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Cheek and Assurance. 



On April 12th we received an envelope 

 addressed to us, but containing not a word 

 or line except the following : 



A Card. 



To Messrs. Bingham, Clute, Doolittle and others : 



In the Amebic an Bee Journal for 

 April 1 notice you make several base 

 charges, which not only cast unprincipled 

 reflections upon the characters of some of 

 America's most eminent and distinguished 

 apiarists, but denounce with ridicule and 

 ecorn the proceedings of one of the oldest 

 and Largest associations on this continent. 

 I brand these charges as premeditated mis- 

 representations, as unqualified as they are 

 inconsistent. In behalf of the Committee 

 on Implements, permit me to say that not 

 only are the names of those gentlemen far 

 above reproach, but they are well known 

 as men of honesty, ability, large experi- 

 ence, unbiased and disinterested, and 1 

 dare say passed upon the articles in accord- 

 ance with their true merits. As I am de- 

 manded to prove my charges or make a pub- 

 lic apology, I wish to say : As my former 

 communications have been suppressed and 

 mutilated, 1 demand that you select and 

 name a journal that will publish my reply 

 in its entirety, and I will guarantee to prove 

 all charges made by me to the satisfaction 

 of the public, and I will endeavor to be as 

 gentlemanly in my references as is consist- 

 ent witli my position. Inasmuch as you 

 have held me up to ridicule and scorn, I 

 claim the right to have this published, as 

 well as the paper entitled "Past Events." 

 George W. House. 



Fayetteville, N. Y., April 9, 1880. 



It will be noticed that, in the above, it is 

 demanded of the gentlemen named (not of 

 us) to have the "Card," &c, published ; as 

 neither of them have anything to do with 

 the management of a paper, this is really 

 amusing. 



In the light of the fact that the Bee 

 Journal has never received more than one 

 communication from the writer of the above 

 "Card," and that one was refused because 

 of its abusive spirit, his charges of " mutila- 

 ting" and "suppressing" his articles, are 

 supremely ridiculous ! Let us hope that age 

 and experience will teach him to be more 

 accurate in his statements and courteous iu 

 his remarks. 



At the Utica Convention the writer of the 

 above "Card" publicly intimated that arti- 

 cles sent to the Bee Journal, were sub- 

 mitted to "Bingham, Clute, Doolittle & Co.," 

 and unless approved by them were not 

 allowed to appear in the Journal. Know- 

 ing the statement to be wholly and abso- 

 lutely unique, we wrote to each of the 

 persons named, asking if any articles in- 

 tended for the Bee Journal had ever been 



submitted for their approval or disapproval. 

 They severally replied in the following very 

 explicit language : 



Mr. Bingham said : " I have never been 

 so honored or thus consulted." 



Mr. Doolittle said : " 1 have never seen 

 even one such communication before publi- 

 cation." 



Mr. Clute said : " I affirm most fully and 

 positively, that nothing was ever sent to 

 me from the office of the American Bee 

 Journal, or from any person who has any 

 connection with that office, either directly 

 or indirectly for my approval or disapproval. 

 My advice has never been asked or given, 

 as to the articles which should appear in 

 the Journal, nor as to the method and 

 spirit in which it should be conducted." 



For thus daring to state the facts in the 

 case, the above "Card" insults them with 

 such epithets as " base charges," " unprin- 

 cipled reflections," "premeditated misrep- 

 resentations," "ridicule" and "scorn"! 



These gentlemen were not at all interested 

 in the controversy, and their names were 

 maliciously dragged into it, by the assailant, 

 without pretext or reason. Their denials of 

 the charges were gentlemanly, courteous 

 and positive ; and given wholly in the inter- 

 est of truth and right, with no sinister 

 motive. Now to insult them with the offen- 

 sive language used in the above "Card," is 

 contemptible in the extreme, and exhibits 

 the disposition of the writer as well as be- 

 trays the desperate cause he has espoused. 



As nothing can be gained by a prolonga- 

 tion of a controversy conducted in such a 

 disgusting manner, we shall dismiss it for 

 the present,unless new points are developed. 

 It is entirely useless to allow any one to 

 cover another with " filth" or "dirt," simply 

 for the fun of seeing how dexterously it can 

 be cleaned off. 



iH° Bingham still has a "corner" on 

 smokers. 



1^ A great many of the co-operative 

 associations in England and Scotland 

 have been compelled to give up business 

 on account of lack of business capacity 

 in the members. — Gin. Grange Bulletin. 



_ We are prepared to supply all new 

 subscribers with the numbers from Janu- 

 ary when it is so desired. 



$W° The Northeastern Wisconsin Conven- 

 tion will meet at Waupun, Fond du Lac Co., 

 Wis., on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 4th 

 and 5th. Interesting papers, by prominent 

 bee-keepers, will be read. 



Frances Dunham, Sec'y, Depere, Wis. 



