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ULEANl^GS 1^ BEE (JULTUUE. 



Feb. 



to-day outdoors. Papas bees are in chaff hives. 

 He packed them with cut straw. Papa hived all of 

 his bees double to keep down the increase, except 

 one swarm which he put in the new Heddon hive 

 last summer. Last year was a poor season. We 

 g-ot but a few hundred pounds of honey. 



Lucy Huki,btit. age 11. 

 Linden. N. Y., Jan. 2a, 1887. 



A boy's report fob three VliARS. 



I commenced bee-keeping in 1884. Pa had a man 

 hired to cut brush, and one day I went down where 

 he was at work. He went to take a drink of water, 

 and he saw a swarm of bees in the tree. He gave 

 them to me, and I put them in a cracker-box. I 

 watched them all summer, and that winter Mr. Hall 

 went down to New Orleans to the E.xposition, and 

 he bought a 9-frame Langstroth bee-hive. That 

 winter I would look at them about everj' two weeks. 

 When spring came they were all dead. That was 

 the first lesson I learned. 



In the spring of 188,5, Mr. Hall and I bought 3 

 hives of bees, and we took 15 lbs. of honey from one 

 new swarm. 1 increased to 8 colonies, and in the 

 spring 1 had 6 colonies of bees. In 1886 I increased 

 15, lost one; two got away; and I caught one. 1 

 took 50 lbs. of honey from one hive which did not 

 swarm. 1 divided one swarm, and sent and got an 

 untested Italian queen for $1.00, which did well. I 

 have now 14 colonies of bees. This evening Mr. 

 Hall found a colony of bees in the hedge. He said 

 there was about half a bushel of comb, and the bees 

 are dead. Did you ever hear of bees settling in a 

 hedge ? Paul. M. Francis, age 14. 



Mulberry, Bates Co., Mo., Dec. 13, 1886. 



It doesn't pay to tinker with bees during 

 the winter, does it V Old veterans some- 

 times manage to do it without liilling the 

 bees ; but boys and beginners had better let 

 them alone. — Bees frequently do swarm and 

 cluster in hedges, l)ut I never before heard 

 of their being found in such places at this 

 time of the year. No wonder they were 

 dead when they were found ; that is, if you 

 are having as cold weather as we in Ohio 

 have been having. 



5f0B^CC6 C0MMN. 



SHALTj grocers SEIiL, TOBACCO ? 



T WISH to say to you, that I have prevailed on 

 (mP ray brother-in-law to agree to give up the use 

 ^t of the filthy weed, tobacco; and he says that, if 

 ■^ you will send him a smoker, if ever he takes 

 to the use of tobacco again he will pay you 

 double price. He keeps bees. Having just read Ter- 

 ry, in Gleanings, on the use of tobacco, I must ask 

 you a question, though I know what your answer 

 will be. I am 61 years old; have never used a bit 

 of it in any shape, except to smoke seed-ticks with 

 it, to get rid of them. Well, I have a little (me- 

 horse store, and the country is flooded with stores. 

 All sell tobacco. I have to sell it also, against my 

 will. I have tried to prevail with the young to give 

 up the use of it, telling them I would quit keeping 

 it. The answer is invariably, " We will go to other 

 places and get it, and you will lose our custom." 

 What am I to do ? To quit selling tobacco is to (fuit 

 business. Charles L. Gouoh. 



Rock Spring, Mo. 



Friend G., we have had just such a case in 

 our own town. A young man owning a gro- 

 cery became a Christian. He thought it his 

 plain duty to give up the selling of tobacco, 

 although the profits from his sales of the 

 weed were large. Some of his former cus- 

 tomers did go to other grocers for their to- 

 bacco and provisions ; but in spite of this, 

 and in spite of the fact that there are seven 

 other groceries in our village of a little over 

 1500 inhabitants, his business has prospered, 

 and his grocery store ranks among the two 

 or three of the kind in town that are doing 

 the most business. 



has conquered the habit. 



1 promise never to use tobacco any more. If I do 



I will send you 70 cts. for the smoker. If you see fit 



to send me the smoker, I shall keep my pledge. 



Pawlet, Vt., Dec. 14, 1886. S. H. Harrington. 



If my husband uses any more tobacco, I will see 



that you have the 70 cts. for the smoker. 



Mrs. S. H. Harrington. 

 Here is what friend H. says after giving 

 up the use of tobacco : 



The smoker is nice, and I am much obliged for it. 

 It was rather hard to go without tobacco at first; 

 but, thank the Lord and you, I have conquered. 



Pawlet, Vt., Dec. 28, 1886. S. H. Harrington. 



Many thanks for the smoker you sent me; if I 

 ever use tobacco in any way I will pay for the 

 smoker. I received your ABC, and am highly 

 pleased with it. W. C. Swetnam. 



I am a reader of Gleanings. I have been a 

 ehewer of tobacco for 40 years. I wish to place my- 

 self under bonds to discontinue the practice, for 

 which send me a smoker. I. A. Presnell. 



St. Louis. Mo., Dec. 29. 1886. 



1 gave up^ the use of tobacco last spring, and 

 haven't used any since. If I am entitled to a smo- 

 ker, send it along. If I begin again, I will pay for 

 smoker. Fred Eldredge. 



Sharon Spa, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1887. 



W. C. Sweasman says he has quit the use of tobac- 

 co; and that, if you are willing to send him a smo- 

 ker, you may do so; and if he- ever uses the weed 

 again he will pay you for the smoker, postage and 

 all. Send it to him; and if he breaks over I will see 

 that it is paid for. A. T. Doyle. 



Berthaville. Mo., Dec. 28, 1886. 



two give up the habit. 

 Here is another party coming, pledging them- 

 selves to henceforth abstain from the use of tobac- 

 co, if you will send them each a smoker. Should 

 either of us hereafter use it in any way, I will pay 

 twice the price of smoker or smokers. 



J. A. and H. A. KiME. 

 Fairfield, Pa., Jan. 1, 1887. 



increase in weight after giving up tobacco. 



My father is now 74 years of age, and has not 

 used tobacco for 2 years. He had used it for .52 

 years. His average weight when using tobacco 

 was 150 lbs. ; it is now 195. He promises never to 

 use it again, and asks you to send him a smoker. 

 If he ever uses it again he will pay you for the 

 smoker. John C. Pierce. 



Grotin, Vt., Jan. 2. 1887. 



