February, 1909. 



American Hee Journal 





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C. H. W. WEBER 



C. H. W. Weber was born in Lem- 

 foerde, Germany, April 25, 1844, where 

 he lived until about 21 years of age. 

 About the year 1856 he came to America, 

 and straight to Cincinnati. He was em- 

 ployed by Chas. F. Muth & Son, where 

 he acquitted himself very well, as was 

 shown later. But he was anxious to go 

 into the merchant trade for himself. 



In 1868, Mr. Weber entered the gro- 

 cery and seed business. After a suc- 

 cessful pursuance of this business, the 

 Chas. F. Muth & Sons Co., sold out to 

 him. Thereupon Mr. Weber became 

 greatly interested in bees and honey. He 



after earnest thought, he successfully set 

 up an apparatus that is capable of doing 

 any amount of work. It is a perfect 

 piece of mechanism, filling 6 bottles at a 

 run. All this was done during the last 

 year of his life. 



Mr. Weber also took care of quite an 

 extensive seed business, and by the fine 

 attention he gave his trade he gained 

 many friends among the farmers near 

 Cincinnati, as well as in Kentucky and 

 Indiana, who greatly rhourn the loss of 

 so esteemed a friend. 



After his return from the National 

 Bee-Keepers' convention in October, held 

 at Detroit, Mr. Weber underwent a deli- 

 cate operation. He seemed to rally un- 



The Late C. H. W. Weber. 



personally took care of 3 apiaries which 

 he conducted on the outskirts of Cin- 

 cinnati. • During his spare time he was 

 ' incessantly planning improvements. His 

 "Entrance Controller," which was paten- 

 ted September 24, 1907, was only one of 

 the many results. 



Under his careful supervision, and 

 with the aid of his son Charles, he built 

 up quite an extensive business in the 

 bee-keepers' supplies and honey line. 

 After a time the equipments which he 

 had been using for filling honey bottles 

 were no longer capable of turning out 

 enough goods for the demand that had 

 been created for them. Immediately Mr. 

 Weber began plans for improvements. 

 After careful perusal of all that the 

 could find concerning the matter, and 



expectedly well for a few days, when he 

 had a very serious attack of pneumonia. 

 With good care, and a physician's skill, 

 he was helped quite a little. He seemed 

 to be recovering nicely when another 

 attack of pleurisy and pneumonia weak- 

 ened him. It was with the utmost skill 

 that his body was cleared of this terrible 

 sickness, but he was in such a weakened 

 condition that he failed to recover satis- 

 factorily, and on Jan. i, 1909, the end 

 came to his earthly suffering. He leaves 

 a wife and 7 children who mourn the 

 loss of a dear husband and father. 



We had the pleasure of a personal 

 acquaintance with Mr. Weber for many 

 years. Through his advertisements, and 

 otherwise, in the American Bee Journal, 

 he was well and favorably known to 



hosts of bee-keepers. He had made a 

 reputation for honesty and square deal- 

 ing, which brought him a large and well- 

 merited patronage along the lines of 

 bee-keepers' supplies, honey, seeds, etc. 

 It may not be generally known, but for 

 viars he has had an apiary of 40 or 50 

 colonies on the flat roof of his store- 

 building in the heart of the business dis- 

 trict of Cincinnati. We had the pleas- 

 ure, several years ago, of visiting his 

 .ipiary and viewing from its height the 

 large range of territory from which the 

 bees gathered many tons of honey. 



Mr. Weber was an enthusiast in all 

 the lines of business in which he was 

 interested. He was very quiet and un- 

 assuming in his manner, but always won 

 his share of the patronage of bee-keep- 

 ers and others who desired to dealwith a 

 firm whose responsibility and reliability 

 were unquestioned. 



Mr. Weber attended several of the 

 National conventions of bee-keepers dur- 

 ing the past few years. He was a staunch 

 friend of the American Bee Journal and 

 its editor, who greatly valued his loyalty 

 and devotion. We are glad to know that 

 liis business is to be continued by his 

 son Charles, who, no doubt, will follow 

 in the footsteps of his father, and con- 

 tinue to maintain a prosperous business 

 at the old stand. 



The sympathy of thousands of bee- 

 keepers all over the land will go out to 

 Mr. Weber's family in their bereave- 

 ment. 



August Josephson. 



Mr. August Josephson, formerly of 

 Lockport 111., but for the last two years 

 of Granville, died in November, 1908, at 

 Waukesha, Wis., where he had gone for 

 his health. Mr. Josephson had been en- 

 gaged in bee-keeping for a number of 

 years, and was very successful. He was 

 born in Sweden, Nov. 7, 1867, and came 

 to America in 1886. He was active in 

 church and Sunday-school work, and was 

 highly respected where he lived. He 

 leaves a widow and five children, all of 

 the latter being under 10 years of age. 

 Surely his bereaved family will have the 

 sincere sympathy of all their bee-keeping 

 friends and others who know them. 



Mis. Wheeler D. Wright. 



After an extended illness, K. Eliza 

 Wright, of Altamont, N. Y., passed from 

 this life December 26, 1908, at the age of 

 55 years. She was the wife of W. D. 

 Wright, one of the efficient foul brood 

 inspectors of New York State. Mr. 

 Wright will have the sympathy of all his 

 bee-keeping friends in his bereavement. 



Richard Stolley. 



Air. and Mrs. William Stolley, Sr., of 

 Grand Island, Nebr., mourn the loss of 

 their youngest son, Richard, who passed 

 away on December 30, 1908, at the age 

 of about 41 years. He was the support 

 and hope of his parents in their old age. 

 His father is well known to many read- 

 ers of the American Bee Journal. 



There were 175 vehicles in the funeral 

 procession. The cemetery is located 

 over one mile from his father's home, 

 and when the first of the procession ar- 

 rived at the open grave, the last of the 



