AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



141 



■ PUBLISHED BY^ ' 



THOS. G. NEWMAN ^ SON, 



^51 



ONE DOI.I.AB FEB YEAR. 



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EDITOR. 



voLim, 



Jan. 29, 1892. 



1.5. 



Editorial Buzzijigs. 



Disappointments and distresses 



Oft to mortals will arise, 

 But they've frequently been proven 



To be "blessings in di.sguise." 



Then our aim should be to ever 

 Find the meaning- hidden deep. 



Under things that look so doubtful 

 When at first we at them peep. 



Darkest clouds have silver lining ; 



Sorrow often brings sweet peace; 

 And experience — life's stern teacher— 



From much trouble gives release. 



—A. B. JiNGLEK. 



Pure "Water is a boon, and we are 

 glad to know that a plan has been per- 

 fected whereby Waukesha water may be 

 had on the World's Fair grounds at one 

 cent a glass. A company owning one of 

 the principal springs at Waukesha has 

 been awarded the contract for furnish- 

 ing the water, which will be pipc^d from 

 that place to Chicago, about 100 miles, 

 and be served at 300 places on the Fair 

 grounds. Plenty of Lake Michigan 

 water will be obtainable free, of course. 



Mr. R.. Bacon, of Verona, N. Y., 

 who has for many years been a promi- 

 nent member of the New York State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, is now unable 

 longer to care for his bees, and has dis- 

 posed of his apiary. He is one of the 

 pioneers of advanced bee-culture, and 

 socially was a companion worthy of the 

 name. In wishing us ' "good-by," he 

 writes thus : 



I am now almost 77 years old, and I 

 have kept bees for more than 50 years. 

 In the last 20 years they have averaged 

 about 80 colonies. I have produced a 

 great many tons of honey, but I never 

 had any help in my bee-yard worth 

 mentioning. I have alone done the work 

 in all these years, down to the close of 

 last season ; at that time, on account of 

 poor health, T came to the conclusion 

 that I must part with my bees, and last 

 month I sold all of them, 86 colonies, to 

 one man. I think there is no man 

 who has taken the American Bee Jouk- 

 NAL longer, or paid more money for it 

 than I have. It has always been a wel- 

 come paper, and read with a good deal 

 of interest. 



We regret to part with an old friend, 

 especially one so constant, firm and true 

 as Brother Bacon has been. We trust 

 that his future days may all bo pleasant, 

 and that he may live to enjoy many of 

 them. 



Xlie Illness reported among api- 

 arists, as well as others, is something 

 appalling. In fact, almost every letter 

 that comes to hand, adds new " tales of 

 woe" to the already large stock hereto- 

 fore reported. The latest is from J. W. 

 Tefft, of Buffalo, N. Y., who says that 

 La Oi^ippe has laid a heavy hand upon 

 him, but he is now improving. 



Wui. S. Barclay, of Beaver, Pa., has 

 been in very poor health for three 

 months or more, and was unable to 

 finish packing his bees for Winter, and 

 this may result in a serious loss to him. 

 He has had a partial paralysis of his 

 arms and limbs, but is now reported to 

 be convalescing. At the Centennial in 

 Philadelphia, in 1876, he was one of 

 the chief workers, and we spent many 

 pleasant hours with him. 



