1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



751 



ing them are impossible of enforcement; that this 

 can be clone only by educating parents to let tobacco 

 alone. Nearly all the States have indulged in legis- 

 lation against children. Minors must not do what 

 they see their fathers do. The manufacture of 

 cigarettes may be forbidden, and probably ought to 

 be stopped, as they are, almost without exception, 

 drugged. Dr. Hammond considers the use of to- 

 bacco a greater evil than the use of alcohol, and he 

 has the argument with the facts. 



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Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto 

 my path.— Psaijvi 119 : 106. 



J FOUND friend Freeborn not only a bee- 

 keeper, but a nurseryman and fruit- 

 grower; and, best of all, a humble 

 follower of Christ Jesus. During my 

 brief stay we did not have time to talk 

 on the many subjects that were of great 

 interest to both of us. But just before I 

 left 1 found him to be a brother indeed, in 

 more senses than one. Years ago, when the 

 Home Papers were lirst started, tbey struck 

 home away out in Richland Co., Wis., in a 

 way that I should never have dreamed of, had 

 it not been for my visit. Brother F. told me 

 of some of his experiences, and how he had 

 learned, in the language of our text, to say, 

 " Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a 

 light unto my path. 1 ' As I look back over 

 the years that are past since 1 first com- 

 menced pleading for Christ Jesus, especial- 

 ly since during my travels I have found a 

 brother here and there whose heart was 

 reached, and, may be, through my earnest- 

 ness, led to that l ' Rock that is higher than 

 I," I can only say, t- May the Lord be prais- 

 ed for what he has been pleased to do with 

 my humble efforts ! " It seems strange and 

 wonderful that I should, without having any 

 knowledge or conception whatever of what 

 was needed in a certain home, have sent 

 just the message that was perhaps required 

 to start some poor soul on the upward grade, 

 from darkness into light. 



Friend Freeborn kindly took me in his 

 buggy off over the hills (that are really 

 miniature mountains), to the beautiful place 

 of his son-in-law, Mr. C. A. Hatch. Mr. H. 

 is one of the wide-awake, progressive young 

 horticulturists of the State of Wisconsin. I 

 greatly enjoyed a ramble around friend 

 Hatch's place, especially through the nur- 

 sery and among the blackberries, raspber- 

 ries, currants, etc. Friend Hatch has a silo, 

 and is working in a line with all modern im- 

 provements. If 1 am correct, he is pres- 

 ident of the Wisconsin Bee-keepers' Associ- 

 ation. In a line with the bear stories that I 

 got hold of while in California, friend H. 

 said tliey had one to tell. Not very long ago, 

 a bear, after killing several sheep and calves, 

 came into Mr. Hatch's apiary, turned a hive 

 over, scooped out all of the honey he wanted, 

 then came up to the window of the honey- 

 house, which was simply covered with wire 

 cloth. He peeked through the wire cloth, 

 to see what there was interesting inside, 

 gave it a few digs with his claws, and then 

 went on. He evidently was not particularly 

 interested in honey-extractors, one-piece 

 sections, and other apiarian appliances. 



The bear was followed up, and killed shortly 

 afterward. 



There was a good deal of scolding when 1 

 told them that 1 must take the train for 

 Green Bay in the morning. Friend Free- 

 born said that ever so many had been mak- 

 ing great calculations on seeing me, and one 

 of their ministers had planned to have me 

 talk to some of his people, who would not 

 listen very much to a preacfter. I felt a great 

 deal touched at this exhibition of his faith 

 in my poor efforts; but it made me sad to 

 think how disappointed this good friend of 

 mine would be if he knew A. I. Root as well 

 as some of his intimate friends know him. 

 Toward evening friend Freeborn and I had 

 a grand ramble, sampling the new varieties 

 of berries away up on the steep hillside. 

 Why, I should never think of using a horse 

 there to cultivate, any more than any thing 

 in the world, where the ground is so sloping 

 that one fears every minute he will tip over 

 and roll clear to the bottom of the hill. But 

 1 tell you, the berries grow on these hillsides. 

 Next morning, before train time, we visited 

 his apiary at Twin Bluffs, and saw the boys 

 commence extracting again from the very 

 same hives that had been emptied complete- 

 ly only about three days before. The station 

 agent there was also a bee-keeper, and of 

 course he had a friendly greeting for your 

 humble servant. Twin Bluffs derives its 

 name from two beautiful round-topped hills 

 that look almost alike. 



My visit to Green Bay I have already de- 

 scribed. When that was finished I made all 

 haste to get a steamer at Milwaukee, that 1 

 might be enabled to pass the Sabbath with 

 my sister in Manistee, where I expected to 

 join Blue Eyes. But, alas! with all my 

 haste I was obliged to stay in Milwaukee 

 over Sunday. The steamers leave every 

 night in the week except Saturday. 1 tried 

 to find out some bee-keeper or honey-dealer 

 before night set in, but i did not succeed ; 

 and finally, tired out with the labors of the 

 week, hungry for supper, and somewhat 

 homesick, it must be confessed, 1 sought the 

 nearest respectable hotel. Now, 1 did not 

 intend to stop at the finest hotel in the great 

 city of Milwaukee; but by some sort of 

 bludering I got there nevertheless. 



I am rather glad 1 did, however, for the 

 Plankinton House afforded me a grand op- 

 portunity of studying humanity among the 

 higher circles. When told their prices per 

 day were from $2.50 to $5 00, 1 asked for the 

 $2.50 accommodations. Even at this price my 

 room was a beautiful one— a good deal finer 

 and nicer than 1 deserved, as it seemed to 

 me. I made up my mind at once that I was 

 going to see what there was particularly 

 different in this great fine hotel from ordi- 

 nary ones. Well, now, I was greatly pleas- 

 ed and gratified to find that, if it were not a 

 Christian spirit that pervaded this fine 

 house, it was something very near like it. 

 For instance, when I first asked the clerk 

 some questions, he very pleasantly, and 

 without a bit of the superior air that we 

 sometimes find, directed me to a desk ad- 

 joining his own. Here I found a good-look- 

 ing man standing ready to answer all the 

 questions that anybody might need to ask. 



