rORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 13 



In the long run, however, I paid dear enough for 

 my board, for its quality, together with a lack of exercise, 

 so afifected my health that I never fully recovered from 

 it. Strange to. say, I was so ignorant that I did not know 

 exercise was essential to health. That was before the 

 day of athletics in college. 



STUDY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. 



After teaching a term in Geneseo, (N. Y.) Academy, 

 I took up the study of medicine in Johnstown, Pa., at- 

 tended lectures in Michigan Umiversity, at Ann Arbor, 

 Mich., and received the degree of M. D. I practiced medi- 

 cine a short time in Earlville, 111., and went to Marengo, 

 111., for the same purpose, in July, 1856. 



It did not take more than a year for me to find out 

 that I had not a sufficient stock of health myself to take 

 care of that of others, especially as I was morbidly anx- 

 ious lest some lack of judgment on my part should prove 

 a serious matter with some one under my care. So with 

 much regret I gave up my chosen profession. 



TEACHES AND TRAVELS. 



In 1857 I abandoned a life of single blessedness, mar- 

 rying Mrs." Helen M. White. I spent some years in 

 teaching vocal and instrumental music, and was for sev- 

 eral years principal of the Marengo public school. Before 

 devoting my entire time to bee-keeping, I was for one 

 year principal of the Woodstock school, most of the 

 time driving there thirteen miles each morning, and re- 

 turning to Marengo at night. 



I traveled two years for the music house of Root 

 & Cady, making a specialty of introducing the teaching 

 of singing in public schools. In 1872 I went to Cin- 

 cinnati, where I spent six months helping to get up the 

 first of the May musical festivals under the direction of 



