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who is doing business so was interested in 

 somebody besides himself/' 



There is anotlier way in uhicii we can 

 help others in our daily deal. It is quite a 

 hard matter to decide, many times, just 

 what you can pay for produce, especially the 

 first maple sugar, the first ripe apples, or 

 new potatoes, etc. I often do this way : If 

 my neighbor wants more tluin I caii afford 

 to pay, I say to liim, '• I will pay what you 

 ask. providing you will help me out if 1 

 don't succeed in getting my money back :" 

 or, " I will take them at such a price ; and 

 if I get rid of them easily I will pay you five 

 cents more per bushel. "" This is having the 

 matter in my own hands, I know ; but in 

 such cases I am always very anxious to be 

 able to give my neiglibor a little more when 

 I meet him next time, if it is a possible 

 thing. You see, you shoulder the responsi- 

 bilities together in this way. It would be 

 no pleasure for me to do business, if I 

 thought the man with whom I did business 

 was selling at a loss. 



Now, then, friends, we are coming to real 

 business, and I generall> have some sort of 

 business in mind when I start out to write 

 these neighborly talks. We have been sell- 

 ing the Parker machine for fastening start- 

 ers in section boxes, for three or four years ; 

 and for general, purposes we do not seem to 

 get hold of any thing much better. At the 

 time friend Parker gave me the idea. I told 

 him I thought it would be worth to us So. 00. 

 When it began to have quite a large sale. 

 however, I told him 1 guessed it was worth 

 SIO.OO more ; and now that it is having a 

 still larsrer sale. T think he ought to have 

 about S2o 00 in addition to what he has had 

 already. lu the same way. I gave Norman 

 Clark, of Sterling. 111.. .S2.5.00 for the cold- 

 blast smoker. As it has turned out, I don't 

 think I gave him enough ; and in talking 

 over the matter we have concluded we (nve 

 him, in justice, about SlOU for his splendid 

 invention in the way of smokers. Neither 

 of these friends has asked for any more, and 

 I don't suppose they ever thought of receiv- 

 ing any more ; but for all that, it is a plea- 

 sure for me to give it to them. Fiiend Peet, 

 who gave us the queen-cage, was also satis- 

 fied with S2-5.00 I paid him some years ago ; 

 but as it still seems to receive the prefer- 

 ence I think we owe about another S2o.OO. 

 Friend Klimitz' queen-catcher is also having 

 a very large sale, and is giving iiniversal 

 satisfaction. At the time he sent it I gave 

 him S5.(X) for the idea, and I think he is noAV 

 entitled to about two more fives, or SIO.OO 

 more, which we place to his credit. And 

 we hereby take pleasure in telling the 

 friends mentioned, that the above sums are 

 placed to their credit, awaiting their order. 



Now. I hope none of the friends will crit- 

 icise my method of purchasing inventions. 

 It seems to me a duty, and I enjoy doing it. 

 Very likely I am notional and peculiar 

 about new inventions : but I have so many 

 times paid money for things that were used 

 for only a short time, or never used at all, 

 that I begin to feel as if I did not want to 

 offer very much for any thing again, until it 

 sefems to me to stand the test of months and 

 years of daily use. 



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 whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man 

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"THE PHODDCTION OF COMB HONEY." 



The above is the title of a little book of -io pages, 

 by W. Z. Hutchinson. It is written in friend H.'s 

 happiest style, and sums up the whole matter of his 

 method of getting- comb honey, by obliging the 

 bees to build worker comb in the brood-frames 

 while they are storing honey in the sections, said 

 sections being filled with foundation. The princi- 

 ple consists in contracting the size of the brood- 

 nest so as to force bees into the sections. The queen 

 is kept below by the (jueen-excludiug honey-boards. 

 By much the best way of contracting the brood- 

 chamber is by means of Heddon's half -depth brood- 

 chambers. The brood-nest is then contracted in 

 size, but !it the same time there is brood right un- 

 der all of the sections. The result is, ha\ing all the 

 honey above in marketable shape, and all the brood 

 and pollen below. It is, in fact, much the same as 

 the L. frame, with sealed honey in the upper halt 

 and brood and pollen in the lower half. The two 

 halves are capable of being separated. We can 

 mail the hook to any address for 25 cts. ; 10 for $3.00. 



OUK FRIEND THOM.4S HORN. 



As claims have pretty nearly stopped coming in, 

 we have decided to wind the matter up and close 

 the books, it having been eight weeks since we first 

 asked to have them sent in. Eighty-five persons 

 have reported, and the total amount of money now 

 claimed is about $438.62. As the number of individ- 

 uals is so large, and the amounts of money are 

 mostly so small, 1 have decided to forward all let- 

 ters to friend Horn, keeping for future reference 

 the addresses of the parties, and the amount of 

 money claimed. The greater part of the claims are 

 for money sent, for which nothing was ever receiv- 

 ed. There are, however, a few, and some of them 

 tolerably large amounts, where the order was par- 

 tially filled; bvit we hope that friend Horn and the 

 purchaser can agree on what amount is still due. 

 After having agreed, friend Horn is to send his 

 note, payable in two years, or as much sooner as he 

 can make it. He then proposes to take up these 

 notes as speedily as possible. In case there can not 

 be an agreement in regard to the amount due. 1 

 would suggest letting- some disinterested third par- 

 ty decide it. Ap fast as Mr. Horn's creditors are 

 satisfied, I should like to have them report directly 

 to me, that we may publish their nanies for Mr. 

 Horn's encouragement. 



