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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 



The queen that he bought of you a short time ag-o 

 has done well. She filled the ten frames in yiraplic- 

 ity hives with brood over a week ago. 



One day we had a swarm, and a kingbird caught 

 the (jueen. and from one swarm the ijuecn did not 

 come out. Cohen a Wilmams. 



Banks, Faribault Co., Minn., Aug. :.'3, 1885. 



Well, Corena, that is ])retty well express- 

 ed. The bees made such a loiuiiiff on your 

 buckwheat that you thouglil it was a thiash- 

 iug-machiue. 1 should tliiiik likely \(>ur 

 buckwheat is doing nicely. We have a Meld 

 of about one acre that begins to look very 

 handsome ; in fact, it pleases me tlie best 

 of any piece of buckwheat 1 ever had. It 

 was sown with a grain-drill, and we put in 

 300 lbs. of phosphate to the acre with the 

 seed. The next time I hear bees humming 

 on it in the morning, I will stop and listen, 

 to see Avhether it sounds like a thrashing- 

 machine or not. 



A neighbor's influence. 

 SOLD a neighbor a few colonies of bees last 

 spring; and as they were blacks I told him he 

 would need a smoker. He thought he couldn't 

 affoi-d to get one, so I told him about your offer 

 in Gleanings. Well, he came over to-day and 

 asked me to send for a smoker for him. He said he 

 had used no tobacco for six Aveeks, and thought he 

 could " stick to it " (he has used tobacco for twenty 

 years). He says, "Tell Mr. Koot if I ever use it 

 again I will pay for the smoker." If he doesn't, I 



will. . S. L. ESLEK. 



Duplain, Mich., August, 18^5. 



I saw in your .Journal that you would give a smo- 

 ker to any one who would give up smoking. I gave 

 it up the 4th of July, and intend never to smoke 

 again, whether you send the smoker or not. I have 

 three hives of bees. Homer Charlton. 



Gorham, N. Y., July 21, 1885. 



I have read Gleanings sonic, and saw your offer 

 to give a smoker to those who quit using tobacco. 1 

 have, with the help of God, quit chewing and smok- 

 ing. Will you please send me a smoker? If 1 use 

 tobacco in any form again I will pay forthe smoker 

 in full. C. W. Tracv. 



riymouth, N. Y., May 2G, 1885. 



I have received the queen and frame of brood. 

 The bees you sent me are all right, and 1 am well 

 pleased with them. 1 introduced the queen to a 

 hive that was (jueenless, and it works well. One of 

 my neighbors has iiuit using tobacco. Will you 

 please send him a smoker':* If he ever commences 

 using tobacco again I will nuike him pay for that 

 smoker, if you send him one. W. Hiest.\nd. 



Palm, Pa., July IT, 1885. 



I have (piit the use of tobacco. After usitig it aud 

 cigars for ten years, I canu^ to the conclusion I 

 would try to (juit chewing and smoking. 1 have 

 done so; and now if I am entitled to one of your 

 smokers, please send me one. If 1 begin using it 

 again 1 will pay you for it. We have lour stands of 

 bees, and they are doiug extra well lor this season. 

 Basswood has been booming. Elmer Owens. 



Wopdgtock, Oliio. 



You have persuaded me to quit the use of tobac- 

 co. Thanks. You may send me a smoker; and if I 

 am not faithful I will pay for it. B. H. Moblay. 



Girard, Ga., May SJ, 1885. 



QUITTING THE USE OF TOBACCO WITH GUD'S HELP. 



1 have not used tobacco for about four weeks, and 

 I intend, with God's help, never to use it again; so, 

 pl?ase send a smoker, and help a brother in need. 

 S. H. Wetmore. 



Wellslioro. Tioga Co., Pa , May ^2, 1885. 



HOW FRIEND C. ytllT THE USE OF TOBACCO. 



In the year 1858 I fjuit the use of totiacco, having 

 chewed and smoked the filthy weed for ten or twelve 

 years. I found it was injuring my nervous system. 

 It was a three months' fight ; but, the victory was 

 gained, the battle docs not have to lie fought over 

 again; why? Because I gave my testimony against 

 it — "This is the victory that overcomes the world, 

 even your faith." Faith in whom? In God our 

 Father, and Jesus Christ our Savior. J. C. 



INFLUENCE OF A FRIEND. 



1 was at the store to-day and met one of my neigh- 

 bors who is a beekeeper on a small scale. He pur- 

 chased 5 lbs. of tobacco, and I told him of your offer 

 to give any one a smoker, who would quit the use of 

 tobacco in every form. He said that if 1 would 

 write to yt)u lor a smoker he would quit. I told 

 him I would do so. He gave back the tobacco and 

 took coffee instead. He promises to pay lor the 

 smoker if he ever breaks over. I have induced an- 

 other one of my neighbors to ijuit, and he makes 

 the same promise. I think they will hold out. They 

 are both members of the Christian Church. 



Quiniiimont, W. Ya. S. L. Carper. 



QUITTING THE USE OF TOBACCO " FOR CHRIST S 

 SAKE." 



I have procured you a new subscriber to Glean- 

 ings. He is trying to quit the use of tobacco for 

 Christ's sake. He has not used it now for several 

 months. He was an inveterate smoker and chewer, 

 but is determined, by God's help, ne\er to use it 

 again. Can you not give him a smoker to encour- 

 age him? He is a poor man, with a small mortgaged 

 farm; enlisted in the army when he was fifteen, 

 and served through the war; and through mj' in- 

 fluence he is becoming quite interested in bee 

 culture. I think you will receive an order from 

 him this fall. J. F. Temple. 



Packerville, Ct., June 5, 1885. 



ONE WHO HAS USED TOBACCO FOR THIRTV YEARS. 



lean not do without Gleanings, even if it is a 

 little mixed with bees, flsh, potatoes, strawberries, 

 and tobacco. 1 am glad to see some one keeps try- 

 ing to break the chains of that miserable slavery of 

 tobacco. I was a slave to it for over thirty years, 

 both chewing and smoking to such a degree that I 

 knew nothing but smoke, first in the morning be- 

 fore I could dress; at night I lay down with my pipe 

 in my mouth. It often cost me HO cents i)er week, 

 besides ruining my health, dulling my nature to 

 any thing but tobacco. I made up my mind to quit 

 on the ftist day of .Jan., 1881, and ha\e never touch- 

 ed, tasted, or handled since; but I tell you it was a 

 struggle. I do not write this to get a smoker. I 

 have one of your make. 1 am well paid in health, 

 as well as a dozen other ways. I think if a man 

 gains his hearing in one month, he is well paid. 



Marlette, Mjch. J. H. Kirk, 



