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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Hon. Geo. E. Hilton. 



Ill the Aut^ust Review I l)riert3- men- 

 tioned tlie death of Mr. Hihon, which 

 occurred on Jul\- 12th, 1911. I expect- 

 ed to give a brief sketcli of his life 

 and last ilhiess in this number, but the 

 particulars, which Mrs. Hilton wrote 

 and had sent to me, in some way failed 

 to reach here. 



I can sav, however, that in the death 

 of ]\Ir. Hilton the bee-keeping frater- 

 nity lost one of its most valuable mem- 

 bers. I am pleased to give his cut 

 herewith. 



The late HON. GEO. E. HILTON, 

 Freemont, Mich. 



Just Listen to This. 



"The Americans with all their go- 

 ahead ways and lalior-saving contriv- 

 ances have yet to evolve a convenient 

 fastening for the hive cover. As a mat- 

 ter of fact, the progressive Yanks still 

 adhere very strongly to a large rock, 

 stone, drain-pipe, or some other equally 

 unhandy means of keeping the lid in 

 place. For my part I decline to expend 



my energy removing stones every time 

 1 wish to open a hive. It is much easier 

 to simply remove a pair of staples (one 

 on each side) with the fingers." — T. 

 R.WMENT, Aiisfralasiaii Bcc-Kccpcr. 



I wonder how many up-to-date Amer- 

 ican apiaries the writer of that article 

 ever visited? Anyway, I don't know' 

 but I would rather lift ofif a stone that I 

 could find again than paw around in the 

 grass for lost staples. 



Right Between the Eyes. 



One of my subscribers (I would like 

 to give his name if I was sure he 

 would not oljject), takes issue with 

 ;\Ir. Demuth's article in August 

 Review. and my comments on the 

 same. He says: "Say, Friend Tyrrell, 

 that advice given by Demuth and sanc- 

 tioned by yourself is not at all needed 

 by the most of fellows today. Do you 

 know that hosts of people on this con- 

 tinent are going the pace that kills, 

 with the result that they are physical 

 wrecks at middle age? What about 



, , and other so-called 



lightning operators we used to hear 

 about? On the scrap heap in so far as 

 their health is concerned. Have been 

 through the mill and am just beginning 

 to get some sense along that line. For 

 a good, sane article along that line see 

 what Cavanagh of Indiana has to say 

 in a recent issue of A. B. J." 



Xow that's the kind of a subscriber 

 I like. Ciive it to me right between 

 the eyes. Doesn't agree with me and 

 isn't afraid to say so. 



But wait. There may not be so 

 much difTerence between us as you 

 think. In your case and the two or 

 three others which you mention it may 

 be that you have been "going the pace 

 that kills." But take the average fel- 

 low that you know. How many of 

 them are using their time to advant- 

 age? How mail}' of them are not really 

 wasting more time than it takes to do 

 the work they do do in the balance? 

 The average man lacks system. 



