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some modern hives and appliances, and 

 he lost no time in visiting him and 

 securing a part of his stock. This farmer 

 was the veriest tyro in bee-keeping, and 

 his newly-found enthusiasm did not last 

 more than a year or two, but what Mr. 

 G. learned frono him was indeed a reve- 

 lation. 



Thereafter Mr. Green was a bee- 

 keeper, and with the exception of one 

 winter spent in teaching school, and 

 another as a book agent, bee-keeping 

 has been his sole occupation ever since, 

 except that for a year or two he has 

 helped out the poor seasons by selling a 

 few bicycles. The number of colonies 

 kept has ranged from 50 to 400. At 

 present he has only about 225. Bee- 

 keeping has always paid him satisfac- 

 torily until the past five seasons, but 

 he has not extended it as he would have 

 liked, as the failure of his father in 

 business placed such a heavy burden of 

 debt on him that capital has always 

 been lacking. 



For several years he was Superin- 

 tendent of the Sunday-school at Dayton, 

 and also filled the office of Justice of the 

 Peace. 



The neighboring city of Ottawa had 

 always furnished more congenial society 

 than the little manufacturing village, 

 and in the fall of 1892 he removed to 

 Ottawa, where he will probably make 

 his home in the future. He has been 

 for some years a member of the Congre- 

 gational Church where he now lives. 



He started in his political life as a 

 Democrat, but soon espoused the princi- 

 ples of the Prohibition party, in which 

 he has been a candidate, and done some 

 most excellent work. 



Mr. Green is not married, and says he 

 does not expect to be until fortune has 

 smiled upon him a little more kindly. 



Please Send Us the Names of your 

 neighbors who keep bees, and we will 

 send them sample copies of the Bee 

 Journal. Then please call upon ihem 

 and get them to subscribe with you, and 

 secure some of the premiums we offer. 



CONDUCTED BY 



Mrs. Jmmmlm Mt©tol^y, 



Greenville. Texas. 

 Some Pioneer Bee-Keepers of Texas. 



I wish to make some extracts from a 

 private letter written by Dr. W. R. 

 Howard, of Fort Worth, Texas, to W. 

 R. Graham, of this place, regarding the 

 pioneer bee-keepers of Texas, and those 

 that founded the Texas State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, 16 years ago ; and I 

 wish to call attention to the outgrowth 

 of these bee-masters. With the Doctor's 

 permission I now make the extracts as 

 mentioned : 



" It affords me much pleasure to see 

 the result of our work of many years 

 ago. It was back in the 70's when we 

 organized the Texas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, which, through its annual 

 conventions, stirred Texas from the pan- 

 handle country of the north to the coast 

 countries of the south, and from Texar- 

 kana on the east to El Paso on the west ; 

 and awakened an interest in bee-keeping 

 in every county in the State; and, as a 

 result, developed some as fine bee and 

 honey producing localities as are found 

 in the United States, as well as bringing 

 together ' kindred spirits,' developing 

 filial affection and friendship, known 

 and felt in no other pursuit. 



"Many and happy have been the 

 hours we have spent together in com- 

 pany with such men as Judge Andrews 

 (rest his soul) — a man whom to know 

 was to love, whose opinions were deci- 

 sive, and whose experience in scientific 

 as well as practical bee-keeping, has es- 

 tablished facts which had never been 

 discovered or mentioned, before his prac- 

 tical hand and deep theories brought 

 them to light. But, alas, he tottered 

 and fell. 



"Then we have our Dr. W. K. Mar- 

 shall, whom it is a pleasure to please, 

 and who appreciates a friend so much, 

 that it is felt with joy. If he ever sees 

 a fault he never discloses it. 



