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VOL. XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, OCT. 12, 1893. 



NO. 15. 



It <]Ji'e>v by the wayside where travelers 



trod, 

 On hillsides and pastures, tho' barren the 



sod. 

 Neglected, despised, a poor, yellow weed. 

 That gave to the care of the wild wind its 



seed. 



The bees learned its secret, the wind told 



the tale. 

 As he hurried along over meadow and dale ; 

 For the sweet perfume lingered where'er 



passed his feet, 

 Of the kisses he stole from the Golden-Rod 



sweet. — Selected . 



I^ext ^Veelc we no doubt shall be able 

 to tell you a little about the convention of 

 bee-keepers now being held' in Chicago — if 

 you were not there to see for yourself. We 

 hope to be able to report the biggest and 

 best convention in the 35 years of the North 

 American's history. 



^l\'. R. <-. Aikiii, of Colorado, called 

 on us last week. He came ahead of the 

 convention so as to be on hand when the 

 " show ■' begins. He brought along a large 

 number of samples of various kinds of 

 honey to exhibit to the members of tjje 

 North American this week. Mr. A. is a 

 splendid and thoroughly practical writer 

 on bee-topics. He won't be lonesome at 

 the convention. 



]9Ii*s. Frank ISeiiton called at our 

 office a few days ago. She is a very pleas- 

 ant and entertaining sister. She said that 

 the whole Benton family expected to at- 

 tend the convention. Ralph will be on 

 hand, but likely not with his bicycle. All 

 will remember that we had a picture of the 

 young man on his bicycle, in the Bee Jour- 

 nal a few months ago. His mother says he 

 has one colony of bees that he takes entire 

 charge of. He should be called on at the 

 convention to give his •' experience" with 

 bees, both in Europe and America. He 

 might tell it in his two " mother tongues " 

 that were spoken of in his biographical 

 sketch. 



'Flae j^'ortli American Convention 

 will be in session before our readers re- 

 ceive this number of the Bee Journal. We 

 hope to meet and greet many of our 

 friends during this week, between the meet- 

 ings. We have been looking forward with 

 intense interest to this time, and trust that 

 everything may be delightfully harmonious 

 and thoroughly enjoyable. We have done 

 all we could to assure a successful gather- 

 ing, and now anticipate a glorious time, at 

 " the gathering of the clan." 



Mrs. Sallie E. SIiernian,of Salado, 

 Tex., has recently been appointed Vice- 

 President of the Woman's Congress of 

 Texas. Mrs. S. is one of the most promi- 

 nent lady bee-keepers of that State, and 

 wrote a few days ago that she hoped to 

 meet the members of "our fraternity " this 

 week at the North American convention. 

 We have the picture and biographical 

 sketch of Sister Sherman, which will ap- 

 pear soon in these columns. 



