. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 530 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Aug. 20, Director of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association for several years, doing the Association important service while its President. Mr. Pringie was a worker in the fullest sense of that term —worl<ing with both hands and head with equal facility and effectiveness. He could turn his hand to many things, and his head and pen to many subjects. He was known as a clear, cogent and forcible writer, not only in the daily press, but the monthly magazines. Prof. Cavanaugh, the expert phrenolo- gist of'Toronto, in a publis
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 530 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Aug. 20, Director of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association for several years, doing the Association important service while its President. Mr. Pringie was a worker in the fullest sense of that term —worl<ing with both hands and head with equal facility and effectiveness. He could turn his hand to many things, and his head and pen to many subjects. He was known as a clear, cogent and forcible writer, not only in the daily press, but the monthly magazines. Prof. Cavanaugh, the expert phrenolo- gist of'Toronto, in a published work, spoke of Mr. Pringie as "one of the ablest writers in ; His style was clear, critical and logical, and the man who entered the controver- sial arena with him might well make up his mind beforehand to come out with a demoralized quill and with his feathers Hying. In the field of polemics Mr. Pringie carried the heav- iest kind of guns. He was one of the few men who were thoroughly practical and utilitarian, as well as theoretical and philosophical. He made his bee-culture and farming pay in dollars and cents; handled his large apiary alone, doing all the work; put up and marketed his honey, worked on his farm, and found time (at night) to write for bee-papers, agricultural journals, magazines and newspapers, besides conducting a large cor- respondence, including in it some of the most eminent litera- teurs and scientists of the day. Mr. Pringie was held in high esteem by all who knew him as a man whose word was his bond, and whose honor and moral life were above reproach. As all remember, Mr. Pringie was the able Superintendent of the splendid Ontario apiarian exhibit at the World's Fair here in Chicago in 1893. It was while there that we had the pleasure of making his acquaintance, as well as that of his accomplished daughter. Miss Grace Pringie, who assisted him in preparing the exhibit. Mr. Pringie had for years been one of the American Bee Journ
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