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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov 



Before so doing, and while thanking our 

 friends for the aid they have given us, we 

 would remark that the mere fact of differences 

 in opinion in regard to a business transaction 

 is by no means sufficient ground for publicly 

 showing up either of the parties. Still, we are 

 always glad to have such transactions submit- 

 ted to us, as it gives us an opportunity of 

 judging better of the business habits of those 

 advertising largely. Where an advertiser re- 

 ceives money and then refuses to respond in 

 any shape or manner, and also refuses to grant 

 us any explanation, we have very good grounds 

 for suspecting fraud. 



In our April No. we gave a letter from Mr. 

 .1. P. Parker, but omitted the name of the firm 

 to whom he sent the $30.00. This firm was 

 Gray & Winder of Cincinnati. We have been 

 waiting since April to give them a chance, but 

 as their letters, or rather Mr. Winder's letters 

 only propose to pay it sometime, if friend P. 

 will be "quiet and gentlemanly about it," we 

 presume it is $30.00 lost. Mr. Winder in a let- 

 ter to us recently, said if the transaction were 

 published he would never pay it at all, and as 

 he probably would not any how, what is to be 

 gained by keeping quiet ? True, he might go 

 on and get other peoples' hard earned $30.00, 

 and then tell them the same, but this is the 

 part we most decidedly object to. The letters 

 we receive from these delinquents have got to 

 be an old story, and we have become so har- 

 dened that we don't mind it a bit when told 

 we are "meddling," and that our assistance 

 and advice has not been asked etc., etc. We 

 are sometimes gravely informed that great 

 numbers of similar complaints are made of us 

 but that they, out of a kind regard let it drop, 

 etc. Now this is a mistaken kindness certain- 

 ly, for if any one has been guilty of such a 

 piece of folly as making complaints of us, in- 

 stead of to us, the only way we know of is to 

 tell us about it. Put it in print certainly if 

 thought advisable. We haven't the least objec- 

 tion "to having any part of our business fully 

 ventilated at anytime. 



D. L. Adair has been complained of for a 

 long time. The B. K. M. thinks proper to give 

 one of the complaints, omitting name 'tis true, 

 but his contradictory mention in his adver- 

 tisements of the long looked for Dec. No. is so 

 familiar to most readers of the Journals, that 

 few will fail to know who is meant. If the 

 complaints were only for money sent for An- 

 nals, wc might think that he would sometime 

 send it, but when he advertises to receive 

 money for Gleanings and keeps that too, with- 

 out giving us the slightest notice, we have no 

 choice really but to speak out. 



Before crediting appearances, we have writ- 

 ten him repeatedly, and even appealed to him 

 in print to come forward and assure us that he 

 meant sometime to settle all things honorably, 

 but to all, he preserves a grand indifference, and 

 were it not that drafts, registered letters, etc., 

 are readily taken care of when addressed to 

 him we might think yet with B. K. M. that 

 there is some mistake. Titles and education 

 are a fine thing, but their possessor is no more 

 excusable for appropiating other peoples mon- 

 ey, than any one else. 



"BEE STINGS CURED, WITHOUT COST. NO MOKE 



pain OB swelling. This is a new discov- 



ery," has been for some time past advertised by 

 the "Busy Bee" mar , but it did cost us 10c. 

 We know we "got bit" $2.00 worth on the Am- 

 brosial Honey, sometime ago, but we thought 

 perhaps he had become a better man now. 

 "Nary better." The "Ambrosial" is advertised 

 with the same old, oily string of falsehoods 

 (see page 85, Vol. 1) and the "Great Discovery" 

 is as follows : 



THE BUSY BEE SUPPLEMENT. 



Bee stings— Are dreaded by nearly every one, on 

 account of the pain and swelling which follow, from 

 the poison injected. 



How cured- In severe cases, the person should 

 drink freely of whiskey or some strong alcoholic 

 drink, till he feels its effects; this will prevent all 

 danger and further swelling. 



A new discovery — Immediately after receiving a 

 sting, take some leaves of peppermint, or catmint, (or 

 their allies,) crush them with the teeth and add some 

 saliva ; then rub the wounded part briskly for about 

 live minutes; this will remove the pain and prevent 

 inflammation, as by this process the poison is all re- 

 moved. 



The above is the whole contents of this great 

 Supplement to be given away, (for ten cents) ex- 

 cept a few advertisements ; among them is one 

 of "Cheap and Artistic Printing." All Ave 

 have to say is that if the supplement is a sample, 

 we would respectfully prefer "t'other kind." 



We are amazed that this H. Herman Flick 

 should find people enough in this age of Jour- 

 nals, to support him with his Ambrosial and 

 Bee sting cure. We certainly shall "stand by 

 him." 



About the Cure. Will all those who persist 

 in believing in the efficacy of these cures, (we 

 mean to include the German Bee Sting Cure 

 and all the stuff "put iu bottles" for that pur- 

 pose) please test them by the method proposed 

 by Quinby, viz., try one sting with the "medi- 

 cine" and one with nothing V Don't make up 

 your mind from a single experiment, but try 

 half a dozen times, first with, and then with- 

 out, and our word for it, (unless you have some 

 bottles to sell) you will conclude if there is any 

 difference, the sting you rub and "fuss" with 

 most, will be the worst. When you can learn 

 'tis best to pay no attention to stings, but to 

 go ou with your work, you will have little 

 trouble. 



We agree with A. B. J. in saying that not 

 one letter in tenthousaud is lost by mail if prop- 

 erly directed, if we except perhaps some of the 

 Southern states where postal facilities have 

 not as yet reached the perfection they have 

 here. Now for a person to claim that letters 

 must have been lost in the mails, as an excuse, 

 and also to make this plea to a dozen different 

 correspondents at about the same time, is sheer 

 nonsense. We have yet to hear of a postal 

 card being lost in the mails. . 



P. S.— About that Wlmkey antidote. Since 

 the "Crusaders" closed the saloons of Medina, 

 we fear there would be a serious rush to the 

 bee hives for the sole purpose of being stung 

 were such treatment reccommended here. 



We to-day, Oct. 22nd, get a new circular 

 from Mitchell in his usual "Spread Eagle" 

 style, offering (rights!) the best hire extant at 

 a cost not exceeding 25 to 50c, and other things 

 in proportion. It appears that he is located 

 this time near by — Defiance, O — but the circular 

 comes all the way from P. M. Peterbaugh, San 

 Gabriel, Cal. Can he find more victims? 



