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Allow me to add that I shall be sur- 

 prised if, after reading the above, the 

 officers and members of the National 

 Society will be parties to a policy of 

 repudiation that involves a breach of 

 faith. The loss of my time and lobor, 

 though it occurred at a time of the 

 year when I could least afford it, is 

 nothing compared with the loss of 

 the Society's honor which repudiation 

 involves. My only fault has been 

 over-confidence in those who seemed 

 to me to speak as representing the 

 Society. I think it is too bad tliat I 

 should lose time and labor, and the 

 Society should lose its reputation and 

 its report, simply because " some one 

 has blundered." 



How does the matter strike you 

 now, Mr. Editor V 



Thos. Bengough. 



It " strikes " us as being a very un- 

 business-like affair on all sides. If 

 the convention desired a stenographic 

 report, it should have appointed a 

 committee clothed with full powers 

 to procure it. On the other hand, the 

 Reporter should have made an agree- 

 ment for some definite sum, either by 

 the folio or the job. As none of these 

 things were done, bee-keepers in gen- 

 eral are not to blame. The Society 

 took no steps to procure the Report, 

 and are not responsible for the repre- 

 sentations of those who were not even 

 its members. 



Of course a "blunder" has been 

 made — or, rather, many of them, by 

 the lack of a business-way of pro- 

 cedure. The Society voted that its 

 proceedings should be published in 

 pamphlet form, but appointed no one 

 to do it ; and while it has the "funds" 

 to procure it, no steps were taken to 

 do so — hence there can be no just 

 charge of repudiation. 



If President Jones had ordered it 

 for the Society, he would have taken 

 and paid for it out of the Society's 

 funds, at the proper time ; but now it 

 is too late to be of value to any one. 



It is an unf ortuate affair ; and we 

 would suggest a compromise — pay for 

 the "notes" already taken, and let 

 the matter drop— the copying is the 

 costly part — let that remain undone. 

 We paid for the report published in 

 the Bee Journal, and no charge of 

 repudiation can be made against us^ 

 let that be considered the official re- 

 port — and — " let us have peace." 



Having given both sides a chance to 

 present their version of it, we cannot 

 spare room in the Bee Jouknal for 

 arguing, so now let the matter drop. 



ig®" We have received a pamphlet 

 giving tlie report of the Hants and 

 Isle of Wight Society, in England. 



i®" We are now preparing a new 

 book for tlie pocket, to be called "The 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention Assistant." 

 It will contain a copy of a model 

 " Constitution and By-Laws " for the 

 formation of Societies for Bee-Keep- 

 ers — a simplified manual of Parlia- 

 mentary Law and Rules of Order for 

 the guidance of officers as well as 

 members, a blank form for making 

 reports for statistical information — 

 and much other useful matter for 

 those who attend Conventions. One 

 of the latter will be a suitable Pro- 

 gramme of questions for discussion at 

 such meetings, model Premium Lists 

 for Fairs which may be contracted or 

 enlarged, and then recommended to 

 the managers of adjacent County or 

 District Fairs ; a few blank leaves for 

 jotting down interesting facts, etc. 

 We shall aim to make it suitable for 

 any locality, and a book that will com- 

 mend itself to every bee-keeper in the 

 English-speaking world. It will be 

 of a size suitable for the pocket, nicely 

 bound in cloth, and the price will 

 probably be 50 cents. 



i^" The Dutch papers mention the 

 discovery of a "certain cure" for 

 gout. A peasant who was confined 

 to his bed by a sharp attack was 

 stung by a bee, and almost imme- 

 diately he felt better, and next day he 

 was well. A short time after another 

 patient thought he would try the 

 same remedy, and, having induced a 

 bee to sting him on the part affected, 

 he also was cured. 



The Hygiean Home Cook Book; 

 or Healthful and Palatable Food 

 without Condiments. Fifth edition. 

 Price, paper 2o cents, cloth -50 cents. 

 Fowler & Wells, PubUshers, 7.53 

 Broadway, New York. 



A new edition of this manual of 

 healthful cookery is on our desk. It 

 is not a work on the philosophy of 

 food, but one giving recipes for its 

 healthful and palatable preparation. 



1^ The Glucose Factories seem to 

 be in trouble everywhere. The To- 

 ronto, Ont., factory was recently sold 

 because the " share-holders had lost 

 §135,000, which they had invested in 

 it." It is not being operated now, 

 and the purchasers are losing Si-'O per 

 diem, on their investment. For this 

 reason they have petitioned the City 

 Council for exemption from taxation. 

 Would it not' be more honorable, as 

 well as more profitable for them, to 

 turn the factory to some legitimate 

 and beneficial use ? 



Local Convention Directory. 



isai. Time and place of Meeting. 



March 20.— Southern Indiana, at Madi-^on. Inii, 

 H. C. White, Sec. 



Mar. 29.— Union Association, at Dexter. Iowa. 



M. E. Darby, Sec, Dexter, Iowa. 



April 9.— Aes'n of Central Ills., at Bloominaton. 

 W. B. Lawrence. Sec. 



April 9.— Lorain Co.. at Elvria, O. 



O. J. Terrell sec, North RidgevlUc, O. 



April 10.— Mahonins Valley, at Newton Falls, O. 

 E. VV. Turner, Sec. 



April J8.— Iowa Central, at Winterset, Iowa. 



J. E. Pryor. Sec. 



April 22, 



-Des Moines Co., at Middleton, Iowa. 



John Nau. Sec. 



April 24.— Western Michigan, at Berlin. 



F. S. Covey, Sec. 



April 24, 25.— Western, at Independence, Mo. 



C. M. Crandall, Sec. 



April 24, 25.— Texas State, at McKinney. 



W. R. Howard, Sec. 



May 3. -Progressive, at Bedford, O. 



J. R. Reed, Sec. 



May 6.— Southern Wisconsin, at Janesville. 



J. T. Pomeroy. Sec. 



May 26.— Will County, at Mouee. 111. 



P. P. Nelson, Sec. 



Oct. 11, 12.— Northern Mich., at Alma, Mich. 



F. A. Palmer, Sec McBride, Mich. 



Oct.'15, 16.— Northwestern, at Chicago. 111. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



Dec. 10, 11.— Michigan State, at Lansing. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec. Clinton. Mich. 



C^ In order to have this tahle complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



Catalogues for 1884.-The following 

 new Catalogues and Price Lists are 

 received : 



W. J. Ellison, Stateburg, S. C— 1 

 page — Italian Bees and Queens. 



F. H. Chamberliu, Dexter, Iowa, — 6 

 pages — CTiven Comb Foundation. 



John T. Smith, Bellevue, Mich.— 1 

 page — Comb Ilouey Rack. 



Rev. Wm. Ballantine, Sago, O.— 1 

 page — Queens and a New Bee Book. 



Thos.Gorsuch, Gorsuch, Pa.— 1 page 

 — Acme Honey Case. 



H. 11. Flick, Lavansville, Pa.— 1 

 page— Apiarist and Fine Stock 

 Breeder. 



Z. K. Jewett, Sparta, Wis. — 1 pages 

 — Evergreen and Deciduous Tree 

 Seedlings, Small Fruits, etc. 



Geo. Neighbour & Sons, 149 Regent 

 Street, London, England— 8 pages- 

 Second-hand Bee Books. 



James M. Hyne, Stewartsville, Ind. 

 — 8 pages— Bee-Keepers' Supplies, 

 Bees, Queens and Honey. 



Paul L. Vialloii, Bayou Guula, La. — 

 •S pages — Apiarian Implements and 

 Italian Bees and Queens. 



Howard U. Ackerman, North Indi- 

 anapolis, Ind.— i; pages— Poultry. 



Reynolds Brotliers, Williamsburg, 

 Ind.— 10 pages — Bee-Keepers' Sup- 

 plies, Bees, Queens, etc. 



i®° The Caledonian Apiarian So- 

 ciety's eleventh grand show of honey, 

 hives and bees, will be held at Edin- 

 burgh, Scotland, in connection with 

 the Highland and Agricultural So- 

 ciety's Show, on the 22, 23, 24, and 25 

 of July, 1884. 



