AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



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DR. €. C. :raiL.L.ER. 



We are glad to have the opportunity 

 this week to give to our readers the 



from getting to this interesting story of 

 his life (vs^hich is so kindly furnished by 

 his sister-in-law, Miss Wilson, who is a 

 member of the Doctor's family), we here 

 present it : 



Dr. C. C. Miller was born June 10, 

 1831, at Ligonier, a small village in 

 Western Pennsylvania. At the age of 

 12 he commenced work in a little coun- 

 try store at Laughlinstown, three miles 

 from home. He worked there two years, 

 getting $24 for the first year, and $50 

 for the second, his washing being^done 

 at home. •**«!<"' 



From there he went into the office of 

 the principal physician of Ligonier, 



DR. C. C. MILLER. 



picture and biographical sketch of one 

 whose practical and entertaining writ- 

 ings are so well-known to bee-keepers 

 all over the world. The more we have 

 come to know Dr. Miller and his life, 

 the more we have loved him. 



At the recent convention of the North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Association he 

 was elected for the second time as its 

 President, having served in that honored 

 position in 1886-87. 



Not desiring to keep the reader longer 



nominally to study medicine, but really 

 as an office boy. After being there for 

 some time, the big words in the medical 

 books he was reading made him decide 

 he needed a better education, and he 

 was allowed to go to school part of the 

 time, working the rest of the time in the 

 office. But this did not satisfy him, and 

 he made up his mind that for a time he 

 must give up the study of medicine, 

 much against the physician's wishes, 

 who told him he never would amount to 

 anything if be was so changeable. He 

 hated to lose his office boy. But he did 

 lose him, for with his usual push the 



