"1887 



GLEANINGS IN HICK CULTURE. 



225 



lessons as well as usual. Sam was called to 

 account, but he ''" didn't know what was the 

 trouble." 



At last the windmill was completed, and 

 erected on top of tlie barn. Every thing 

 was finished, tliough a skilled mechanic 

 could easily detect the work ol' a boy's hand 

 in some parts of its construction. Mr. 

 Cireen did not think it was as strong as it 

 might he,buthettionuht itwould do if no very 

 severe winds should strike it. The next 

 evening the boys waited for the wind to 

 come up. Jimmy grew imi)atient. and ex- 

 pressed himself as follows : 



•■■ Cimfouud the luck 1 if we did not want 

 the wind to blow it surely would, and knock 

 things all ter pieces ; now we've been wait- 

 in' heie fer two hours and it won't budge. 

 I'm goin' to get up there and turn that 

 thing around. Mebbe it newds greasin'. 

 Perhaps if we coax it a little it will start." 



So saying, Jimm> clambered up on top of 

 the barn and theiice on to tlie windmill 

 tower. He turned the mill around and 

 around, but it wouldn't coax at all. Mr. G. 

 finally advised the boys to wait for the wind 

 to blow, which it probal)ly would do before 

 evening ; but this did not pacify the boys 

 much, and so they kept waiting' until they 

 were late for school. Just before recess the 

 teacher announced that Jimmy and Sam 

 should stay in at recess for tardiness ; that 

 they shovd'd both come to him and report 

 why they were late. 



That evening, after school, although the 

 l)oys had been called to account for misde- 

 meanor, they l)0unded homeward almost 

 OTit of breath. Sum. however, did feel a 

 little mortified, both because lie was called 

 to account for neglecting his sti;dies, and 

 because he had never been punished before. 

 Jimmy didn't care a '' red cent," as he ex- 

 pressed it : •■■ 'twasn't nothin' to stay in at 

 recess." When they reached home they 

 saw that the windmill was yet standing 

 still, and apparently not a breath of wind 

 w'as stirring. 



" Ho, ho. there ! " called out Jake, one of 

 the schoolboys, just passing by. and whom 

 the two boys particularly disliked. " That 

 thing wouldn't run if tliere was any wind. 

 If I couldn't do better'than that, I'd sell 

 out. Ye had ter stay in at recess, didn't 

 ye'^' 



.limujie was on the point of going over to 

 " lick the stufhn out of him." but Sam's 

 mother appeared just then. She advised 

 the boys to wait till morning, and per- 

 haps there would be a breeze. 



To he continued April loth. 



JaVENIIiE IiE¥TE^-BeX. 



' A chiers aiiiang ye takin' notes; 

 .\n' faith, he'll prent it." 



DAMP CKIJjAKS and DAMP BEE-HOUSES. 



We have been having a nice winter, and plenty of 

 snow for sleighing-. We had 10 colonies last year, 

 and they did well. VVe put two of the weakest of 

 them in the rellar. and the rest of them outside, and 

 packed them in pea straw around the outside. Bees 

 should not he put in a cellar if it is damp, for it is 



not healthy for them. We made a building: for the 

 bees, and put them in for one winter; but it was so 

 damp and warm that they all di(>d. Last year we 

 got 4.")(i lli:^. of honey. Basswood was an entire fail- 

 ure. lloBEKT McCuRDV. age 12. 

 Hoiiit>,\ , t »iit . Can. 



;i(l,(IIHI I. Its. Ob' HONEY FKOM 200 COLONIES. 



My brother keeps bees. He has 20(i swarms. 

 They made 20.0O11 lbs. of honey last summer. 1 have 

 a cat, and his name is Tip. Pa has a dog, and his 

 name is Snider. Hkktha Kinck age 9 



Rryantsburgh, Iowa. 



OWNEKSHIP. 



My pa gave me a stand of bees last summer. He 

 keeps them in the cellar for me. Ne.xt summer 1 

 am going to try to take care of tbeui myself. M\ 

 pa has 23 .stands of bees. 



Pharisburg, O. DvviD A. Shenk.man, age U. 



See our promise to the little folks, to be 

 found elsewhere in this department. 



ASri.US MISSOIMUENSIS, AS HEPOKTEI) KV A MTTLK 

 (JIKL. 



It is a l)eautiful day to-day. The bees are out 

 having a tine time. We have had a very mild win- 

 ter here, with but few stormy days. Papa thinks 

 this is a spleudid country for bees, only, of course, 

 being in a new country tliere is a lack of bee-pas- 

 tiire. We have one valuable bee-plant here, called 

 the sensitive rose. In the summer the.lields of the 

 sensitive rose look like large fields of led clover. 

 There is a bee-killer (Asiliiji MitiSdurinrntiH) that 

 troubles us a great deal. T have often seen large 

 numbers of wouniled bees creeping around on the 

 ground, and I lia\e caught thi^ bee killers with the 

 liees. They catcli the bees in their talons, or fore 

 arms, and then stick their lull in the poor bee and 

 get the honey. Vou will find the e.xaci pict\ire of 

 this insect in Cook's Manual, page 2(58 



Nei.i.iio Fay. age 12. 



Franklin, Neh , Jan. 2(1, fS8T. 



Thank you. friend Nellie The facts .\ou 

 have given us are interesting and valuable. 

 We like to have l)rigljt-e} ed little girls re- 

 port iiyion some such item as this. In the 

 last edition of Prof. Cook's book the cut of 

 this interesting long - named insect ap- 

 pears on page :;17 instead of 2()S. We like 

 to reward l)oys and girls who are able to call 

 these queer bugs by their rigid names. So 

 we send you a large panel chromo. 



A .TL'VENILE INVESTMENT THAT PAID. 



I am 11 years old, and I live on a farm. Papa said 

 that the first swarm of bees I saw come out I conld 

 buy, and pa j for them this fall; also the hive, 

 frames, sections, etc. The bees made 64 lbs of hon- 

 ey. 1 sold the honey for *S.OO. After I hud paid for 

 the bees I had ^3.00 left. 1 sold nearly all my honey 

 to papa, and got the cash in gold. Papa wants me 

 to learn to buy and sell. T learned to clean the sec- 

 tions and frames, and 1 can put foundation iti 

 frames, and fold sections. W'e> have no beehouse 

 for our bees, but pack them in straw in a long row 

 for winter. We tack an old carpet in front of the 

 entrance , to keep it dark and to keep out the snow, 

 wind, and cold. VVe do not have to di-turb them all 

 winter. We have boards in front of the chaft hives 

 to break the wind. It «ms Inn to elimb the apple- 

 trees and hive the rousing swarms. I can pick up a 



