| notwithstanding the absence OF light literature II Is
| highly popular.
The full list Of officers Of the association ALREADY sent
by teegaph was elected series Of thanks TO all con-
cerned in the hospaes and attentions that have been
ayished on the association then put to vote Each
successive resolution brought out speeches Judge Cn-
ton and Capt E. p Dor spoke in reply The latter had
resolution thanks all TO himself and deserved It. He
has been the prime In the excursions, both as TO
obtaining the invitations and supervising the details OF
management. He is the author Of good historical
monograph on the first Monitor and Its fight with the
| Mcrrimack. He is at present deeply interested In
scheme to limit the loading Of American vessels; to do
more eectualy for sailors the work which MI Pm-
| soil has undertaken for British tars
Let me here say that while, rule. votes Of thanks
| are apt TO be formal things, those Of to-day,
on the part OF the association. were both hearty
and heartfelt Prof Rogers closed the meeting with
speech that deserves more complete report than can
here given Never has the association had Presi
dent more gifted with the power Of saying the right