lJI()(;K.\iMnK8 OF NOTED IJEE-KEEPKHS. 



hoalth, ht> sa,ys, oouplL'd with ii nervous anxiety as to 

 liis fitness foi- the position, drove him from the field 

 in a year. He then clerlied, traveled, and tang-ht. 

 He had a natural talent foi- music, which !>>• hard 

 stud.v he so developed that he is now one of the fin- 

 est musicians in the countr.v. If you will refer to 

 the preface to Root's Curriculum for the Piano (a 

 work, by the waj', which is i>ossessed or Itnown in 

 almost evei'y housciiold where music is appreciated), 

 .vou will ^see that this same Dr. Miller rendered 

 "much and important aid "' to the author in his 

 work. In this he wrote much of the flnsering-; and 

 before the Curriculum was ^-iven to the pi-inters for 

 the last time, Mr. Root submitted the revised i)roofs 

 to tlie doctor foi' final coi lett ion. 



I)l{. C. C. MILLEK. 



' His musical compositions a i-e simple and dclijihtful, 

 iiud you would be surprised to learn that one or two 

 of the song's which are somewhat known were com- 

 l)osed by Dr. Miller. Speaking of two songs com- 

 posed b.v friend M., especiall.v to be sung at a bee- 

 keepers' convention. Dr. Geo. F. Root, than whom no 

 one now living- is better al)le to judge, said, "They 

 are characteristic and good." Dr. Miller also spent 

 about a .year as nuisic agrent. helping to get up the first 

 Cincinnati Musical Festival in 1873, under "I'lieodoi'C 

 Thomas. Dr. M. is a fine singer, and di'lighls all who 



hear him. Upon hearing and knowing of his almost 

 exceptional talents for music, we are una\-oidal)ly 

 led to wonder why he should now devote his atten- 

 tion solely to bee-keeping-; and this wonder is in- 

 creased when w(! learn that he has had salaries of- 

 fered by music-publishing- hou.ses which would daz- 

 zle the eyes of most of us. But he says he prefeis 

 God's pure air, goo<i health, and a good ai)|)etite, ac- 

 companied with a smaller incom(> among the bees, to 

 a larg-er salai-y indoors with attendant pooi- health. 



As has been the case with a good many others, t he 

 doctor's first actiuaiutance with bees was thiough 

 his wife, who, in 1861, .secured a i-iuiaway swarm in a 

 sugar-barrel. A natural hobbyist, he at once be- 

 came interest^■d in bees. As he studi(!d and worked 

 with them he gradually grew into a bee-keepei-, 

 I against the advice and wishes of his friends. In 

 j 1878 he made bee-keeping- his sole business. He now 

 I keeps from 200 to 400 colonies, in four out-apiaries. 

 All the colonies are run for comb honey, and his an- 

 nual products run up into the tons. He is intensel.v 

 practical, and an enthusiast on all that pertains to 

 his chosen pursuit. Though somewhat conserve t i\e 

 I as to the practicability of "new things," he is ever 

 j ready to cast aside the old and adopt the new, i)i-o- 

 j viding- it has real mei-it. Although he claims no 

 , originality, either of ideas or of invention, he has 

 nevertheless given to the bee-keeping- world not a 

 few useful hints, and has likewise improved devices 

 or inventions otherwise impracticable. 



As a writer he is conversational, terse, and right to 

 the point. Not unfrequently his style betrays here 

 and there glimmeriug-s of fun, which he seems, in 

 consequence of his jolly good nature, unable to sup- 

 press. His "Year Among the Bees" (see Book No- 

 tices), his large correspondence for the bee-journals, 

 and his biographical sketches pi'ecediug this, as also 

 Ills writings elsewhere in this work, are aU charac- 

 teristic of his style. 



Of him as a man, a personal friend, iind a Christ ian 

 brother, it affords me great pleasure to speak. Piiys- 

 I ically he is rather under the medium height, thick- 

 set, and of an exceptionall.y pleasant face. Q'o know 

 him intimatel.-\-, and to feel his intense friendship, is 

 I to know a near kinsuian indeed. There ai-e lew 

 ] more devoted Christians than Dr. C.C.Miller. He 

 ! has always been active in Chi-istian work, and is 

 I now superintendent of the Sunday-school of the 

 I church which he attends i-egularly as might readily 

 l)e imagined. He uses his voice and his talents for 

 music to the glory of God, in a way which would 

 seem sure to bring- conviction to the luiconvei-tcd. I 

 have heard him sing- for Christ, and 1 know whei-eof 

 I speak. May he live long- to benefit bee-kee|>ers. 

 and to gloi-ify Christ 1 



As it would hardly be appropiiate for the doctor 

 to write his own sketch, he has reciucssted me to do 

 so. 1 will thei-ef()re sign myself as below. If you 

 wish to know wlio hr is, see preface. 



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