1882 



gleani:ngs in bee culture. 



Ifi? 



What made you stop the journal? You oug-ht to 

 know that I could not keep house without it. 1 will 

 send you that $1.00 in due time, you know I will, 

 don't you? Try me and see if 1 ara not as good as 

 mv word. W. W. Rowley. 



Eau Galle, Dunn Co., Wis.. Jan. 2.5, 18S2. 



[And you oupht to know, t'riei'il K ,that we could 

 not very well know you wanted ii kept gning, unless 

 .vou said so; but now since you have said so, we 

 know, of course, you want it, and that you will send 

 the money just as you say. Just imagine us going 

 with a hop, skip, and a jump, to put your name 

 down for the whole of 188:i. Shall we not put it for 

 live years, and not have any more trouble? You 

 know you will have a watch, then, too.] 



SHIPPING FllAMES OF WIRED FOUNDATION TO 



TEX.\S, ETC. 



The goods ordered of you, and shipped Jan. 9th, 

 arrived Feb. 20th; so you see the good in ordering 

 in due time. All came safe, and in splendid order, 

 even to the frames of wired fdn. The freight to 

 Schulenburg was $11 30. I do not know that that 

 is too much for .590 lbs. Bees are fine and strong, 

 full of brood; the fruit-trees are in bloom, with 

 many other kinds of flowers. Our "flxin's" here 

 are in good trim. Every thin^ will be ready by May 

 Ist, which is the beginning of our great harvest. 

 The " Square List " is a happy idea — good! 



Dr. J. E. Lay. 



Hallcttsville, Texas, Feb. 24, 1882. 



I thnnk you for the Home department of Glean- 

 INOS (Feb. No. especially). You touched upon the 

 secret trial of many a hi ime the world does not al- 

 ways know of; but it nevertheless blights the little 

 good we might do in more waysthan one, sometimes 

 by causing us to hang our heads in contrition at the 

 prayer-meeting, when we ought to be testifying to 

 the goodness of God. Satan knows our weak points; 

 he knows how to help us hide our lights under a 

 bushel. You are not the only one who speaks and 

 acts unadvisedly sometimes. I thought of things in 

 my own life. Husband sat silent for some time. I 

 looked up after a while, to see him brush away a 

 tear. 



Oh the good we all might do, 



• While the days are going by ! 

 But the seeds of good we sow, 

 Both in shade and shine shall grow. 

 While the days are going by. 



Sakah J. W. AXTELL. 

 Koseville, 111., Feb. 28, 1883. 



We are glad that George and Ernest recognize a 

 wider meaning to the law that gives "great peace." 

 We are sure you do not intend to disregard the laws 

 of health, by the indulgence of appetite or passion; 

 but when the poor tired nerves are wound up daily 

 to their highest tension, there must be a rebellion. 

 Nothing but a miracle can save you from disease ot 

 death. Can any one do his best work for saving 

 souls by continual overwork? Is it not better to take 

 needful rest, trusting in Providence for the event? 

 I believe in enthusiasm and hard work, and rejoice 

 greatly in the work you are doing; but the Bible 

 says, " A merciful man is merciful to his beast." So, 

 then, let us be merciful to our own physical natures, 

 that we may the better glorify God. 



Prudence K. Sinton. 



Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1882. 



OUIt HO.MES. 



I had thought that I would not have my son sub- 

 scribe for Gleanings this year, but your Home 

 Papers have been of so much benefit to me, I do not 

 think I wt>uld be doing right to not renew. Actually, 

 if I were one of those very few who have a dislike to 

 every thing you i>ublish not tending toward bee 

 culture, 1 ci'rtaiiily would not let any one know I 

 did nut h'lve that so much-desired "love at home," 

 by requpstiug the discontinuauce of your Home 

 talks. Those who do not like the tone of Our Homes, 

 surely must be of a sour, fretful, fault- finding 

 nature — the very ones, of all others, who snould be 

 benefited. A man may not be a Christian — reject 

 every good, holy thought — but how necessary, how 

 much more pleasant it is to cherish love at home! 

 Therefore goon in your good work. You may not 

 succeed in making all your subscribers Christians; 

 but honesty and morality will be imparted and in- 

 culcated, and love for the dear ones at home cher- 

 ished. I know I am a better man from reading your 

 home talks, and I pray God to continue this growth 

 in grace until I am a perfect man. 



Snyder, Ark., Feb , 1883. - B. A. Bethune. 



Bro. Root, for so T shall venture to call you now, 

 please find inclosed one dollar to renew subscription 

 for Gleanings, 1882. Of cjurse, it's worth the mon- 

 ey to me, and a great deal more. Please accept my 

 thanks for the kind words in Our Homes. The more 

 faith we have in God, the more we have in our fel- 

 low-man; we can trust them further, leaving the 

 results in the hands of Him who has said, " All 

 things shall work together for good to them that 

 love the Lord." I have 48 stands of bees, mostly 

 blacks, in my cellar, two outside, packed. Made 

 about 15 cwt. of honey last year; have never Inst any 

 bees of any account by wintering yet. If I have my 

 usual luck this year, it will be bees or farming — 

 which? Wishing you success in your business af- 

 fairs, also in your labor of love, I remain vours 

 truly,— Wm. Cox. 



Viroqua, Vernon Co.. Wis., Dec. .30, 1881. 



[Thanks, friend C; and I would call especial at- 

 tention to your point of faith in our fellow-men. 

 One who sees only the worst side of his fellow-men 

 is pretty surely wicked himself.] 



For the last two years I have been a careful reader 

 of Gleanings. There is much in it 1 admire and 

 appreciate, and also a good deal that a "canny 

 Sci>t" would hesitate to pronounce upon. Your 

 Home Papers I am very much interested in, and 

 from many parts of them 1 can not but say that I 

 derive profit as well as pleasure; and although there 

 are many statements in them which a reticent dis- 

 position would shrink from making, still, having 

 made them, their very declaration bars the way to 

 returning, knowing that a previous weakness 

 (wickedness If you will) will be watched for with a 

 keen eye by a spiritual enemy. Your readiness as a 

 writer, I admire, and the tact with which you tone 

 down strife is exemplary, and what I should wish to 

 imitate. And I often think it is impossible for you, 

 with your multifarious labors, to give the requisite 

 thought to every subject requiring your attention, 

 and much must be decided by j'ou without premedi- 

 tation. K. Edwabd. 



Montrose, Scotland, Dec. 5, 1881. 



CIRCULARS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



Bright Bros., Mazeppa, Minn., issue a 2C-pRge price 



li.-it of iipiaii:in jcoods. It is nithei- strantre that a catalogue so 

 nicely in'inted as tliis is, and Irum .-uili cntevpiisiiijjr nun, should 

 contain bad spflliiifr and typo^raiiliical errors. It is surpassed 

 ill this I'ospect, however, lj.y one from friend Colvin, Dalton, Pa. , 

 dealer in liives, bees, etc. 



From W. J. Pettitt, Dover, England, we have re- 

 ceived a Ifipase list of hives .as made and used in that city. It 

 is almost bewildering to see the complications of tlie English 

 hive and bee-house. They remind one of the latest improved 

 burglar-proof bank-safes 'of this country —that is, in the pic- 

 ture One l)ee-house, Cwl ft. 2 inches, and fi ft luider roof, iron 

 toj), is iiriced at over STO.iK) Jlr. Pcttitt's liees fret their honey 

 from the )iit,'li and inaccessible rucks of Dover cliffs. He has 

 ablaut Wt hives. 3Ir P. is doing a Jiobli' work in developing the 

 honey industry of Kngland, and his catalogue reflects great 

 ciedit on his ehdeavois. 



Before US is" Gray's How Plants Behave. How they 



Move, C'limli, Employ Insects to AVork for them." It is a beauti- 

 ful l)Ook. linely illiistrated, and the pictures of the blos.soms 

 ot the Simii^on lioncv-plant (ligwort) are so real as to make one 

 almost smile. Although the book does not contain a great 

 amount of matter lor the money, it is .an e.xcellent one for be- 

 ginners in botany, or those interested in the matter of pollen 

 and honey, and their relation to botany. We can furnish it tor 

 50 cents, or 5,") by mail. 



A very neat circular on smokers and honey-knives 

 comes from otir enterprising friends Bingham & Hetherington, 

 Abronia, Mich. 



J. R. Landes. Albion, Ohio, sends us a nice 4-page 



price list of poultry and apiarian su]ip!ies. 



C. H. Lake, Baltimore, Md , has just sent us a 60- 



nage catalogue of aiiiarian supplies, and an illustrated list of 

 lioney-iilanls, ruch as poplar, I'ape, .\lsike clover, melilot, and 

 many others. The whole work is full of cuts, and forms a valu- 

 able addition to our stock of pHce lists. 



From John H. M.vors, Saratoga Spiii^'. N. Y., a 



descriptive list of garden, field, and flower seetfaHBUlbs, tubei's, 

 etc., llesides bees and Simplicit.y hives. ♦?■ 



Friend DuU's circular, mentioned last month, was 



iirint<'d with a nibl)ci- st;cin)i, .■md not with the clicirograph. We 

 nave .ju-^t rccL*i\'ed fi-oin liiin hi^ business carti. printed im a pos- 

 tal, with one of these stamps, vitilet ink. The impression is 

 nearlj', it not quite, as good as type — being, in fact, as much 

 like it as an electrotype iilatc. He also sends other specimens. 



Friend Muth's little book, containing some ver.v 



practic.U hints, from a practical bee and honey man, is before 

 us. Such ,1 little liook.froiu one old in e.\pei"ience, is almost 

 like a. visit fioni him. 



H. M. Morris. Rantoul, 111., sends a postal circular 

 of lioney-plonts and trees, raspbenies, etc. 



