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XIIOIMAS G. ]^E^in»IAIV, 



EDITOR. 



Vol.nVIII, Not, 26, 1891, 1,22, 



Editorial Buzzijigs. 



'Neatli the gray skies of November 



Tne heart may still be gay 

 If with joy it can remember 

 The radiant sky of May. 



Though drear and chill 



Around the hill, 

 The wild wind moans all day, 



If hearts are glad 



Though skies are sad. 

 We cannot mourn for May. 



Xliankss:iviiis:, the first Winter 

 holiday, occurs to-day. A month later 

 Christmas will be here with its festive 

 cheer and general rejoicing. Then, a 

 week later, comes New Year's Day, 

 when we must all turn over a new leaf. 



Xlie Root family is getting well 

 "rooted." The latest additional root 

 being "Howard Root Calvert," a 9-pound 

 grandson of A. I. Root, born on Nov. 13, 

 1891. Mr. John T. Calvert, manager of 

 the factory, married Mr. Root's eldest 

 daughter, and Howard is their son. 

 Congratulations to father and mother 



Xlie Feast, last week, was well 

 attended by the "wheel-horses" of the 

 pursuit. There were but few except the 

 veterans there. They were in good trim, 

 and enjoyed the meeting very much. 



We regret to state that after the first 

 session we were compelled to be absent 

 most of the time — struck down just as 

 the feast began — and La Orippe was the 

 cause of it. We had made all arrange- 

 ments for the meeting, and naturally 

 expected to enjoy the reunion. 



l^e l^ere pleased to meet Brother 

 A. I. Root at the convention. He looks 

 better than we expected after his illness. 

 He goes to California to recuperate, and 

 our best wishes go with him. We wish 

 we <'Ould have such a vacation. 



Bro. 1^. Z. Hlitcliinsoii, the 



efficient Secretary of the Northwestern 

 Bee-Keepers' Society, is also a stenog- 

 rapher. Knowing his ability and 

 peculiar adaptation for reporting the 

 proceedings of a bee convention, we 

 engaged his services for that purpose, 

 and our readers will have the pleasure 

 of perusing such, beginning next week. 

 We are glad to say that his health is 

 excellent, and that he is, as usual, brim- 

 ful of good nature and pleasant smiles. 

 His valuable bee-periodical, the Review, 

 has passed the stage of experiment, and 

 is now a prosperous and permanent con- 

 cern. We congratulate him on its 

 success. 



Among' the large consumers of 

 honey, we may mention the fancy bak- 

 eries, and their purchases are increasing 

 in volume every year. We lately had 

 an interview with the "buyer "of one 

 of these manufactories, who informed 

 us that his purchases of extracted-honey 

 this year has amounted to $13,000, 

 and that was an advance of about one- 

 fifth over the previous year. This 

 bakery is distant only about five blocks 

 from the office of the American Bee 

 Journal. 



