CATCH THE BUZZ CC Miller's Home for sale

CATCH THE BUZZ

C. C. Miller's home is for sale in Illinois...interested in a bit of history?

This isn't a typical BUZZ Release, so there's no advertising to get in the way...

The message below is from the Maureen Malone, the Broker who now owns the home. The story below that  is from a local newspaper printed several decades ago...One I know beekeepers will enjoy...

The article below I found written sometime between 
1960-1980; and the listing sheet, which shows the price, I think the 
price got cut off when I scanned it, asking is $590,000.  I'd 
appreciate any exposure you can offer, can you email me a copy or mail 
me a copy, I'm so enthused about this opportunity to represent such a 
magnificent piece of Americana.

It needs work, but it has good bones and a great heritage.

Thanks so much!

the article I found written sometime between 
1960-1980; and the listing sheet, which shows the price, I think the 
price got cut off when I scanned it, asking is $590,000.  I'd 
appreciate any exposure you can offer, can you email me a copy or mail 
me a copy, I'm so enthused about this opportunity to represent such a 
magnificent piece of Americana.

It needs work, but it has good bones and a great heritage.

Thanks so much!

Maureen Malone
RE/MAX GREAT MOVES
258 N. State Street
Hampshire, IL 60140
847-683-4300

remaxgreatmoves@FoxValley.net

This is the story from the paper...

Dr. Charles C. C. Miller, was a world renowned bee specialist, author, writer, physician, teacher and composer who brought great fame to Marengo over a century ago.  C.C. as he liked to be called, was born in Pennsylvania, June 10, 1831, and settled in Marengo in July 1856.  The Miller homestead was located on South State Street at the edge of the Marengo City limits.

 There were beautiful and ornate flower gardens and the huge orchard which Dr. Miller used in his apiary devotion—the extraction of pollen and the pollination and cross-pollination of flowers by his more than 400 colonies of bees.  A careful estimate places the amount of honey he caused to be produced by these honey-gathering insects to be in round numbers, about 100 tons.

 Dr. Miller was among the pioneer physicians of Marengo, but during the Civil War days abandoned his medical practice and from then on was an active student and ardent worker among the honey-bee hives, and occupied in imparting his knowledge by tongue and pen concerning the keeping of bees and the best methods of producing honey.  His writings were translated into French, German, Swiss, Italian, Russian and Japanese and appeared in every book of importance on bees in this country—in all he contributed to more than a dozen publications.  Fact is, in “bee” writings published in Texas, he was styled as the “Sage of Marengo.”  He also served as president of the National Bee Keeper’s Union, of which he was an organizer and long-time member.  Among other accomplishments, he edited “Apiary Terms” in Standard Dictionaries, and many of these definitions are still being used to this day.

 At one time, Dr. Miller served as a music instructor in the Marengo College Institute, and besides teaching school, gave piano and voice lessons, and later served as principal of the public school in Marengo for three years.  Full of music, he was a regular contributor of both words and music.  His musical ability, both in voice and as a pianist, were proclaimed during the years of the Marengo Opera House and he unselfishly gave of his talents in public and in church-related renditions as Dr. Miller was a devout religious personage, there is a dedication in the First Presbyterian Church in Marengo.  Through his religion, Dr. Miller saw the hand of the Creator of Nature—so well was he acquainted with nature and flowers, that Dr. Miller was elected secretary of the Northern Illinois Horticultural Society, and later became its president.

 In 1857, Dr. Miller married Mrs. Helen White, widow of Thomas White. They were blessed with one son, Charles C II.  Mrs. Miller died in 1880.  Dr. Miller remarried Miss Sidney Wilson, daughter of John and Margaret Wilson.  Dr. Miller passed away on September 4,1920 and is interred in the Marengo City Cemetery.

 Parts of this history were copied from a newspaper article, exact publish date, source and writer unknown.

This Bit of history gladly brought to you by Bee Culture, The Magazine Of American Beekeeping, published by The A. I. Root Company, also the publishers of C. C. Millers 50 Years Among The Bees, just so you know.