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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Bee Journal," will be found a kind of "epit- 

 ome " of the St. Joseph convention, by 

 Bro. Hutchinson, together with sugges- 

 tions and comments that cannot help being 

 interesting to all. We asked Bro. H. to 

 write up his impressions of the meeting for 

 the "American Bee Journal," and what 

 you find in this number from his pen is the 

 happy result. We think it is one of his 

 best productions, as everything is told in 

 such a captivating way. 



Next week, besides a large part of the 

 regular proceedings that we will be able 

 to place before you, we will publish some 

 more "Convention Echoes," which have 

 been sent us by an interested member of 

 the convention. The "Echoes" we refer 

 to here, will doubtless cause " echoes " of 

 laughter to be heard by the one who reads 

 them, as they are told in a mirthful way. 



We are going to heed Sister Livingston's 

 request on page 535, viz. : " Early and late, 

 tell us what you did, heard and saw when 

 you were 'to' St. Jo." 



Bi-o. Ernest IS. Root has been quite 

 sick with " la grippe," we regret very 

 much to learn. Also his little 3-year-old 

 son, Leland, is just recovering from an at- 

 tack of congestion of the lungs. On his 

 return from the St. Joseph convention, 

 Bro. Calvert writes us, he found Ernest R. 

 confined to the house with that " grippy " 

 disease. We are very glad to know that 

 both E. R. and Leland are now (Oct. 24th) 

 on the way to health again. By the time 

 this is before our readers, we hope the two 

 sick ones may be fully recovered. 



A Midwinter Bec-l^Ieeling-. — 



Mrs. Atchley is a regular steam-engine. 

 She's now working up a big bee-meeting, 

 to be held at Beeville, Tex., on Dec. 2rth 

 and 28th. Here's her letter about it: 



Deak Bho. Yokk:— After writing a num- 

 ber of prominent bee-keepers of Texas, and 

 receiving great encourageiiieut about a 

 midwinter bee-meeting. I have decided to 

 call a meeting at Beeville, Tex., on Thurs- 

 day and Friday, Dec. 27th and 28th. Tell 

 all to come and see our beautiful "Sunny 

 Southland " country, and let's have a 

 good time. 



The meeting will l>e at my house, or api- 

 ary, 2l<f milles nortli of Beeville. No hotel 

 bills. Free hacks from the depot to the 

 place of meeting. All that will come, 

 please drop a card to Jennie Atchley, Bee- 



ville, Bee Co., Tex., and special arrange- 

 ments will be made for you. All railroads 

 will give half fare. 



Set to work right now, and let's see how 

 many will be here. And bring all your 

 bee-keepers with you— wives, daughters, 

 etc. Yours truly, 



Jennie Atchley. 



Now we think that's just splendid! We 

 don't see why Mrs. Atchley shouldn't be 

 able, with the help of other Texas bee-folks, 

 to get up a bigger convention than the one 

 held at St. Joseph, Mo., a few weeks ago. 

 Everybody in the South should begin to 

 plan now so as to be able to go. It will 

 pay you grandly ! You never will get a 

 better chance to attend a big bee-meeting 

 so cheaply. Half fare on the railroads, 

 and no hotel bills! What more do you 

 want ? Why, if it did not come in our very 

 busy time of the year here in the " Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal " ofiice, we would be greatly 

 tempted to be there, too. 



We do hope that Texas bee-keepers, and 

 those from adjoining States, will just over- 

 whelm Mrs. Atchley— just " swarm " there 

 in such numbers that the good Beeville 

 folks will have their " hives " crowded for 

 two days! We understand that the people 

 of Beeville are going to help Mrs. Atchley 

 entertain. That's the way to do it. Now 

 let everybody be there, who can possibly 

 do so, and help make it a rival of. the late 

 North American Bee-Keepers' convention ! 



Tlie Convention Pliotograpli 



mentioned by Bro. Hutchinson in his 

 " Notes " on page 505, is a splendid one. In 

 fact, it is the finest group picture we have 

 seen in a long time. Surely, every mem- 

 ber of the St. Joseph convention will want 

 it, and everybody else ought to have it. 

 We are very certain A. I. Root never be- 

 fore looked as happy and " pleased " as he 

 does in this picture. Dr. Peiro looks " per- 

 fectly natural," and Mrs. Strawbridge— 

 well, " perfectly lovely " expresses it. All 

 are ijoud. Better send 75 cents for a copy, 

 to W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



l6ro. 1']. F. <Jnisley was uninten- 

 tionally omitted from the list of editors 

 given by us on page 522, as having been 

 present at the St. Joseph convention. He 

 is the associate editor of the "Progressive," 

 and of course stands in the row of " seven 

 editors " in the convention photograph r^r 

 ferre4 to above, 



