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G. W. Bell, His Boys and Bees. 



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'R. BELL was born in Pennsylvania March 12,1860. 

 His father was a farmer and lumberman, so "G. W." 

 workt on the farm in summer and lumbered in the 

 spring-, going to school in winter. He taught two terms of 

 school, and in the spring of 1883 he entered the mercantile 

 business, in which he continued until last fall. 



The spring of 1884 he married Miss Mamie Newcomer, 

 and their family now consists of the seven boys shown in 



the picture. When all of those little " Bells " get to " ring- 

 ing " what a time the)- must have in that home ! 



Mr. Bell was appointed postmaster at his place in Clear- 

 field County in 1883. He was instrumental in having the 

 post-office establisht, and held the position for nine years. 

 During that time he was twice elected justice of the peace, 

 has been tax-collector four years, school director, and audi- 

 tor — in fact, he has been in office since 1884, and came with- 

 in 24 votes of being elected to the State Legislature. Mr. 

 Bell doesn't look like a politician, either. We have had the 

 pleasure of meeting him at several conventions, the last 

 time at Philadelphia, in September last. 



He commenced to keep bees in 1888, getting two colo- 

 nies, and has been very successful, considering that his 

 locality is not overcrowded with good nectar-yielding plants. 

 Still, he has succeeded in getting more honey per colony 

 than any of his neighbors. He has Italian bees, and tries 

 to keep them pure, introducing new queens every season. 

 The past season he increast his apiary from 59 colonies to 

 98, and took 2,700 pounds of honey. 



Mr. Bell and his boys had just come in from the corn- 



Mr. G. W. Bell, of CkaiJuiJ Co., Pa., and His Yard of JJca and Boys. 



