The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-09-12
miscellaneous.
For The HgiS and hteRigencer
THE PHYSICIANS RECREATION.
Meeting of the Pennsylvania and Mary
land Union Me dicaI Association.


Meeting of the Pennsylvania and Mary.
land Union Medical Association.
This organization is purely social in its
character, simply designed TO bring physi-
clans and their families together at some
convenient and pleasant place in various
parts of the district represented, for one days
intercourse in each year. This was the sew
enth meeting, the last having been held at
Mount Alto, in Cumberland county. Editors,
clergymen and the non-professional friends
of medical men are often invited to be pres
ent. A President is elected annually, and he
delivers an address of greeting and congratu-
lation, after which all scatter to amuse and
entertain themselves the best they may, as in
dividual bent or circumstances may suggest.
We boarded the morning train of the Co.
lumbia and Port Deposit r. r., at Conowin.
60, about GAO, and, after pleasant ride with
the picturesque scenery of the romantic Sus
quehanna within full view, with its ever
changing aspects, throughout the trip, we
reached the pretty town of Columbia at 800
exactly on time" We regret that the fact
requires us to state that, although every mem
Der of the Medical Society of Hartford coun-
ty was individually invited to attend this
meeting, yet we were the only one actually
present.
On the trip to Columbia, we had the pleas
ure of the company of Drs. S. T. Roman, g.
S. Dare, Gilispie, and II. H. Haines, Presi-
dent of the Rising Sun Bank, representatives
from Cecil county. After remaining at Co.
lumba about one hour, we were furnished
with a special car over the Reading r. r. in
advance of the regular train, and were there
Joined by our old friends, Drs. Bruner, Craig
and several others of Columbia, and after
taking on number of medical friends at va.
rious stations on the way, we reached Ephra.
ia about 11.3O A. NJ. Ephrata Springs have
| long been noted for the virtues of their wa.
| tiers, and as place of resort, not so much pat
ronized of late years as formerly. At the
time of our meeting we learned that there
were about one hundred and eighty guests at
the Springs Hotel. Our members and fami
lies added, for the day, about two hundred
| to that number.
After interchanging compliments with old
| friends, and being introduced to new ones,
| the members were called TO order, when the
| President, DR.. j. L. Zeigler, of Mount Joy,
| delivered his address, which was listened TO
| with earnest attention, and applauded at its
end.
The President then appointed committee
| to nominate officers for the ensuing year, and
also an executive committee to select place
for the next meeting, and to superintend the
preparations for the same. DR.. w. s. Ro-
land, of York, was nominated, and elected
President for next year, and the former Sec.
rotary and Treasurer, DR.. s. J. Rouse, of
York, was reelected, also two vice res-
dents.
| This constituted all of the business of the
day. AT about one o'clock dinner was an
nounced. 1t proved to be an excellent din
ner, and was generally enjoyed. There was
brass band, and cotillion band in attend
ance. The former discoursed music before,
and during dinner, and the latter was brought
into requisition after dinner, when many of
the grave Doctors were to be seen gracefully
leading the ladies through the dance.
From four till seven o'clock the trains for
various directions were busily engaged in
transporting the members homeward, or to
their destinations.
For ourself, we accepted the warm invita-
ton, which had been extended to us at the
meeting of the American Medical Associa-
tion last May, in Washington, by our friend,
DR.. ]. Reilly Butcher. of Lebanon, to pay q
visit TO his home. With the view of show
ing us all that could be seen within the short
time of our stay, we first went to the city OF
Reading, and spent an hour or two in seeing
its curiosties, and reached Lebanon about
$50 in the evening On the next morning,
the Doctor took us around the beautiful city
of Lebanon, which contains about $1,000 in.
habitants, introducing us generally, to ply