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GLEANINGS IN I5EK CULTUUE 



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A LETTER FROM A 7-VEAR-OLD FRIEND. 



I have been reading about Huber to-night. I 

 liave to stop and laugii a little, and then I lose the 

 plaee. Plcnsc write more about him. 



Key, O., Jan. 16, 1885. Nora Neff, age 7. 



A COLT THAT WILL SHAKE HANDS WITH THE BOYS. 



I am a farmer's daughter. My pa keeps bees; he 

 has 16 swarms. I go to school, and help my ma do 

 the work nights and mornings. We have a colt here, 

 and it gives the boys its front foot, to shake hands 

 with them. It is a great pet. 



Vocumtown, Pa. Cecilia Fetrow, age 10. 



TWO little letters FROM TWO LITTLE BOYS. 



.JUST AS THEY WROTE THEM, AS NEAR AS 



WE CAN FIX IT. 



/aMa litTlE boY sI.x YEaRs olD MY Pa 

 kEEPS BeES THEy aRE NoM In tHe ceLl^t. IN 

 tHe srw-l^ER hE kEEpe the3/ IN ThE BeE housE 



GaRDeuvIllE, nY HeNry lEhDE 



I aW a LiTTlE boY FoUf{ YEAi?^ oLD MY 

 'I A kEEPs iTaLIam QEEg I HxVE A LitTlE sis- 

 ter tWo YEaRs old sHe Has BLUE EYES' We 

 ALL LikE HoneY EdwiN LEHDe 



Garden vilLE NY tan 22 IgyS 



WILLIE'S SAD letter. 



My father keeps bees; he has 26 colonies. They 

 did not do very well. Last year was almost a fail- 

 ure. My pa had lots of discouragement last sum- 

 mer. Our house burned down, and we lost our lit- 

 tle sister. I go to school every day, and Sabbath- 

 school. Willie Shilling, age 11. 



Jewett, O., .Jan. 26, 1885. 



frankie s account of the W.4Y they catch 



LAKE TROUT UP IN MICHIGAN. 



I live near Lake Huron, which is one of the larg- 

 est fish-ponds in America. When there is ice on the 

 lake, men cut holes in it and let down a little wood- 

 en fish, and the lake trout gather around it, and the 

 men spear them. Papa takes Gleanings, and 

 likes to read the children's letters. 



Oscoda, Mich. Frankie F. Bkadley. 



DORA'S LETTER— 4800 LBS. OF HONKY FROM 94 COL- 

 ONIES. 



Pa has a farm of 80 acres, andiie keeps bees. He 

 has 94 colonies. He got 4800 lbs. of honey last sum- 

 mer. He has got a horse-power and sawing-ma- 

 chine to make bee-hives and honey-boxes. I like to 

 see him saw. I have two sisters and three brothers, 

 and we have an organ. Dora Tenant, age 10. 



Eureka, Wis., Jan. 23, 1885. 



nigger, THE DUCKS, AND THE DINNEK. 



Papa has 4 bee-hives; he commenced with one 

 hive. I have a cat and a dog. My dog's name is 

 Nigger, and he killed two ducks. Lai but we had a 

 good dinner. John ('. Hughes, age 12. 



TWO LITTLE r.ETTKUS FROM TWO ItHOTHEHS AM) 

 SISTERS. 



Fncle Anujs, I read in pai)a's Gleanings about 

 little children writing to you, so I thought I would 

 try. 1 have a little sister. Her name is Lydia. I 

 have some ducks. 1 go to school this winter. I 

 have been sick, and I have been having lots of fun 

 since I have got so I can use playthings. I have 2 

 chickens; they are pets. Gertrude Hall, age 7. 



Papa has had very good luck with bees. He says 

 he will make a fish-pond. He has a very good place. 



T think one of our neighbors says he would not take 

 f 100 if he had it. Charley Hall, age 9. 



Boothesville, W. Va., Jan. 30, 1885. 



A REPORT DISCOURAGING. 



My brothers have 3 hives of bees. I like honey, 

 but we did not get any this year. Can I have a 

 book? I am five years old. Willie Cleveland. 



Collamer, Cuy. Co., O., Dec. 9, 1884. 



Well, AVillie, it seems to me that is a little 

 sad. Your brothers with three hives of bees 

 did not have any honey to give you at all. 



SIX-YE.\R-OLD ADDA S LITTLE LETTER. 



Well, Uncle Amos, I am a little girl six years old. 

 My pa keeps bees. He has two colonies. He got 

 1800 lbs. of honey. It was in the comb. T have a 

 little bantam rf)oster. He weighs 11 ounces. His 

 name is James Blaine. Add.\ Brown. 



Sebewa, Mich. 



2500 LBS. of HONEY FROM 75 COLONIES. 



My father keeps bees; he has 75 swarms; we had 

 2.500 lbs. of honej\ We have them all in the cellar. 

 I have 4 bantams. My sister and I have a black 

 calf; her luime is HoUie. I like the book you sent 

 me. Lucy Talcott. 



Owego, N. V. Feb. 1, 1885. 



s.\muel's contribution in the way of v.\lu- 

 able facts. 



We have a cow that had a great big wart in her 

 ear; so pa said that if I would take it off he would 

 give me a quarter. So I applied kerosene oil everj 

 other day, and I took it oft in about three weeks. 

 If this is worth a book, please send me the Roby 

 Family. Samuel L. Burnett, age 14. 



New Vernon, Pa., Jan. 15, 18^5. 



Very good, friend Samuel. If kerosene 

 works on all the cows as it did on yours, the 

 idea is certainly worth a five-cent book. 



LOUISA'S report. 



We had 500 lbs. of wliite-clover and basswood hon- 

 ey, all in one-pound sections, and about 75 lbs. of 

 dark honey. It is all sold but 24 boxes of white- 

 clover honey. We sold it all near home — the 

 white-clover and basswood honey for 16 cts. a 

 pound, and the dark for 12 cts. The above is from 

 7 colonies of black bees. Our bees are wintering on 

 summer stands, packed with forest-leaves around 

 them. They had a good fly last week, and are all 

 right. Louisa A. Rindspacii, age 13. 



N. Ridgeville, O., Jan. 13, 1885. 



EVA'S ideas in KEG.4.RU TO LOW PRICES. 



I live with Mr. Packwood, and he has bees. He 

 made about 15 barrels of honey this season. The 

 bees made plenty of honey; but the trouble is, they 

 send it away, and do not get a good price for it; but 

 I suppose you know that yourself. Don't you think 

 it is hard for men that work as hard as they do? 

 But, however, they keep up spirits, and I think 

 there will be a good many bee-men this summer. 

 My papa is going to have a few hives for his own 

 use. I hope he will, I'oi- 1 tike to tend to them my- 

 self. Eva S. (ir.AWsoN. 



New Smyrna, Fla., Jan. 12, 1885. 



Why, Eva, I suppose it is only human to 

 want a good price for every tiling we have 

 to sell ; but then, you see when we want to 

 buy something that somebody else raised, 

 we rejoice at low prices, and so there are 

 two sides to the question. Now. I suppose 



