AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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AVINTRY BEJtUXY. 



REV. W. F. CLARKE. 



The frost-raag-icitin, wand in hand. 



Has been abroad, I ween. 

 And eonjui'ed up, o'er all the laud, 



A perfect fairy scene. 



The trees are silvered o'er, each spray 



Hangs thick with pearly gsms, 

 And queenly nature wears to-day, 



A thousand diadems. 



My Norway hedge appears a wall 



Of alabaster white, 

 And near the gate, the poplars tall. 



Are glistering with light. 



The separate balsams grandly rise. 



Like emerald pyramids. 

 The color softened, as in eyes 



Half hid by drowsy lids. 



The earth is robed in dazzling white, 



As though a bridal dress 

 Made all things passing fair and bright 



With virgin loveliness. 



Behind mj' lively steed I ride 



Along transfigured waj's, 

 A crystal pavement, far and wide, 



Traversed by merry sleighs. 



The Russian palaces of ice, 



Alhambra's halls so fair; 

 And magic scenes, wrought in a trice, 



Can scarce with this compare. 



Each blade of grass is diamond-tipped, 



A brilliant silvery sheen 

 Has changed the shrubs the frost had nipped, 



To white instead of green. 



The fences glitter in the sun. 



All silvered o'er with ice. 

 Hung with festoons and fringes, done 



In manj' a quaint device. 



Lattice and fret-work interlace 



The leafless forest trees, 

 And diamonds drop from dancing sprays, 



Stin-ed by the passing breeze. 



O'er all a sky of cloudless blue- 

 Bright sunshine all around— 



When Spring shall Nature's face renew. 

 Will beauty more abound ? 



O earth is lovely, even when 



The wintry wind blows keen ! 

 Beyond the power of tongue or pen 



To paint the witching scene ! 

 Guelph, Ont. 



The Little Book, entiled " Honey and 

 its Uses," by Mr. J. Dennler, of Enzheim, 

 Alsace, Germany, has reached its fifth 

 edition. It is very similar to ours, en- 

 titled "Honey as Food and Medicine." 



Indiana State Convention. 



The 11th annual meeting of the 

 Indiana Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held on Friday, Jan. 16, 1891, at 1 

 p.m., at Indianapolis. The programme 

 is as follows : 



1. Roll call. 



2. President's Address. 



3. A general talk on the past season, 

 opened by Geo. P. Wilson, of Toll-Gate. 



4. An object Icssdn, with hive, show- 

 ing how to manipulate the brood-cham- 

 ber, the honey-board, and the section- 

 case, in securing comb-honey — Geo. C. 

 Thompson, Southport. 



5. " Economy in bee-culture ;" includ- 

 ing a description of his excellent double- 

 walled hive — Jonas Scholl, Lyons Sta- 

 tion. 



6. "Some of the observations and 

 experiences of a Switz county bee- 

 keeper " — Robert Scott, Moorfield. Mr^ 

 Scott keeps bees in a bee-house, and 

 warms the house artificially about every 

 ten days in severe weather. 



7. "Bee sheds and houses — how to 

 make and use them " — Joseph Myers, 

 Gray. 



8. "Management of an apiary to 

 secure straight combs and extracted- 

 honey" — Walter S. Pouder, Indian- 

 apolis. 



9. "Italian bees, and the proper 

 method of shipping them." A letter from 

 ex-Gov. Porter, Minister to Italy. 



10. "How far can the 'let-alone' 

 policy be carried with fair success in 

 handling bees ?" — R. S. Russell, Zions- 

 ville. 



11. " The machinery and raw material 

 best suited to manufacturing supplies" — 

 Geo. C. Kirkpatrick, Portland. 



Mr. Pouder has kindly agreed to 

 exhibit at the meeting all kinds of hive- 

 fixtures and appliances known to bee- 

 keepers. No where in the State can one 

 learn so much about practical bee-keep- 

 ing in so short a time as at this State 

 meeting. One-and-one-third rates will 

 be granted by the Central Traffic Asso- 

 ciation, and bee-keepers throughout the 

 State are cordially invited to attend. 



G. C. Thompson, Sec, Southport, Ind. 

 E. H. Collins, Pres., Carmel, Ind. 



We are Sorry to learn that Mr. C. J. 

 Robinson has had another visit from 

 La Grippe. We can fully sympathize 

 with him — having had it for over three 

 months last Winter, 



