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GLEANINGS IN J3EE CULTURE. 



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quit; and if I do uot, I will send you the money for 

 it. Dock Connor. 



Madisonville, Texas. 



Friend C, the smoker was sent you some 

 time ago; but we now notice that you use the 

 expression quit charing. In offering a smok- 

 er I always use the term usiny tobacco ; for 

 I can not see tliat it makes any difference 

 whether one chews or smokes— it is all to- 

 bacco-using. Now. if you did not mean 

 that you would give up the use of tobacco in 

 every form or shape, we trust you Mill be 

 gentlemanly enough to return the smoker, 

 or pay for it. 



I have quit chewing tobacco; chewed only three 

 years. It would kill me to chew three years more. 

 If you think you can give me a pmoker, send one. 

 If you can't give one, send one by mail, and I will 

 send you the money. .T. ft. JIili.s. 



Moulton, Te.xas, Jan., 188.".. 



Friend M.. there will be no charge for the 

 smoker, providing you give up the use of to- 

 bacco in every shape and manner, as men- 

 tioned above. 



I have used tobacco for several years. On Jan. 1 

 I resolved to abandon it, and threw away my pipe, 

 and kept good my resolve so far. If your offer of a 

 smoker is yet extant, please send me one. I wish 

 it as a reminder of my promise; and should I fail, I 

 will pay for it, and send you a new name for 

 Gleanings besides. The battle will be hard, but I 

 mean to win it, asking God to help me. 



Dahlgren, 111. F^C. Vasdervort. 



I am (or, rather, have been) a tobacco-smoker for 

 ten years. I have often thought I would quit using 

 the filthy weed, and at last made up my mind that, 

 with God's help, I would stop. If I am entitled to a 

 smoker, you may send me one. If I commence 

 using tobacco again, I will pay you for two. Not 

 many bees in this part of the country, but what 

 there are do well. Honey sells for 20 cents per lb. 

 for extracted, and 2.5 cents for comb honey. 



Hepler, Kansas. M. A. Timberman. 



FROM A brother WHO PREFERS TO PAY FOR HIS 



SMOKER, so IT WILL, NOT BE .\NY MORE A 



REMINDER. 



I was out yesterday, although the mercury was 

 at zero, and sold a few pails of honey; and by bor- 

 rowing some I am able to inclose §^6.00, which please 

 find. After squaring my account you will take the 

 rest to pay for that tobacco-smoker I had of you. I 

 find that it is more of a reminder of the fact that I 

 have received your goods without paying for them 

 than any thing else, and now I do not feel that I 

 have taken something for nothing. 



Carlton, Mich. J. S. Cole. 



Friend C, we thank you for paying for 

 the smoker, but we hope it is not because 

 you liave gone back to tobacco again. It 

 looks a little tliat way, although you do not 

 say so. 



A BROTHER WHO FEELS HE NEEDS OIR PRAVKIiS. 



This is the first time I have addressed you. I 

 have had a hard battle with tobacco since Christ- 

 mas. Will you piay for me. that I may be fully 

 able to abstain for ever, ftod being my helper? 



Summersville, Pa. Is.\AC A. Clark. 



Most surely I will, brother C; and may 

 the kind Father help, strengthen, and sus- 

 tain you. 



ANOTHER VOLUNTEER. 



I think I will lay claim to one of your smokers. I 

 thought I would quit using tobacco before asking 

 you for one. I have a swarm of bees, and I am also 

 running a potato-ranch, and I am all alone; so if 

 you will send me a smoker I will pay you for it, if I 

 use tobacco in any shape or any form. 



Wm. Hilderbrand. 



San Bernardino, Cal., Oct. 19, 1884. 



My daughters husband is a young man 24 years of 

 age; he is going to try bee-keeping. He has bar- 

 rowed Gleanings to read. He likes it very much, 

 and is going to take it this year. I have been 

 trying to have him break off smoking. He says he 

 will not smoke again if I will write for a bee-smoker. 

 If you think it worth while to send him one, if he 

 smokes I will send you the money for it. This is 

 from a great tobacco-hater. Mrs. H. N. Foster. ; 



Kichford, Vt., Dec. 16. 1884. 



I used tobacco 28 years. Over four years ago I 

 quit, and have in no way used any since Gleanings 

 reminded me every number, till at last I overcame 

 the habit. If you think T deserve a smoker, send 

 one to me. Isaac Ebv. 



New Germantown, Pa. 



1 have given up tobacco. Please send smoker. I 

 will pay you for it if I take up the habit again. 

 Gonzales, Texas, Feb. 23, 1885. M. Broers. 



FRO.M A FLORIDA FRIEND. 



If I again return to the use of the weed I'll con- 

 sider myself your debtor for the price of the 

 smoker. T. C. Waugh. 



San Antonio, Florida, Nov 29, 1884. 



I would say in regard to tobacco, that I have quit 

 chewing and smoking, although never an habitual 

 smoker or chewer. Chas. Blatherwick. 



Bryan, Texas. 



1 happened to see where you promise a Clark's 

 smoker, or give it as a reward to all who abandon 

 the use of tobacco. This 1 have done, after using it 

 24 years. If I am entitled to the smoker, please 

 send and oblige. U. F. Cary. 



Poca, Putnam Co., W. Va. 



Bro. Richard Henderson, close by me, has been 

 moved to quit using tobacco; says it is a flght, but 

 is determined never to use it again. I told him of 

 your plan. Should you see fit to send him a smoker, 

 send it to Richard Henderson, Benton Ridge, O. 



Stanley, Ohio. S. H. Bolton. 



Three months ago I laid tobacco aside, after being 

 its slave 20 years. I promise that, if I ever break 

 over and rob the tobacco-worm of his rations in any 

 form I will pay you $1.00 for the same. I have five 

 stands of bees in good condition. I like the L. 

 frame the best. William Dfck worth. 



Greenwood, W. Va., April 22, 1885. 



FOR JESrS' SAKE. 



M.\ fatlH r is 57 years old, and has quit tobacco 

 after having used it 45 years. He quit it for Jesm' 



sakf.. ■ W. D. (JILLILANU. 



Abatis, Mo., March 11, isa".. 



For Jesus' sake I That is the last item on 

 this page, dear friends ; but. does it not sum 

 it all upV Not only tliis little page of print, 

 but these pages of our life, the lives that you 

 and I are livingV 



