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GLHANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



839 



Family Matters; Traveling over the Country; 

 Something of the Resources of the Country. 



BY R. C. AIKIX. 



This is Oct. 2(), 1S!I7. The INIuser has been 

 absent from the colunnis of Gi.kanixgs for 

 several months, and very busy months too. 

 During these montlis the liulc owl tliat sits 

 on the end of the 



find him when he returns from the loft and 

 the comjiany of the owl. 



Sii)tember "J, ISIH), we started on our over- 

 land journey. Baby Eva was eight months 

 old when the photo was taken, and eleven 

 months when we started on the trip. She 

 now sits besifle me as I write, fat and hearty, 

 and busy helping mamma sew. 



( )ur county, Larimer, lies on the north line 

 of the State, just south of Cheyenne, Wyo- 

 ming, and embraces a large territory, includ- 

 ing a part of the mountains, and is probably 

 ()() miles wide from north to south. Loveland 

 is near the south line of the county, and is 

 ;.b )ut ;>■) nnles nearly east from Long's Peak, 

 one of the highest mountain-tops. Our rail- 

 road is a ]mrt of the Union Pacific system, but 

 now o])erated by the Denver and Gulf, and 

 runs iiorlhwanl from Denver, and parallel 



ridge-pole has 

 been frequently 

 seen and heard, 

 but the IMuser had 

 not time to reduce 

 her wise looks to 

 the language of 

 common humani- 

 ty. Now that the 

 wind howds an 1 

 snow flies this 

 wintry day. we 

 will get the Mu- 

 se r's thinking- 

 machine oiled and 

 polished, ready for 

 grinding out wis- 

 dom. While the 

 rust and gum are 

 wearing off we 

 will give a some- 

 what reminiscent 

 muse or two on 

 other than bee 

 topics. 



The editor was 

 so kind as to pre- 

 pare a picture of 

 the family of 

 which the Muser 

 has the honor ot 

 being the malv 

 member. Just "w 

 three " and the lit- 

 tle owl is all there 

 is of us. The ed- 

 itor forgot to put 

 the little owl in 

 the picture, and, 

 worse still, forgot 

 to put the picture 

 in Gl-EANINGS. 



You see he got ^. ^ 



just the picture 



made without telling the ,AIuser anv ihing 

 about it, and the first the Muser knew it was 

 done was after the former nuisings were all 

 printed, when along cotnes a litter saying 

 the editor wanted some kind of article with 

 which the picture might appear; so here it is, 

 and now you can see the .Mus-r as you will 



AIKIX AM) l■AMII.^•. 



widi the mountain range. The general course 

 of the mountain range is nearly due north 

 and south, and about every ten or twenty 

 miles is a riv.^r or stream coming out of the 

 mountains, all having a general eastward 

 trend. To the north of us is the Poudre Riv- 

 er, on w-hich is hoit Collins, our county-seat, 



