1880 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



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and looking them over. It was an easy mat- 

 ter to keep things in their places, for each 

 one just fitted where it belonged. In an hour 

 more, it was difficult to get near the store, 

 and before night the place looked, for all the 

 world, like a hive of bees that was being 

 robbed, only that the robbers instead of go- 

 ing off with honey, were all loaded with arm- 

 f ids of tin-ware, and tools of different des- 

 criptions. I pushed through the crowd, to 

 see how the girls managed as saleswomen. 

 Everybody seemed crazy, there was such a 

 roar and clatter. One would say: 



" Here ! I will take this, and this, and 

 this, and this, and this, and here is a quar- 

 ter." 



"All right, " said the clerk as she took the 

 coin, and then her hands flew as only a 

 woman's can fly, as she replaced the differ- 

 ent articles with more of the same kind. 

 When they could not replace them fast 

 enough, an assistant was called, and at the 

 5c counter, which was by far the busiest 

 place, it kept an assistant diving under the 

 shelves the whole time. Amid the din, 

 might be heard something like this : 



'" Ernest, give me another skimmer, dip- 

 per, ladle, bootjack, and tea-bell."' 



'* Here is your money, take it quick, some- 

 body, and here are the things I have bought." ' 



'•Oh dear! The tea-bells are gone ; won't 

 somebody go quick to the factory for more 

 bells V " 



Through it all, there was a steady current [ 



of good nature and merriment that was new 

 to me, amid so much business. Perhaps it 

 was the open air that made everybody feel so 



pleasant ; or might be do you not think, 



dear reader, it could be the effects of that 

 prayer way back months ago, in the cold, 

 still moonlight? There, before my very eyes, 

 was the answer. Goods were being sold by 

 the hundreds, at a rate I had never before 

 dreamed of, and at an expense that was 

 wonderfully small in the aggregate, com- 

 pared to the old, slow, and unnecessary mo- 

 tions. The most of the ones who were doing 

 it were not trained salesmen, but our own 

 boys and girls, and the purchasers were the 

 people of my own native county. The 

 goods were all handled without having eith- 

 er the cost or retail price marked on them 

 at all. The counter arrangement did it all. 

 Even Mr. Gray seemed to have forgotten 

 buzz-saws and basswood, and. in the interim 

 between selling handsaws and vises, was as- 

 sisting the girls, by explaining to customers 

 that the 5c bottles of perfumery were fla- 

 vored with "bologna,''' and such like pleas- 

 antries. When it came dinner time, they 

 were so much engaged with their work, that 

 they did not go to dinner at all, and 1 had 

 hard work to persuade them, toward night, 

 to leave long enough to go down to the eat- 

 ing house, kept and controlled entirely by 

 the ladies of one of our leading churches. 

 Instead of $100.00, the sales amounted to 

 about $280.00. 



USEFUL ARTICLES 



FIVE CENTS EACH. 



TERMS OF PAYMENT— Strictly Cash With Order. 



All Prices Subject to Change without Notice 



B3P~ Articles with no 

 pustag-e marked are un- 

 mailable. 



c- a, 



2 I Awls, Scratch, Wood Handle I 45 | 4 00 



3 | Awls, Brad, Assorted Sizes I 45 | 4 00 



8 i Baskets, '„ bushel 40 | 3 75 



Vi " I 45 I 4 25 



l A " ' I 50 | 4 75 



Just think of it ! a Half Bushel Market Basket for 

 doe cents. 



Bluing:, Oldroyd's Liquid, price of l»>x 

 containing 3 dozen bottles, $1 50. 



4 I Brooms, Whisk I 45 | 4 25 



Nice to brush the sawdust olf your clothes; a very 



good brush broom in fact, for 5c. 



5 i Broil .ts for steak I 40 I 3 50 



2 | Brushes, Paint, Paste, or Sash | 35 | 3 00 



4 | Cake Turners, all metal and very 



Pi'etty | i:, I | 36 



Postage. ] [ p r . of 10, of 100 



1 [ Carpenter's Pencils, with Rule on the 



Side | 40 | 3 75 



i Carpenters' Compasses, not equal to 

 steel ones, but, like the 5c. scissors, a 



wonder for the money | 40 | 3 50 



12 ! Coal Shovels, Wrought Iron | 48 | 4 75 



1 | Combs, fine. Rubber | 35 | 4 00 



2 | " Dressing, good | 45 | 4 00 



1 | Court Plaster, to be kept in Drawer 



under Buzz Saw Table | 30 | 2 50 



8 | Cups, 1 quart, (for only five cents) | 48 | 4 50 



5 | Cups, Tin, 1 Pint | 40 | 3 50 



5 I Cups, V 2 pint (2 fo'- 5c) | 20 | 1 75 



4 | Dinner Horns, Loud if not Sweet | 45 | 4 25 

 Just the thing to let the "men folks" know when 



the "bees are swarming." 



6 | Dippers, Tin 1 pint | 45 | 4 00 



A real Serviceable Dipper, and just the thing for 



getting a cool drink out of the spring, or "old oaken 

 bucket." 



2 I Dish Covers, Blue Wire Cloth, 6 in ... | 45 | 4 40 



3 | Drawer Pulls | 30 | 2 75 



!t I Dust Pans | 45 | 4 25 



Tip-top for keeping the Floor to your Shop Clean, 



and just the nicest Present for your Little Girls. 

 2 | Easels of Silvered Wire, to Hold a 



Photograph | 48 I 4 75 



1 I File Handle, self-adjusting (see 10c list) | 45 | 4 25 



12 | Folding Hat Racks, all Black Walnut, 



Wonderfully Well Made for the 



Money | 40 | 3 75 



13 | Foot Scrapers | 45 | 4 25 



Splendid (for your wife's carpet) during muddy 



weather. 



7 | Frying Pans, Good to Carry along 



when you "go Fishing," or to melt 



Bahbet Metal in, etc | 4* | 4 75 



2 | Funnels, Pint | 45 | 4 25 



8 I Garden Trowels | 45 | 4 25 



Would be cheap at 4 Times the Price. 



2 I Gimlets I 40 I 3 50 



3 | Glass Cutters | 30 | 2 50 



Just such as have been selling from 25 to 50c each. 



GLASSWARE. 



I Berry Dishes, Individual, very pretty | 45 j 4 25 

 I Goblets. Cups with Handles, Tumblers, 

 &c., both large and small, 7 very 

 pretty designs, and beautiful for 

 only 5c each | 45 | 1 25 



