1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



685 



sells at excellent prices. Now, mind I tell you 

 to look out that you do not " get left,'" and let 

 some other fellow make a " big thing" while 

 you are only standing and looking on. Remem- 

 ber the prices we paid for clover-seed, pork, and 

 — oh dear me I I almost forgot to mention pota- 

 toes. They are worth a dollar a bushel here in 

 Medina, and not very nice ones at that; and 

 who knows what they will be between now and 

 a year from this time? 



Tobacco Column. 



CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WK GIVE SMOKERS TO PERSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 



First, the candidate must be one of those who have given up 

 tobacco in consequence of what he has seen and read in this 

 department. Second, he promises to pay for the smoker 

 should he ever resume the use of tobacco In any form, after 

 receiving the smoker. Third, he must be a subscriber to 

 Gleanings. Any subscriber may, however, have smokers sent 

 to nelglibors or personal acquaintances wliom he has labored 

 with on the matter of tobacco-using, providing he give us his 

 pledge that, if the one who receives the smoker ever uses to- 

 bacco again, he (the subscriber) will pay forthe smoker The 

 one who receives the smoker in this case need not be a sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings, though we greatly prefer that he be one, 

 because we think he would be strengthened by reading the 

 testimonials from time to time in regard to this matter. The 

 full name and address of every one who makes the promise 

 must be furnished for publication. 



M. Peden has quit the use of tobacco, and 

 says if you will send him a smoker he will not 

 use the weed any more. If he uses it again I 

 will pay for the smoker. H. Peden. 



' Perdue, Tenn., May 27. 



One more county heard from. Mr. O. A. 

 Hend wishes yon to send me a smoker for him, 

 as he has quit tobacco, and ordered live Dove- 

 tailed hives of J. M. Jenkins, through me. I 

 will pay for the smoker should he ever use the 

 weed again. Wm. B. Enochs. 



Eupora, Miss., May 27. 



8ix years ago you sent me one of your smo- 

 kers on the tobacco pledge. I have never used 

 tobacco since, and I think I have saved over 

 ■?20() by so doing, besides ridding myself of a 

 filthy habit. M. E. Holmes. 



Indianola, Neb., May 22. 



I received the smoker in good sh;ipe. and 

 will say that, if I ever use tobacco again. I will 

 pay for the smoker. My father also keeps bees; 

 he said that, if yon would send liim a smoker, 

 he would never use tobacco any more. 



Quebeck, Tenn., May 27. C. H. Stewart. 



I see you offer to give any one a smoker who 

 will quit tobacco. I saw it this morning in 

 Gleanings. I pledge to you that I will never 

 use tobacco any more. If you are willing to 

 send me a smoker you can do so. If I use to- 

 bacco any more I will pay for the smoker. 



Quebeck, Tenn., May 21. C. H. Stewart. 



Please send Mr. Frank .lackson a smoker. 

 He was as much of a slave to tobacco as a man 

 ever gets to be, but has (luit. and I think he 

 deserves a reward for it. If he takes up the 

 habit again I will pay for the smoker. He is a 

 new bee-keeper, and has hardly gotten a start 

 yet. L. L. Neyland. 



Berwick, Miss., May 7. 



I received your letter a few days ago in re- 

 gard to that smoker as a pledge. I can say 

 that I am a subscriber to Gleanings, and have 

 been induced by its readings to give up tobacco; 

 and if I ever use it again I will pay for the 

 smoker. T. A. Chambers. 



Bartlett, Iowa, July 23. 



I send you the name of Rev. J. A. Patton, of 

 Cherokee, Ala., who has quit the use of tobacco. 

 Please send him a smoker. If he ever com- 

 mences again I will pay for the smoker. Mr. 

 P. is a bee-keeper, and uses Dovetailed hives 

 from friend Jenkins. G. E. Geise. 



Dickson, Ala., June 3. 



Find 70 cents inclosed to pay for the smoker 

 you sent to O. Goodmensen for a pledge. He 

 has commenced smoking again, so I send you 

 the price of a smoker, as I agreed to. He said 

 the mosquitoes were bad, and that he had to 

 keep them .smoked out of his face. 



Jewell. Fla., July 27. A. J. Hu.skey. 



We all think a great deal of Gleanings, and 

 think you are very liberal in offering a smoker 

 to those who promise to quit tobacco. One of 

 my aunts, Mrs. T. R. Pearman. wishes to take 

 advantage of your offer, and promises to quit 

 smoking if you will send her a smoker. If she 

 doesn't I'll pay for it. D. B. Thomas. 



Odin, Mo., April 21. 



I have two friends who have been keeping 

 bees for three years. They both used tobacco, 

 but promised me to stop the use of it. They 

 have not used any in six weeks. I want you to 

 send them a smoker apiece; and if they ever use 

 tobacco again I will pay you for them. Their 

 names are T. A. McBride and S. Anderson, 

 both good men. J. J. Keith. 



Louisville, Ga., May 24. 



A friend of mine, G. W. Bouher, Boyd, Ky., 

 has signified his intention of quitting the use 

 of tobacco; and after looking over the Tobacco 

 Column, and seeing your advertisement prom- 

 ising a smoker to all who quit, he asks that I 

 have one sent to his address. He promises 

 that, if he ever begins the use of the weed 

 again, he will pay for the smoker; but in case 

 he should fail to do so I will remit the price of 

 the smoker; but you need not fear. I think he 

 is fully converted. H. C. Clemons. 



Boyd, Ky., May 16. 



After reading Gleanings concerning tobac- 

 co, etc.. and being appointed teacher over the 

 Bible class, I was sickened, whipped out, to- 

 day. I went into the church, and there I was 

 chewing and spitting on the floor. I looked 

 down and beheld myself as I never did before, 

 and I have made a pledge to quite tobacco, 

 and I made it before my good wife. If yon 

 will send me a smoker I will keep it as the 

 fruits of my pledge; and if I ever begin to use it 

 again I will pay you for the smoker. 



Rover, Ark., May 4. A. J. Allen. 



HOW TOBACCO KILLS. 



We clip the following from the Farm, Stock, 

 cmd Home: 



It is said that tobacco smoke will kill grubs in 

 slieeps' heads. Quite likelj', for it killed a neighbor 

 g'irl's regard for a cigarette-smoking beau. 



KIND WORD FOR GARDEN SEEDS, ETC. 



The garden seeds I got of you in the spring were 

 the best I ever planted. Tliey came quickly and 

 grew rapidly. The Grand Kanids lettuce made me 

 enough alone to pay for alt my work. May God 

 bless 3'ou, and spare you among us for the good 

 woik you are doing, is my praj'er. 



Alexandria, Ind., July 7. E. E. Edwards. 



[Friend E., it troubles me to get such very kind 

 words from you and others as the above concluding 

 sentence; and the reason why it troubles me is be- 

 cause it brings up again and again the feeling that 

 I so poorly deserve them.] 



