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NOTES FROin THE BANNER APIABY. 



NO. 41. 



dDNTINUED FROM LAST MONTH. 



tmjSR. ROBERTSON went with me on my journey 

 JuiPll ^^ ^^^ ^^ Ionia. Here I spent two hours in 



' visiting the State House of Correction. The 



afternoon train was three hours late, and it was 

 eight o'clock in the evening when I arrived in Lan- 

 sing. The legislature was in session, and the great 

 Capitol building, with a flood of light streaming fi-om 

 its many windows, made a beautiful picture with the 

 blackness of night for a background. But I was too 

 tired for sight-seeing, and sought the spring bed of 

 the hotel. With the New hall-House horror fresh in 

 my mind, I was thankful that I was given a room 

 on the first floor. 



The next morning I trudged the four miles out to 

 the Agricultural College farm, only to find Prof. 

 Cook away fi-om home. Not knowing positively 

 when he would be at home, I took the next train for 

 Battle Creek, and was soon seated by a cozy fireside, 

 and having a pleasant chat with B. Salisbury and 

 wife. Friend S. does not keep bees so extensively 

 as many bee-keepers, he also being engaged in the 

 manufacture and sale of health-reform garments 

 for ladles; but he has all of the modern improve- 

 ments, and raises extracted honey, which he retails 

 at J5 cts. per pound. He thinks this pays him better 

 than raising comb honey. He uses the Langstroth 

 frame and chaff hives. 



It la probably well known that the Seventh-Day 

 Adventists have their headquarters at Battle Creek ; 



and although not connected with bee-keeping, two 

 of the pleasantest hours spent while on my trip were 

 those in ,vhich, with friend S. for a guide and com- 

 panion, I visited their publishing house, tabernacle, 

 and sanitarium. We first went to the publishing 

 house, where may be found an improved engine, 

 improved presses, paper-cutting machines, machines 

 for ruling paper, arrangements for marbling and 

 gilding the edges of books, electrotyping and stereo- 

 typing departments, and editorial room with its 

 well-arranged book-cases and desks; in fact, the 

 building contains the thousand and one wonderful 

 machines and processes to be found in a large print- 

 ing and publishing house, all of which need to be 

 seen to be understood and appreciated. The sani- 

 tarium is a large brick building, four or five stories 

 high, heated by steam, lighted by gas, and furnished 

 with almost every known appliance for the treatment 

 of diseases. A visit to the different departments of 

 this Institution, to its bath-rooms, dining-rooms, lab- 

 oratory, etc., almost made me wish that I were sick, 

 " just a little," so that I might have an excuse for 

 indulging in all these luxurieg. 



From Battle Creek I went to Dowagiac, where I 

 was warmly welcomed by James Heddon and family. 

 Friend H. has 500 colonies, which is probably a larger 

 number than is owned by any other bee-keeper in 

 the State. Having commenced keeping bees 14 

 years ago, and having made a specialty of the busi- 

 ness^ and given it his best thoughts, it is not to be 

 wondered that he stands in the front rank of Michi- 

 gan's bee-keepers. There was scarcely a topic that 

 came up for discussion, during our three days' visit. 

 In which he was not perfectly at home — he had 



