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the East then those living in the West feel 

 that they cannot bear the cost incident to 

 attending the annual convention. 



Now, it seems to us, in view of existing 

 conditions, that it would be best to hold 

 two meetings a year — one in the West, the 

 iirst week in October, and another in the 

 East, the first week in April. By such an 

 arrangement the Association could have 

 almost twice its present membership, and 

 there would be two jollifications, or genera- 

 tors of bee-enthusiasm, instead of one each 

 year as at present. These meetings would 

 advertise the business of honey- production, 

 the beneficial use of honey, and all else in 

 connection with it, in such a way as no 

 other agency could do. It would also help 

 in many ways to insure unity of action in 

 all matters pertaining to the best interests 

 of bee-keepers themselves, and especially 

 in the line of the great benefit bees are to 

 farmers and fruit-growers everywhere. 



Occasionally meetings could then be held 

 as far west as California, and as far South 

 as Texas. Maine and Canada would have 

 the conventions, and thus there would be 

 twice the opportunity there now is to hold 

 the meetings in favorite cities or parts of 

 our great country. 



We believe this is a matter worth think- 

 ing about, for in so extensive a domain as 

 is ours, the conventions of the North 

 American must remain largely local in 

 membership, and thus in most cases per- 

 mitting only biennial attendance when it 

 should at least be annual. There should be 

 a grand rally of all the bee-keepers in this 

 country every year, but the way things are 

 now, it practically prevents the rallying of 

 one-half of the. clan by reason of their great 

 distance from the place of meeting. Hold 

 two conventions a year, and then all may 

 be happy if they so choose. 



Brethren and sisters, what do you think 

 of our suggestion ? Let's hear from the 

 other bee-papers, too. 



l>r. IV. R. Howard, of Ft. Worth, 

 Tex., had the misfortune to lose his horse 

 and carriage (worth about $300) in a big 

 livery-stable fire there on Sept. 11th. Over 

 40 carriages and 23 fine horses were burned, 

 among them being one horse and a carriage 

 each worth $1,200. We regret to learn of 

 the Doctor'.s loss, and hope he may soon be 

 " rigged " out again with a finer rig than 

 ever. 



TvKO Contributions to the " Lang- 

 stroth Fund " that we received some time 

 ago, and which we see that we have not as 

 yet reported, are these : S. H. Clark, El- 

 wood, Iowa, 60 cents ; and John M. Seller, 

 Chanhassen, Minn., 35 cents. In all, then, 

 there has been given to the " Fund," $92.40, 

 during a little more than a year past, all of 

 which we have forwarded to Father Lang- 

 stroth. After sending him the last remit- 

 tance, we received the following letter from 

 his daughter, Mrs. Anna L. Cowan : 



Dayton, O., Sept. 24, 1894. 

 Mr. George W. York. 



Dear Sir : — My father requests me to 

 thank you for your favor of Sept. 22nd. re- 

 ceived by hira to-day. He is grateful to 

 you for the interest you have taken in his 

 welfare, and appreciates the assistance he 

 has received from his bee-keeping friends. 

 His health is somewhat improved, but he , 

 still has but little relief from his head 

 trouble. Respectfully yours, 



Anna L. Cowan. 



Father L.'s many friends will be glad to 

 hear that his general health is improved, 

 and will wish for him yet many years ere 

 life's end shall come and eternity's dawn 

 appears. 



JSro. Clias. F. Iflittli, of Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, wrote us. as follows on Sept. 26th: 



Friend York ; — I am advised just now 



by the C. H. & D. R. R. Co., that the rate 



for bee-keepers from Cincinnati to St. 



Joseph, Mo., and return, will be 1)4 fare. 



Yours truly, Chas. F. Mutk. 



We shall expect to meet a large number 

 of bee-keepers next week from the region 

 around Cincinnati. Our big and jolly- 

 hearted Bro. Muth is able to head a good- 

 sized delegation. Hope he will have the 

 chance. 



Harvest Excursion Xiclcets. — 



We open the " forms " of the Bee Journal 

 to say that we have just learned that the 

 "Harvest Excursion Tickets" mentioned 

 in connection with the St. Joseph conven- 

 tion, are good for return trip only on Oct. 19th 

 and 26th. As the majority of bee-keepers 

 would not care to wait so long after the 

 meeting before they could return, it will 

 probably be best to take advantage of the 

 IX rate offered by the Central Trafiic Asso- 

 ciation and the Western Passenger Associa- 

 tion. Don't fail to get a certificate receipt 

 when buying your ticket to St. Joseph. 



