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VOL XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, NOV. 23, 1893. 



NO. 21. 



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i?Ir. W. 1». Taylor, of Fitzroy, Ont., 

 the octogenarian township clerk and bee- 

 keeper, was married recently. A charivari 

 party stole his grapes, apples, and 26 boxes 

 of honey, besides damaging his property in 

 other ways. We learn that the crazy fools 

 who indulged in what they called " sport " 

 or "fun," will likely pay dearly enough for 

 it. We hope they may be taught a good 

 lesson. In the meantime, however, we ex- 

 tend our congratulations to Bro. Taylor 

 and his new wife. 



Old ]VIi>. lflo1>l>!^ has been "experi- 

 menting '' a little, as will be seen by a few 

 illustrations on pages 657, 658, 659 and 660. 

 He seems, at last, to have become some- 

 what discouraged in " experimental work," 

 and has seated himself once more, appar- 

 ently for meditation — and, perhaps, medi- 

 cation. 



We believe Dr. Mason has no faith in bee- 

 stings as a cure for rheumatism, so it is 

 likely he will sympathize most sincerely 

 with Mr. Blobbs. As sober (?) and long- 

 faced (?) as Dr. Mason is well-known to be 

 at all times, we don't believe he will keep 

 that way during the examination of the six 

 pictures, showing a practical experiment 

 of interest to bee-keepers as well as those 

 afflicted with rheumatism. 



Xlie IVortli American's member- 

 ship this year is a very large one, and yet 

 it seems the Secretary did not get the names 

 of all who were present. This is doubtless 

 the fault of the persons whose names are 

 omitted from the lists, and should not be 

 charged to the Secretary. All should have 

 reported their presence to the Secretary, 

 and stated whether delegates or not. A 

 very good sister, who was there, has just 

 written us a letter, in which she unmerci- 

 fully (?) belabors us for omitting her name 

 from the list. The fact is, it was not our 

 fault at all, as we simply published the list 

 of names as prepared by the Secretary. 



Now, if there are any others who were 

 present, and their names failed to appear 

 in the list as published week before last, 

 will they kindly let us know about it, so 

 that the omitted ones may be published at 

 the end of the report. Please do this «oto, 

 as we want to get every name in that be- 

 longs there, and the report will be ended in 

 a very few weeks. 



^oiuiiam1>iilist, who furnishes the 



monthly " Wayside Fragments " for the 

 rrogresave Bee-Keeper, was at the North 

 American convention last month. We 

 didn't know it at the time, but one of his 

 last " fragments " shows that he was there. 

 We don't see why he didn't make himself 

 known, unless it was that he was asleep 

 most of the time. And yet, we didn't see 

 anybody getting sleepy. Somnambalist has 

 had so many kind things to say of the Bee 

 Journal, that really we would have been 

 pleased to form his acquaintance. But, 

 then, may be we do know him, but not in 

 his "fragmentary," Somnambulistic exis- 

 tence. 



" Observer" is another of the Progressive's 



