The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-12-29

PUBLIC SCHoOLs-CLosE OF THE FALI
TERH.-The Fall Term of the Free
Schools was brought to close on Thurs
day of last week. There was an exami
nation of the classes of the High School
during Tuesday, "Wednesday and Thurs
day. Thursday afternoon was devoted
principally to declarations and the read
ling of compositions, We were present
part of the afternoon, and were very
well satisfied with the appearance of the
School and with the exercises In fact,
to us, the Teachers and Scholars, taking
into consideration the size and ages ofthe
latter, never appeared or acquitted them
sci yes better The Principal, Mr.. Dur
kee in his closing remarks, said that the
Scholars did not stand as high in Schol-
arship as they had done at previous ex-
annations. This may be correct. But
we observed during the exercises that
the Scholars who came on the stage were
| generally smaller and younger than we
| had ever before seen on similar occasions.
Due allowance being MAIDS for size and
age We think the Scholars entitled to ~
much credit as at any previous examina-
ton.
] There is now holiday vacation of two
weeks. The Teachers and Scholars are
entitled to time ofrest from their laborS
/ They need recreation. Fun, frolic and
lmirth are now in order, and we hope they
will improve the time, and enjoy
themselves. The Winter Term com.
mences. Monday, January 9th, 1871.
The Schools have been fuller during the
last term than they were the previous
one. The indications are that they viii
be fuller the coming than the past term
KEEPERS AssocIATIoN.-TheB Bee
Keepers Association met in conyentioI
at indianapolis, Ind, on the 21st inst.
dispatch the second day says:
This is by far the largest gathering %
bee keepers that has ever convened il
the United States, and shows that thi
department of rural economy is growing
in Importance and commands the atten
ton of our best farmers.
We find the following remarks of MI
Otis of Kenosha in dispatch to the Chi
cago Tribune made on the I'd day of tn
convention: % u sfs 9at
INDIANoPoLIs, Dec. -22.-Mr Otis, o
Wisconsin, would call the attention 0
beginners to a few important questions
Honey, he said, is vegetable secretion
!. found mainly in flowers, and that wax
for the structure of the comb, is an ami
= NAL secretion One is the natural pro
, duct of the flower that is gathered in it
: normal condition by the bee and trans
= ferred to the comb. In the next plac
) we must have bees, and, to obtain these
we must have comb, queen, a colony o
: worker bees and food on which to rea
the young. If we wait for the hone,
J season to raise bread, we lose large ad
vantage The old honey must be takel
out of the hive in order to give the quee1
I empty cells in which to lay her eggs, tina
the colony may be brought up to its max
imum standard before the honey season
!. They are then ready to gather the crol
+ of honey and to store it in the boxes ant
2 frames in the upper part of the hive q
surplus honey. The brood chamber be
ing filled with the larvae in all stages
there is no room for the storage of honey
e and it must be stored above. During tn
period of the absence Of honey, it mus
be occupied in feeding; the swarm ar
J to be ted daily in order to keep up tn
. full strength Of the colony.
The officers elected were:
President, L. L. Longstroth, of Ohio
!. Vice Presidents Robert Bickford, Of Ne,
York DR.. T. B. Hamlin, of Tennessee
, w. F. Clark, of Canada E. Gallup, Q
Iowa: A. F. Moore, of Michigan; Secrt
Q tary, M. M. Baldridge, of Illinois; Assist
q ant Secretary, d. L. Adair, o. Kentucky
: Treasurer, n. G. Mitchell, of Indiana.
Triton, Bowen, THE INDEPENDnN
AND THE BROOKLYN UNION -Theodor
Tilton's valedicsory appears in the Las
number of the Independent, and from
r. we learn of his retirement from its ed
: torship to be succeeded by its sole pre-
r prietor and publisher, Henry G. Bower
Mr.. Tilton takes the editorial charge @
the Brooklyn Daily Union, and ha
t agreed to write, As special contributor
~ .+bo Hyst uaOA of tho Tn1ea,a,, don,