tmrn JRMERIC3C1M mUM JOURNai,. 



85T 



expired Calendar year, endinjr Deo. 31. 

 Then it costs $1.00 for aiuiual dues. 

 whicli are payable every New Year's 

 day, and must be paid within si.\ 

 montlis. in order to retain member- 

 ship. 



If membership ceases, all claims 

 ngainst former members also cease ; 

 and all claims to the protection of the 

 Union are dissolved. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



Balance as rer last Keport *•"' VliS 



Fees from .'iT3 members for 188U 3,;i.00 



Donatious ■•'^0 



ST3."i.l8 

 Disbursements ,};i 14 .00 



Balance, Dec. 18. 1890 Sex'l.lS 



Liabilities. — The Union has en- 

 gaged attorneys for the defense of 

 several cases, the cost for which will 

 have to be paid when they come up 

 for trial — so we shall have use for all 

 the money on liand and the dues for 

 the next year — as the cases are reached 

 on the Docket. 



DUES AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



It now becomes my dnty to call for 

 11.00 for the coming year, as dues 

 from each member. A printed 

 Blank is to be used for that purpose ; 

 and also a Voting Blank. Fill up all 

 the blanks, and send to the Manager 

 with a postal note or money order for 

 $1 in the envelope sent Avith it. It must 

 be received by Feb. 1. 1891. or the 

 vote will be lost. 



The General Manager has labored 

 without the hope of reward, except 

 such as comes from a consciousness of 

 having done his duty, and is fully pre- 

 pared to welcome his successor as soon 

 as elected. 



Thomas G. Newman. Manager. 

 246 Madison Street, Chicago. Ills. 



ROOTVILLE." 



Some Gossip about the Root 

 Family at Medina. O. 



Written for the American Bee Jvurnal 



BY DR. C. C. MILLER. 



We have had the younger "Root" 

 at our house. I captured him at Keo- 

 kuk, and took him home with me. He 

 got awaj' from us the next Monday, 

 but his visit was a rare pleasure while 

 it <lid last. He difters a good bit from 

 the senior. Lacking some of his 

 father's brilliancy, he is more even. 

 You do not have to watch him so 

 closely to see where he will turn up 

 next. 



Althougli the junior, I am not sure 

 Vint he is the principal editor, of 

 (tleaningn. Each has his own individu- 

 ality, and a decided individuality it is. 

 They do not by any means always 



think alike. Xotwithstanding the W(dl- 

 known brilliancy of the father in strik- 

 ing out in new directions, his long 

 experience acts as a brake sometimes 

 when new things come up. I should 

 be sorry indeed to have the daj' come 

 when the two sliould always think just 

 alike. The wonder to me is tliat there 

 is always such harmony of feeling in 

 s])ite of real difl'erences of opinion. 

 Perliaps it may be explained by the 

 fact that they are of the same age. for 

 A. I. has never grown old — inside. 



I think tliat most of the readers of 

 Gh'rmings on meeting Ernest are some- 

 what surprised to see. not the immature 

 )"outh thej- had pictured to themselves, 

 but a man exceeding his father in 

 physical proportions, with full beard, 

 and a general appearance that leaves 

 you in doubt on which side of 30 to 

 place lam. In reality he is only 28 

 and after a married life of 5 3ears, he 

 still clings to the idea that his wife 

 was " a special lot," gotten up for his 

 particular happiness. 



Mi's. A. 1. Root is one of the whole- 

 some, motherly sort, intenseh' devoted 

 to her home, with an almost painful 

 shrinking from publicity. Along with 

 the strong character that has helped to 

 make her husband what he is, she has 

 that pleasant ladylike manner that 

 enables her to grace, bj' her presence, 

 any assembly in which she appears. 

 Pity that she is so seldom seen at our 

 conventions ! 



Of the children, next to Ernest 

 comes Maud, the wife of J. T. Calvert. 

 a rather slender-looking lady, (juiet 

 and reserved in manner. Next to her, 

 and somewhat in contrast, comes Con- 

 stance — "Connie" for short. The 

 older readers of the Gleanings will 

 recognize in her, Mr. Root's •' Blue 

 Eyes" of former years. Plump in 

 figure, she has an impulsive nature 

 that will never allow her to be a nega- 

 tive character. She is IS. and is at 

 present at school at Oberlin. 



Then comes one that I should say 

 might be a 12-year-old — Caddie, or 

 Carrie. She is a very quiet and sweet 

 little Christian woman, to whom, if 

 you do not fall in love with her at first 

 sight, a very slight acquaintance will 

 make you surrender at discretion. If 

 you resist everything else, her singing- 

 will charm you. 



The youngest is 7 years old, Huber, 

 of whom Mr. Root often speaks, 

 mainl}', I suppose, because he is "the 

 baby." Left entirely t() himself. Huber 

 would hardlj- make a saint. He is not 

 an angel — just that healthy, active 

 •animal" that we call a boy — full of a 

 boy's ways, an example of perpetual 

 motion that you like to watch, to see 

 what he will do next. I can hardlj- 

 imagine him ever becoming just such 

 a cliaracter as his elder brother ; but 



the infiuence of such a mother as he 

 has. is all powerful. 



Mr. A. I. Root lives (J or 8 rods back 

 from the street, in a fine brick resi- 

 dence, too large. I should sa}-. to be 

 left in the hands of any one woman 

 who will persist in taking so much of 

 the care of it that should be delegated 

 to others. Across the street from Mr. 

 Root are 3 fine roomy yards. The 

 middle one is owned and occupied by 

 Mr. H. B. Harrington, who has reared 

 so many queens, and whose wife is a 

 sister of Mrs. A. I. Root. The other 2 

 houses belong to Ernest and Mr. Cal- 

 vert. Notwithstanding the youthful 

 look that is given to this latter gentle- 

 man by a complexion that any belle 

 might envy, he is brimful of business 

 energy, and is fast becoming, if he 

 has not already become, the chief 

 business-man of the concern. 



When I commenced to write I did 

 not intend to go into all this gossip. I 

 intended merely to mention Ernest's 

 visit, and then talk about bees. But I 

 feel sure many will like to know just 

 the things about which I have written. 



Marengo, 111.. Nov. 10, 1890. 



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