Being a firm believer in the publicschool system of the State, he is one of its most active supporters and is now president of the Board of Education of the village.

Mr. Lovatt has always been an ardent Republ can, and upon the principle that all good citizens should participate in the politics of the State and country, he has taken a very active part, having been a delegate to most of the conventions held by his party.

In March, 1883, although running against a highly respected citizen of his village, he was elected president, having received four-fifths of the ballots cast.

In November of the same year, in the Republican County Convention, he was unanimously nominated for district attorney of Westchester County.

He is a member of the Republican County Committee and enjoys the friendship and confidence of the other leaders of the party. He is of a genial and social disposition and has a large circle of warm friends. He is a member and trustee of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church of North Tarrytown.

He is an effective public speaker, easy in his mannei's, ready and fluent in speech, possessing a large fund of mother wit. His studious habits, quick perception, faculty of illustration, clear judgment and logical conclusions carry conviction with them.

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

BY GEOKGE JACKSON FISHER, M.D., Of Sing Sing.

Excepting to gentlemen of the medical profession, ] there is nothing particularly interesting in the life of i a physician or the transactions of a medical society. I Each family, though familiar with its own medical ' adviser, seldom looks beyond its favorite to learn the