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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 



I have used tobacco for eight years, and T hereby 

 pledge myself to the usual pi'Oiiiise. 

 Prattsville, N. Y.. Apr. 10, 1887. C. E. Conine. 



I have quit the use of tobacco in all its forms. 

 Please send me the .smoker; and if I commence 

 again I will send you the full price for it. 



S. W. Dl'ckworth. 



Kitchie C. H., W. Va., March 18, 1887. 



• Having quit the use of tobacco in all of its forms, 

 I wish to pledge myself never to use it again. 

 Please send me a bee-smoker; and if I ever use to- 

 bacco again 1 faithfully promise to pay you for it. 

 England. Pa , Mar. 11, 1887. S. B. Po.st. 



I am glad to say 1 have stopped the use of tobacco 

 entirely, and hope nothing will make me take to 

 using it again. If you think me entitled to a smo- 

 ker, please send me one; and if I return to smoking 

 I will send you the price for the same. 



Abbeville, S. C, March 13, 1887. D. W. Thomas. 



I have recently quit the use of tobacco, partly- 

 through the influence of Gleanings and partly be- 

 cause r found it to be injurious to me. If you think 

 I am worthy of a smoker, send me one and 1 will 

 paj' for it if I ever use tobacco again. 



JOHiN Fkanki.in. 



Kound Rock, Texas, March 14, 1887. 



My father (juit the use of tobacco after using it 

 many years. The last time I saw him smoking was 

 some time last summer. If you send him a smoker 

 he will pay you for it if he ever uses tobacco again. 

 He is 76 years old, and has 15 swarms of bees. 



.1. S. Norton. 



West Ferndale, Wash. T., Mar. 8. 1887. 



Miss V. M. Smith, through the intluence of 

 Gleanings, has been induced to give up the use of 

 tobacco, and requests me to ask you to send her a 

 smoker, for which she agrees to pay if she uses to- 

 bacco again in any form. D. W. Moss. 



San Augustine, Te.xas, Mar. 39, 1887. 



A CHEWER FOR 45 YEARS. 



1 have been chewing for about forty-five years. 

 Last November, about the 18th, T (|iiit chewing. If 

 you think you can send me a smoker, I shall be 

 much obliged to you; and if I commence chewing 

 again, 1 will pay you full price for it. 



Leetonia, ()., Feb. :.>1, 1887. .1. Brinker. 



I am a reader of Gleanings. I have been a 

 chewer of tobacco almost from childhood. I have 

 made a solemn vow never to use it again. I have 

 bees; and if you think 1 am entitled to a smoker, 

 please send it, and I pledge myself to you that, if I 

 ever use tobacco in any form again. 1 will send you 

 the price of the smoker. J. B. Mour. 



Lafayette, La.. March 13, 1887. 



My son-in-law has used tobacco 24 years, and I 

 have tried to get him to stop its use, but all in vain. 

 I saw in Gleanings that you were giving smokers 

 as a premium where they would abstain from its 

 use. I went at him again finally, and have succeed- 

 ed in getting him to promise, if you would send 

 him a smoker, he would stop its use. He hasn't 

 used any in ^ or 4 weeks. If he ever uses it again 

 he says he will pay for the smoker; and if he 

 doesn't, I will if 1 am living. Hut he is an honest 

 man, and will pay it. K. H. Allen. 



St. Louis. Mich., Feb. 14, 1887. 



an in.jury to the health. 



1 have been in the habit of smoking, and do be- 

 lieve it to be an injury to my health. If you feel 

 willing to send me a smoker by mail I will give 

 you my word that I will not use tobacco any lon- 

 ger in any way. I am not saying this merely to get 

 a smoker free, but I mean all I say. 



Cleveland, Ga., Feb. 13, 1887. J. C. Kenimer. 



A binding pledge between husband and WIB'E. 



I have been a reader of Gleanings for seven 

 years, and have read every word of every number 

 that 1 have received. I have been trying to get my 

 consent to quit using tobacco ever since I read 

 yoiir first number. T have been praying over the 

 matter, so the other day my good wife said to me, 

 that if I would quit the use of tobacco she would 

 not use any more snuff, so I accepted her proposi- 

 tion, and expect, by the help of God, to keep my 

 promise. Now, if you are willing to send me a 

 smoker you can do so; and if I ever commence the 

 use of tobacco again I will pay you for it. 



Covington, Ga., March 21, 1887. J. F. McCord. 



abruptly QITIT. 



1 see that you offer a smoker as a premium to any 

 one who will abandon the use of tobacco. I have 

 been a slave to the use of tobacco for 15 years, and 

 it is injurious to my health. Your offer has induc- 

 ed me to for ever abandon and abruptly quit the 

 use of tobacco in anj- form. Now, as I am begin- 

 ning to raise bees to some extent you will please 

 send me a smoker; and I solemnly promise that, if 

 I ever take up the use of tobacco again I will pay 

 you the full price lor the smoker. 1 am responsi- 

 ble for what I say. B. G. Luttrell. 



Luttrell, Ala., Mar. 1, 1887. 



QUIT PAYING the NATIONAL DEBT BY GIVING UP 

 TOBACCO. 



I take great interest in reading Gle,\nings. I 

 have read and re-read your ABC book until I have 

 it almost learned by heart ; but I have had bad luck 

 with bees this past winter. I lost five out of twelve. 



I think that 1 am entitled to a smoker, because I 

 was one myself for 37 years. I smoked in that time 

 about 700 lbs. of tobacco, and the U. S. internal rev- 

 enue on the same has been quite an item in the re- 

 duction of the national debt. I would as soon go to 

 the gallows as to commence smoking again, as I 

 find that I feel much better than I did when I 

 smoked the filthy weed. S. W. Taylor. 



Harveyville, Pa.. April 5, 1887. 



A LETTER FROM ONE WHO HAS INDUCED THREE 

 OF HIS FRIENDS TO (JIVE UP TOBACCO. 



I have a young friend who is becoming somewhat 

 interested in bee-keeping, and I told him you would 

 give any one a smoker who would quit using tobac- 

 co, and promise not to use it again. He says he 

 will promise to quit, and will not use it any more; 

 audit he should he will pay for the suu)ker. Please 

 send him one, and I will vouch for him. He makes 

 the third one who, with your help, 1 have induced 

 to quit using the vile weed, and they have so far 

 stuck to their promise. I am always on the watch 

 to induce others to quit using whisky and tobacco, 

 as I thinli they are two of the worst habits a man 

 can contract. C. W. Plent. 



Stanton, Ala., March 31, 1887. 



Many thanks, friend P., for so kindly help- 

 ing along the work iu the Tobacco Column. 



