1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1001 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Wisconsin State Bee-keepers' Association will 

 hold its annual convention in the State Capitol at 

 Madison, Feb o and (i, ltK12. The convention promises 

 to be largely attended. Excursion rates of Hi fare, 

 good for allof the first week in February. All are in- 

 vited to attend. Ada I,. Pickard, Secretary. 



N. K. France, President. 



The California State Bee keepers' Association will 

 hold its annual convention at the Chamber of Com- 

 merce, Los Angeles, on Jan. 15 and 16, 1902, We will 

 try to have a good program. Come, and e.^ichange 

 your bright ideas with your neighbors, and get some 

 of the moss rubbed off your back. 



J. F. MclNTYRE. Sec. 



G. S. Stubblefield, Pres. 



"The next meeting of the Michigan Beekeepers' 

 As.sociation will be held at Petosky. January 1 and 2, 

 1902, and promises to be one of the most interesting 

 meetings in the history of the Association. W. Z. 

 Hutchin.son, of the Bet'-keepers' Revie-ar, will be there 

 with his camera, and other prominent men will be 

 there, and we want you to receive this letter as a spe- 

 cial invitation to be present. There will be no set 

 program, but such topics as we, as bee-keepers, are in- 

 terested in, will be taken up and discussed, and we 

 hope you will come prepared to ask questions and 

 answer others. Reduced rates on all railroads Tick- 

 ets can be bought Dec 31 and Jan. 1. good to return not 

 later than Jan. 4. There is no place like these con- 

 ventions for exchanging views, receiving and impart- 

 ing knowledge; and as we are all more or less depend- 

 ent on each other, let us meet in that spirit of friend- 

 ship and harmony that has always prevailed at our 

 meetings, and make it possible for us to go back to 

 our homes and tell our friends that we were glad we 

 went ; that it was just that "feast of reason and flow 

 of .soul " that we needed. Trusting that we will meet 

 you there we are Very resp. yours. 



Geo' E. Hilton, Pres. 



Wm. G Voorheis. ^ec. 



W Z. HuCHiNSON, Treas. 

 P. S. — This meeting will be held in the new Normal 

 Hall. 



Kind Words from our Customers. 



OUR transplanting-machine. 



Enclosed find S2..50, for which send me two trans- 

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Alvin, Texas. Sept. 14. 



something IV regard to the home talk in 



GLEANINGS FOR .SEPT. 1. 



Mr. A. I. Root : — I have waited .some time in order 

 that .some older friend and admirer of yours might 

 say something with regard to the criticisms of your 

 Home Talks which came for Sept. 1. As none better 

 able have done so, perhaps you will allow me a chance 

 to ventilate some of my ideas on the subject. 



As to Mr. Wm. S. Fehr. he scarcely deserves recog- 

 nition, for his letter was simply inexcusable. You 

 were altogether too gentle in your replv. as he did not 

 deser\'e such gentlemanly forbearance Pray, upon 

 whose authority or example does Mr. Fehr proclaim 

 his !f>se dLril that " it would be better if jou were not 

 so quick to see all the handsome women, and talk to 

 all the pretty girls " ? Is that not exactly and precisely 

 what they were made for ? are not they the absolute 

 perfection of perfect work, from hands whose work is 

 all perfect ? Is tliere a more pleasurable and attrac- 

 tive thing in all God's universe, to a properly constitut- 

 ed man? Why. Mr p-ehr. handsome women were 

 made to be admir d. Pr^ tty girls were made to be 

 talked to; and pity the man who does not think so. no 

 matter how old he may be. Of course, it goes without 

 saying that beauty is to be approached decorously and 

 respectfully— yes, reverently, as should be every per- 

 fect work of our Master's hands; but forbid that any 

 vandal is to teach us to avoid them. If there are anv 

 such men, which I do not believe for one moment, I 



would not give a piece of drone comb fcr a Junil o 

 biood-nest lull of Ihem. Come, come. Ml. 1-i.lir. cure 

 that dvspepsia or else seek a hermitage. 



Arbuckle. Cal., Nov. 7. H. B. Jonks. 



[Bro. Jones is not quite correct in taking it for grant- 

 ed that no one else has written on the same line that 

 he has in the above.* There has been quite a number 

 of very able articles on the subject ; but I have thought 

 best not to give them a place in print, and very likely 

 I would not have given the above were it not for a 

 postscript that he sends along with it. I think it is a 

 little too strong, both the article and the postscript ; 

 but as it expresses the feelings of quite a goodly num- 

 ber of our sabscribers I have decided to let it pass just 

 as he writes it. Here is the postscript :] 



P. S.— Now. see here, Mr. Root. In your usual for- 

 bearing spirit you will be disinclined to publish this ; 

 but will you excuse me if I insist that jou should do 

 so, from consideration for the rest of us? 'Why. how 

 do you suppose we felt on reading that intolerable let- 

 ter? My wife was .so outraged and indignant that she 

 has not been able to cook a good meal since ; and 

 many other families are in a similar condition. U hj'. 

 dear sir, our digestions are to be considered, and you 

 have no right, as a fair man, to devote twelve thousand 

 honest gentlemen (more or less) to burnt beefsteak 

 and underdone bread. " Say " (as Ernest saj-s), how 

 would you like it yourself? Yon have not a particle of 

 ''old scratch " in you ; but some of us have, and you 

 must let us "claw " back now and then. 



I am a small rancher here in the foothills of Colusa 

 Co., where I am almost entirely without frost. I grow 

 oranges, lemons, olives, etc.; I have a few bees which 

 will increase as I learn to manage them. I have your 

 A B C and " Gleanings," which keep us in touch with 

 you. 'W ith verj' much respect 



I am yours, H. B. Jones. 



[Will all the dear friends who have so warmly taken 

 my part in the above accept my most hearty thanks ?] 



* Permit me, in this brief footnote, to take the part of Bro. 

 Fehr a little. I think he has some grounds for taking it for 

 granted that, in working for Christ Jesus and his kingdom, 

 I gave more attention to the "handsome women" aiitl 

 " pretty girls " tlian I did to mankind in general. One who 

 is tilled %vith the Holy Spirit should give just as much at- 

 tention — nay, more— to elderly women, those who may be 

 plain in feature and dress— yes, those who may be poor and 

 afflicted. And that is the very thing I have been trying to 

 do— to look up those who seem to have been passed by or 

 overlooked ; and may God help me to remember that Jesus 

 died for all. In this line I thank Bro. Fehr for his criti- 

 cisms along this line of though';. 



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