1882 



GliEANINGS IN BEE CULTUBE. 



355 



CHArF HIVES AND CELLAR WINTERING — BOTH 

 GOOD. 



I would make a report in regai'd to wintering my 

 bees. I had 118 colonies hist fall in good condition; 

 wintered 04 in cellar, the rest on summer stands, 14 

 in chaff hives; can see but little ditfiTcnce in the 

 way they were wintered. I have not lost any up to 

 date; all arc strong in bees, and have plenty of 

 honey. Geougic Bkiggs. 



New Shiron, Ta., April 4, 1883. 



HOW AN ABC SCHOLArt FEELS WHEN HE SUCCEEDS. 



The queen came all right, and there was not a dead 

 bee in the cage. It was a cold and windy day, and I 

 had no straight comb to stick the cage on, so I fixed 

 it the best I could, and let it go. It was the first 

 time for me. 1 did not know whether they received 

 her or not, so I looked some time ago, and, to make 

 sure, I looked to-diiy, and found a nice lot of brood, 

 so I was glad. She is iilliight, and in a "whopping" 

 bisT swarm. Louis Mertz. 



Williamstown,0., Feb. 11, 1882. 



NO MORE BEE JOURNALS WANTED. 



Please do not send me any more of j'our bee jour- 

 nals, as I have no time to spend on them— not be- 

 ing much interested in the raising of lees. 



J. W. TOWNSEND. 



Coatesville, Pa., May 30, 1882. 



[Now just look there, will you? Some of you have 

 got cross because we stopi)ed the Journal when the 

 time you had paid for it had expired. We supposed 

 the friend who writes had paid for it, of course; 

 but come to look it up, it seems he hasn't. You 

 surely wouldn't recommend us to send the journal 

 where it might not be wanted?] 



THE HONEY-PEA, AGAIN. 



I send you by this mail a package of peas. Plant 

 two in a place, inches apart; keep the ground loose 

 for two weeks with a hoe, then let alone. For cow 

 feed they are sown broadcast and let alone. The 

 peas are gathered for seed when the pods are ripe 

 and dry. They make a good table dish. From what 

 I send you, you can get seed in abundance for an- 

 other year. T. J. Happel. 



Trenton, Tenn., June 14, 1882. 



[Thanks, friend H. Our friends will remember that 

 this pea was mentioned on page 303, June No. If it 

 produces honey in such Quantities in other locali- 

 ties, it is well worthj' of a prominent place among 

 our honey-plants. We shall proceed at once to test 

 them on our grounds.] 



^ebaeeo §€lumn. 



HOW THE WORK GOES ON. 



IE received the two smokers all right, and 

 would express many thanks for your prompt- 

 ness and confidence in humanity. Now we 

 have received your price list, and hasten to send the 

 money. I hope Gleanings still has its Tol>acco Col- 

 umn, for I think it will do more good than you will 

 ever kt ow. My husband used tobacco for 35 years, 

 and has left off and started a Band of Hope among 

 the children of the place, which now numbers 73 

 members who nave signed a pledge against alcohol, 

 tobacco, and profanity. He commenced using to- 

 bacco at five years of age, and therefore sees the 

 Importanee of prevention of bad habits with chil' 



dren; but it seems to me you can hardly afford to 

 hire people to quit bad habits, and we think it too 

 bad to take advantage of your generosity and take 

 a smoker for doing so. Mrs. Jennie Howard. 

 LawsviUe Centre, Susq. Co., Pa., June 15, 1882. 



Why, my iriend, I think the smokers giv- 

 en to tobacco-useis a tiptop investment. We 

 want money to do good with ; but when we 

 can take a short cut, and do good without 

 the intervention of money, wliy, it is a kind 

 of short cut, like tlie"-rule of three." An 

 old tobacco-user leading a band of hope I 

 Whew ! One of our boys asked me this 

 morning if 1 would guarantee him a steady 

 job until the first of January. I told him I 

 would under these conditions. Do you want 

 to see the conditions ? Here is what I wrote 

 out for him : — 



I hereby engage John Jones until Jan. 1, 1883, at 12 

 cents an hour, each hour to be industriouslyimprov- 

 ed. Swearing, drinking, or the use of tobacco, ren- 

 ders this contract null and void. A. I. Root. 



After he had read it, another boy wanted 

 a paper just like it, and I gave him one too. 

 Do you not see that Uod is with us V 



The pledge I made to you is good. I have never 

 broken it. Capt. W. H. Will. 



Bloomington, 111., Feb. 8, 1822. 



It has been no trouble for me to leave off the use 

 of tobacco. Bees are doing finely. 

 Howe, Tex., May 30, 1883. W. II. Jackson. 



I have been a slave to the weed for 25 years. I 

 want a smoker of the largest size, for I have given 

 up the use of tobacco altogether. If I should take 

 to the habit again, the cash will be remitted to you 

 for the smoker. John Simpson. 



Striugtown, Ind. Ter., May 27, 1883. 



Ht)LDING ON. 



I have not smoked nor chewed a bit of tobacco 

 since I received the April Gleanings (the second 

 one I ever received), nor do I ever intend to use it 

 hereafter; if I do, I will pay you for the smoker 

 with interest. E. M. Sheneman. 



Pharisburg, Union Co., Ohio. 



I saw in Gleanings for June that you would pre- 

 sent a smoker to those who would stop smoking to- 

 bacco. I am one of the number who have stopped 

 that habit, or am trying to, and will hold out. So 

 will you please send me a smoker? I am engaged in 

 the bee-yard of L. C. Root & Bro. at present. 



Duncan Monroe. 



Mohawlc, Herkimer Co., N. Y., June 5, 1882. 



May I be counted in on the Tobacco Column? I 

 have used the weed for 35 years, until last night one 

 week ago. If you see fit you may add smoker; if 

 not, I shall quit anyhow, or, rather, stay quit. 



I. H. Daniel. 



Cumberland, Guernsey Co., C, Feb. 27, 1882. 



May God bless you in your determination, 

 friend D. 



Inclosed find a pledge which myself and T. J. 

 Fisher went into. I told him if we would quit you 

 would send us a smoker, and he said he would quit, 

 so I drew up the Inclosed pledge, and we signed it. 

 He has been using tobacco about 20 years, and I 

 have been using it about 5. We will quit to-day. 



D. A. Gardner. 



Dyer Station, Tenn., March 25, 1883. 



