XIT MEMOEIAL OF M. QUINBT, 



the best of his life to imparting instruction that would 

 lead to this end. Thus, through his writings, and 

 through his life-work for the benefit of mankind, he 

 built to himself a monument more enduring than brass ; 

 and to complete the memorial, it is the wish of all who 

 knew him to have inscribed on its tablet, that which 

 will testify to his broad, christian character, as well as 

 to such qualities of heart as are best revealed in home 

 life to kindred and friends. 



I was asked to write of Mr. Quinby because I knew 

 him ; none could know him but to love him. We, who 

 were accustomed to gather at his fireside, can never for- 

 get his warm hospitality. He was of a happy, even 

 temperament, always ready with a hearty welcome for 

 his friends, and a kind word for every one ; ever willing 

 to spread the broad mantle of charity over the short- 

 comings of his fellows, yet equally prompt with quick 

 censure for a wrong that could be righted. 



True to his Quaker education, he was an intense hater 

 of shams, especially of the human kind. He was honest, 

 a characteristic that is getting to be as rare as it is valu- 

 able. There is no principle in business better established 

 than that "Honesty is the best policy." Mr. Quinby, 

 unlike many men, was honest from principle. His life- 

 work was to elevate bee-keeping to the dignity of a pur- 

 suit among men, and he accomplished his mission. 



Bee-keeping as a specialty will date from his time, and 

 if Huber has earned the title of " Prince of Apiarists," 

 certainly Mr. Quinbj is entitled to that of " Father of 

 Practical Bee-Culture." 



In apiarian history there are four names that will stand 

 out prominently beyond all others ; Huber, the blind 

 apiarian, who, by his untiring perseverance, discovered 

 moie of the interior workings of the bee-hive than any 

 other man that ever lived ; Dzierzon, the Quinby of 

 Germany, who confirmed the hitherto unbelieved state- 



