1889 



GLEANINGS IN LEE CULTURE 



47 



DOT GOMING BEE. 



BY EUGENE SECOB. 



I schpect you haf read of dot ztaust goming bee 



Vhat dose Yankees hat' got poorty kvick,— 

 Dose bees vhat run ofer my schlow Zherman blacks, 



Und nefer kvits vork gause dier sick? 

 I dinks, when I hears of dose schmart Yankee bees 



Dot zhust vone \ ill be all vat I need, 

 Begause dem haf dongues like dot schmall honey- 

 bird, 



Und suck up vone kvart mit a feed ! 



But Yankees, dern brag of dier goundree so pig, 



Und dier bolidics so awful much,— 

 Of dier horses vhat run mit der lightning away, 



Und dier peautif ul vimins, und such,— 

 Dot I more dan tvice believe ven dot bee does been 

 gome 



He'll schpeak so ve Deitchers gau read; 

 Und if him don't got to be all ofer plack, 



I dinks him vill show der plack seed. 



But I laffs ven 1 reads of dot schmart goming bee, 



Ven I dinks of Hans Brinkerhoff's mule— 

 (Hans vas mine neighpor zhust ofer der vay, 



Vere him lives mit der golden-like rule). 

 Veil, Hans him leadt oudt dot donkey vone day, 



An der pump to gif him some dhrink, 

 Ven up zhump vone pig in der mua mit der trough, 



Und oudt skibbed dot mule in a vink. 



Ven tree or four hundert glimbed into dose ears. 



Dot donkey, him right apout face, 

 Und lifted vone foot, und den lifted two. 



Like one horses vat vanted some race; 

 But he don't gone pack to dot dear old home 



Vere Hans vas been calling so sveet. 

 But he lifted dose boxes so handy und kvick, 



Und gave dem a good schtart— mit his feet. 



But dot goming bee vas arrived all der dime, 



Und gloser dan vone broder schtiks 

 Aroundt dot donkey vot hadn't got learned 



To nefer kick against der pricks. 

 Dot donkey, him laff on dot Oder mout side, 



Ven him gets all him vants of dot fun; 

 Him gry like vone baby, und rolls mit der grass, 



Und den him zhump up und home run. 



Dot donkey, him svelt oudt like Zhumbo vas vide, 



Und I dinks Hans don't go to feed 

 Him any more oats so long as him lifs 



To make him so fat as he need. 

 Und I peleef dot Hans vill gome ofer und buy 



Dose bees vot is petter dan gorn 

 To fat up dose mules, und make dem home sehtay 



Gondended und tame mit der barn. 



FIXING FOR HONEY-EXHIBITS AT 

 FAIRS. 



Und schtraight mit der bee-line, und halter to boot, 



Dot donkey, be schtart for mine lot 

 Vere a hundert bee-boxes schtoodt all in some rows : 



" Mebbe dems oats"— und mebbe so not— 

 Ven all at vone dime him schtopped at vone box, 



Und schmelled a loudt schmell in dot hole 

 Vere dose bees make dier honig und likewise wax— 



You den should hear dot schmile him schmole. 



But dot olt king-bee vas daking vone schleep. 



Und vas mad ven dot racket him hear; 

 He tought er prass pant had zhust broke out loose, 



Or some oder loudt noises vats kveer: 

 So oudt him send scouds to see vat vas up, 



Und den der grant zircus vas gome — 

 Der more of dose bees vot go for dot mule, 



Der kvioker dot mule don't go home. 



DR. MASON GIVES US SOME IMPORTANT SUGGES- 

 TIONS AND DIRECTIONS IN THE MATTER. 



fRIEND ROOT:— 1 have received several inqui- 

 ries, within the past few days, for sugges- 

 tions in regard to exhibits of bees, honey, 

 etc., at fairs, and plans for buildings for such 

 exhibits; and as each one seems to be a reader 

 of Gleanings, I thought it would be a good plan, 

 for me at least, to reply through Gleanings, if 

 "Barkis is willin'." 



Only one, Mr. J. C. Graham, of Missouri, has in- 

 closed a stamp for reply. I should very much dis- 

 like to be obliged to feel that bee-keepers are 

 " stingy," but it has become quite a nuisance in my 

 case. I am a busy, poor man, and don't eare to 

 give my time, furnish paper and envelopes, and 

 pay postage, for the privilege (?) of answering cor- 

 respondence that is of interest only to those who 

 ask. " So, there now." 



At some of the large fairs a separate building for 

 the use of bee-keepers seems to be a necessity. At 

 others, plenty of room can be had in buildings with 

 other exhibits. In some localities where there are 

 large fairs, there are not enough bee-keepers inter- 

 ested in a honey-exhibit to make a respectable dis- 

 play. 



The size of a building will depend upon how large 

 an exhibit is to be made. The bee-keepers' build- 

 ing at the Ohio Centennial last fall was 36 x 60, and 

 was just right; but had the past season been a good 

 one for honey, it would not have been one-fourth 

 as large as needed. At our Tri-State Fair here at 

 Toledo, the space usually occupied is equivalent to 

 about 6xW feet. 



For a building, I should prefer one from 30 to :>ii 

 feet, wide and as long as would probably be needed. 

 An exhibit of from 500 to 600 pounds of extracted 

 honey in glass, with Muth's honey-jars and oth- 

 er small glass receptacles holding from half a 

 pound to three pounds, can be made to occupy a 

 space of 6 or t by 20 feet, if put on shelves, and 



