Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-15
MICRO OSCOPY.
FIRST SOIREE OF THE LANCASTER
MICKOSCOPICAL SOCIETY.

FIRST SOIREE OF THE LANCASTER
M1CkOSCOPICAL SOCIETY.
Great Crowd-Fine Instruments and Ex-
hiblts.
The first sOiree of the Lancaster Micro
scopical society was given last night in
the parlOrs and dining hall of the Stevens
house. There was a great crowd in at
tendence, including nearly all the preachers
lawyers, doctors, scientists and teachers in
the city, and hundreds of the most respect
able and intelligent people-men, women
and ckildren-from all classes Of society.
1t was almost a mob, but a very intelli-
gent, well-dressed and well-behaved mob.
But there were at least five times as MANY
people present as could be COM
fortably accommodated or could
have reasonable chance of seeing
the hundreds Of wonderful OBJ
objects exhibited under nearly a hundred
powerful microscopes. arranged on tables
in both parlor and dining room, The
following named gentlemen from abroad.
many of them eminent in microscopy and
other sciences, were in attendance:
From Philadelphia-R. w. Brinton,
Herman Hillary. Jno. L. Maroncy. L. G.
Robinson, Jas. N. Caleby, BENZ. +. Epp-
stein, D. S. Holman, s. Morris Lelar, J.
Fred Herbert, j. Thos. LippincOtt, j. Z.
Tomson, G. NJ. Lenyard, John Irwin, A.
S. Reilly, Thos. w. Harris, J. Elias.
From West Chester-W. w. Jefferies,
VIM. A. Jefferies, Mrs. Chauncey Darling
ton, Addison May, J. c. Green, j. 3.
Wood NJ. D., J. H. ThOrEe, A. Sharpless,
II. T.. Wood NJ. D.
From New York-T. G.. Bidwell, N. D.
Printers, Abm. Wecterler, L. NJ. Stone, j.
II. Mergentime.
From Camden, n. IA. P. Brown. c.
Henry Kahn, James Carr isOn, jr.
From MOoresville, N. WIN. J. Nor
risOn.
From Boston-S. A. Peck.
Shortly after 8 o'clock DR.. ii. ID.
knight, president of the Lancaster So
ciety, attempted to call tho assemblaSe to
order, but with only Indifferent success,
and in tho name of the society, read an adj
dress of welcome directing attention to
the Importance of popular study of mi
croscopy.
DR.. knight was followed by William A.
Wilson, esq.,, who made an off hand speech
in which he heartily welcomed the visiting
scientists to good old Lancaster and sug-
gested that it might not be amiss in them
to test, under their instruments and by
their appetites, the relative merit of our
Conestoga water and our lager beer.
Prof. D. S. Holman, actuary of the
Franklin institute of Pennsylvania, re-
sponded on behalf of the visitors, thank.
ing the Lancaster society for the generous
reception accorded them, and urging upon
his hearers the importance and value of
the microscope. He thought it should be
placed in every school in the common.
wealth, as it wOald do more towards Civ
ing children a correct idea of the origin of
life than any other agent that could be
used. He invited particular attention to
one of tho exhibits small live sala-
maIder or water lizard-exhibited under
one of the instruments, rs it showed very
distinctly the circulation of the blood, just
as it would be seen in our own bodies
could We look into them.
At the conclusion of Prof. Holman's re-
marks, the crowd swayed to and fro in all
directions, gathered around the several
tables in the spacious dining room and
parlor, jostled and elbowed each other
good .naturedly and tried to get view of
the wonderful exhibits.
These embraced great variety Of mi
mute objects of the animal, vegetable and
mineral Kingdoms. One of the most in
teresting and one that attracted more at
tention, perhaps, than any other, was a
living salamander, or water lizard, an inch
or two in length, exhibited by DR.. Hol-
man. 1t was placed under the instrument
in glass receptacle, filled with water,
while stream of pure water, conducted
through glass tnbes, was constantly pass.
ing over the little reptile, keeping him in
good health. The pulsatiOns Of the heart
and the circulation of the blood could be
seen with great distinctness under the
powerful instrument used on the occasion.
The two Chester county societies show
cd many beautiful objects of pond life,
crystallized gold and silver, &c.
The Camden society," chief attraction was
ters that it looked a monster. The beat
ing of its heart and action of its digestive
apparatus could be distinctly seen.
Tho Wilmington society had a great
variety Of diatOms, living objects, such as
cheese mites. vinegar eels, Sc, &c.
The Readings sOciety's most interesting
exhibits were crystalline poisons-arsenic,
strychnine, &C., which looked very beau
tiful under the glass.
r. & j. Beck, the celebrated London
manufacturers, had an agent in attend
ance with some of their magnificent in
struments, the largest in the world, under
which were shown some wonderful and
interesting objects.
The Lancaster society had, Of course, u
larger number of instruments than any of
the visiting societies. Of total of 73 instru-
ments on exhibition, they had %, under
which were shown great variety of inter-
eStiu0 Obiects-DOllen butterflv scales
tiny insects, acknowledgements and dozens
of other things.
Sidle s. Co., the Lancaster manufacturers
of microscopes, had II of their instruments
on exhibition, and experts say they were
not surpassed in power and finish by any
others shown.
On the whole the sOiree compared very
favorably with any given by sister soci-
etles. the only cause of complaint being
that the great crowd in attendance made
it inconvenient and tedious for visitors to
get a view of even 1.-THE Of the subjects
shown. We venture to suggest, that if q
smaller number of invitations had been
given, and small admission fec charged,
the sOiree would have beeu sufficictly we'll
and both tho exhibitors and visi-
tors would have had greater satisfaction.
Thoroughbred Stock.
The Roaring Springs correspondent Of
the Altoona Tribune says: DR.. J. w. Mad
ara, Of Bakers Summit, has just purchas
ed from Il. w. COleman's heirs, Lancaster
Pa, the celebrated iron men, as
we'll as noted stock men, fine Hambleton-
ian colt. Clay, sired by Middlctown ST., of
Rysdyk's Hambletonian dam, Nettie Clay,