1886 



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DR. C. C. MILLER, OF MARENGO, ILL. 



SO:\rE RKMINTSCENCES FHOM MEMOHV, OK KlilEND 

 MlIyLEU. 



JAM glad to be able to give the readers of 

 Gleam iN(is so good a picture of a con- 

 tributor who is now so well and so wide- 

 ly known by his articles, and by his 

 contributions to other journals as well 

 as to Gleanings. Those who have met 

 liim at our large conventions will. I think, 

 agree with me that the picture is a good one. 

 I may have told you something before of 

 my tirst acquaintance with Dr. Miller ; but 

 if"! did, it won't do any harm to tell it 

 again here. It must be something like fif- 

 teen or sixteen years ago that a stranger 



Roofs Cuiiiculum, for 1 was then taking 

 music-lessons. lie made the remark, that 

 what I was whistling was rather pretty. I 

 told him I thought it very pretty indeed, 

 even though it was just a simple little exer- 

 cise for l)eginners in music. 



■' Well, 1 am glad you like it, Mr. Hoot, 

 for it is something I composed myself.'' 



I turned about and stared at him, and con- 

 cluded that he was not only a brag, but that 

 he was untruthful ; and I replied, a little 

 dryly, that he must be mistaken. It was an 

 exercise 1 had just learned from the Curric- 

 ulum. 



••Gan't help it, Mr. Root; I composed it, 

 all the same." 



As he saw I didn't believe it he said noth- 



DE. C. C. MILLEi;. 



called and wanltd lo talk about liees. 1 wr.s 

 just then getting leady to go out bee-hunt- 

 ing, in order to l)e able to write intelligenlly 

 on that subject. So many had come to see 

 me about bees that I felt a little impatient 

 at being hindered just then ; but as this vis- 

 itor seemed to be quite an intelligent man, I 

 told him I should like to liave him go with 

 us. if he cared to, but I didn't much expect 

 he would relish a tramp in the woods. He 

 was not so stout a man then as he is now, 

 but he looked to me then more like a dry- 

 goods clerk, or a young doctor or lawyer, 

 than he did like a farmer or even a bee- 

 keeper. I was a little surprised when he 

 said he would like to go, above all things. 



While we were in the woods, looking up 

 among the trees for a bee -tree, I began 

 whistling, absently, a simple little air from 



ing more about it; butwiien we srot home lu' 

 asked if he might look at our Gurriculum ; 

 and as he did so lie placed his fingers on m 

 foot-note on one of the pages, to the effect 

 that Dr. C. C. Miller had assisted in the 

 comi)ilation of tlie work. I nodded. 



"•Well," said he, ''that refers to me. I 

 am Dr. G. G. Miller."" 



Of course, we asked him to play for us ; 

 and by and by we Avere very glad to Inive 

 him consent to stay over night with us. and. 

 in fact, make our home his home so long as 

 he remained. We went over the bees and 

 other things ; and finally, just before he was 

 about to take his leave, he surprised me still 

 more by a little talk something like this : 



"Mr." Root, I think I may confess now, 

 that I had a plan and purpose in making you 

 this visit, besides learning what I could 



