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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



can get his matter to you from any part of 

 the States in so short a time. What is the 

 trouble, amjhow f Subscriber. 



As we have several times stated in these 

 columns, we have been ready all the time to 

 crowd through the report of the North 

 American, but it seems that Secretary 

 Benton had taken it upon himself to hold 

 back the report as long as possible. We 

 wrote him twice, and telegraphed once, 

 to hurry up the report, but receiving 

 no reply at all from him, giving a reason 

 for the delay, we concluded that there was 

 no good reason for it. 



A goodly part of the report was in Sec- 

 retary Benton's hands, from the stenog. 

 rapher, Mr. Lighton, on Oct. 25, and the 

 balance of it reached Mr. Benton, at Wash- 

 ington, Nov. 7. From this it will be seen 

 that there has been ample time to have had 

 the report nearly completed in the Bee 

 Journal by this time, whereas less thati half 

 of the proceedings are now published ! 



Had the convention voted to use Mr. 

 Hutchinson's report, instead of theLighton- 

 Benton report, as we hoped they would be 

 wise enough to do, the needless delay would 

 not have occurred— and yet it is not the 

 fault of the stenographer, Mr. Lighton. 



We employed Mr. Hutchinson to take the 

 report of the proceedings for the American 

 Bee Journal, and offered to (jiw the associa- 

 tion the use of our report for the usual 

 pamphlet. Since the convention we have 

 paid Mr. Hutchinson for a report that we 

 supposed we would not need, as, according 

 to the vote of the convention, we were to 

 publish the Lighton-Benton report in the 

 Bee Journal. 



We were quite satisfied not to use Mr. 

 Hutchinson's report, when it was so voted, 

 presuming, of cour.se, that we would have 

 no difficulty in getting the other report as 

 fast as needed. The consequence is, that 

 through the delay it is now quite possible 

 that no pamphlet report at all will be pub- 

 lished. 



We might say that although we have a 

 goodly slice of the report in this issue, at 

 this time (Dec. f») it is every bit we have in 

 the office, and the trouble is, we don't 

 know whether we will get any more of the 

 report in time for next week's number. It 

 is this uneertalnty that is so aggravating — 

 especially as there is no necessity for it. 



Later.— We have received some more 



"copy" on the report, but we should have 

 had it all in our hands lo7ig ago, so we could 

 have published it as fast as we desired right 

 after the meeting. 



Overeating seems to have been the 

 cause of Editor Ernest Root's recent illness. 

 So he says in last Gleanings. His " appe- 

 tite," whetted up to a "keen edge," and 

 then treated to some " big dinners, made 

 mischief" with his internal anatomy. He 

 hopes it will " be a warning to others." 

 But most people nowadays are not troubled 

 with " big dinners " — if they only succeed 

 in getting a fair, square meal they are 

 happy. This writer never overeats— not 

 because he never has a chance, but because 

 he believes in the truth of the saying that 

 " enough is as good as a feast." So when 

 he has eaten " enough "—well, he stops 

 right there. This plan is commended to 

 Editor Root. 



Accident and I>eat]i. — Mrs. Atch- 

 ley has sent us the following sad news, 

 dated Dec. 4 : 



Bro. York: — I am informed that Louis 

 V. Esneault, proprietor of the Donaldson- 

 ville. La., Bee-Keepers' Supply Factory, 

 has lost his right arm and left leg by a cir- 

 cular saw. This was a very sad misfortune 

 for our young brother. 



Also, the infant son of P. P. Gassaway, 

 of Floyd, Tex., died a few days ago. Mr. 

 G. was an old neighbor of mine, a sub- 

 scriber of the American Bee Journal, and a 

 large bee-keeper. Yours truly, 



Mrs. Jennie Atchlet. 



IM" See ABC offer on page 739. 



^^ " I would not do without the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. I can say it is the ' light 

 of the way ' through bee-keeping." — B. P. 

 Shirk, of California, Nov. 28, 1894. 



Tl»e A. I. Root Company we 



announced on page 678, and promised an 

 explanation of the change soon. In Glean- 

 ings for Dec. 1 we find the following by A. 

 I. Root himself, telling the " why " and the 

 " wherefore:" 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY. 



The friends will notice by our price-list 

 and stationery that the above title to our 

 business takes the place of simply " A. I. 

 Root." Perhaps I may say that no new 

 method of management will be introduced, 



