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era. The frame work to hold up these pyra- 

 mids was of metal and the shelves or sup- 

 ports of heavy plate glass. This gave a sort 

 of airiness to the exhibit that was quite at- 

 tractive. The comb honey was mostly from 

 C. E. Boyer, and was fine. That jolly, 

 " right man in the right place," Dr. A. B. 

 Mason, "setup" the Ohio exhibit, and it 

 showed most conclusively that he was no 

 novice. 



Canada's honey exbibit. 



So far as extracted honey was concerned, 

 Canada made the most attractive showing. 

 Especially was this true in regard to the 

 manner and vessels in which it was shown. 

 There was a great variety of kinds of honey, 

 both liquid and in the candied form, and the 

 sizes and varieties of the glass ware were too 

 numerous to mention. Some of the glass 

 jars approached a foot in diameter and two 

 or three feet in heighth. There was a small 

 lot of comb honey, from Mr. Holterman, I 

 believe, that was unexcelled. Some from 

 Mr. Hall was also very fine. The Canada ex- 

 hibit was under the management of Mr. Al- 

 len Pringle, and it is probable that no better 

 man could have been chosen for the work. 



The exhibit from Wisconsin was not so 

 large as that from some of the States, but 



its manager, Mr. Franklin Wilcox, had done 

 the best he could with the material on hand 

 by arranging the comb honey in arches as 

 large as the case would allow him to build 

 tliem, and in this manner he secured a 

 unique display entirely different from that 

 of the others. 



I think Mr. Whitcomb arranged the ex- 

 hibit from Nebraska, but at the time of my 

 visit, Mrs. J. N. Heater had it in charge. It 

 contained a large pyramid of comb and ex- 

 tracted honey, and some figures and flowers 

 in wax, while the top of the case contained 

 the best display of honey producing plants, 

 pressed and mounted, that was to be found 

 in any of the displays. 



The next case had a very meager showing 

 of honey from California. It seems strange 

 that such a great honey producing State as 

 this should not have had a better display. I 

 presume if I knew the circumstances it 

 might not appear so strange. There was 

 some comb honey but it was not first class 

 in appearance. Some tall glass bottles filled 

 with extracted honey from J. F. Mclntyre 

 were really the most attractive part of the 

 exhibit. In one end of the case were some 

 curiosities in the way of enormous clam 

 shells and the shells of ostrich eggs in which 

 the bees had been induced to store honey. 



Iowa had one large pyramid of comb hon- 

 ey and two smaller ones of extracted. In 

 the front end of the case, the words " Iowa 

 Honey " appeared in letters formed by the 

 bees in honey. E. Kretchmer put this ex- 

 hibit in place, and he, too, showed by his 

 work that he had " been through the mill." 



Minnesota made an indifferent showing, 

 but I heard some one say that the honey was 

 so damaged in transit that most of it was 

 unfit for display. A. K. Cooper, who once 

 published the Magazine, put this display in 

 position, and probably did as well as he 

 could with what he had to work with. 



Illinois probably made as large a display 

 as any State, as it filled four cases. The 

 first one was entirely occupied by a castle 

 built of honey-comb ; there being doors and 

 windows, the latter being furnished with cur- 

 tains of foundation. The word ILLINOIS 

 was spelled in the side by using sections of 

 dark honey to form the letters. The second 

 case also contained a comb honey castle, the 

 walls being waved in and out. The next 

 case was entirely filled with a pyramid of 

 liquid extracted honey in bottles. It was 

 unique in that it reached the ceiling of the 



