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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Ski't. 



Now, taking it iu that light, would you have 

 the heart to ask us to give you this iiuyjle- 

 meut outright, when you don't care enough 

 for our journal to subscribe for it ? Aside 

 from this, there is another point involved : 

 lie who receives a smoker for giving up to- 

 l)acco expects to have his name appended to 

 his promise to abstain ; and this promise, 

 with the signature, is to be printed in 

 Gleanings. He himself reads this prom- 

 ise in Gleanings, and his friends all read 

 it ; and if he is ever tempted to break his 

 pledge we hope and expect that somebody 

 who reads Gleanings will remind him of 

 the broken promise. PJut if lie is not a sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings, how shall anybody 

 know of the public contract and agreement 

 he has entered into V 1 think, my friend, 

 your own good and your own safety depend 

 iipon your being a subscriber. Tliere is one 

 case, however, under which we think best 

 to deviate from the above rule. Where any 

 subscriber to Gleanings writes us that/ie 

 will pay for the smoker if the friend l)reaks 

 his pledge, this answers every purpose ; and, 

 in fact, 1 rather prefer to give tliem away in 

 that manner: for the subscriber who is 

 sufficiently interested to get pledges in this 

 way will be quite certain to watch over his 

 weak friend, and straighten him up if he 

 shows symptoms of wanting to slip out of 

 his contract: for almost any man. woman, 

 or child, would rather pay the small amount 

 of 70 cents than to have it said he had bro- 

 ken a promise given in print over his own 

 signature. 



I will pay for the smokei sent it' I break my i)rom- 

 ise which I hereby make. T. H. Vail. 



Rvans Center, Eric Co., N. Y. 



I have quit the use of tobacco, and aiu trying to 

 raise bees; but so far I have been very unsuccess- 

 ful. I think perhaps by the aid of your smoker I 

 could be more successful. If I begin the use of to- 

 bacco I will pay you for it. W. W. R.iMSEV. 



Ashbeysburg-, Ky., July 30, 1887. 



I have been a moderate smoker for about two 

 years; and if it is not imposing on your generosity 

 you can send me a smoker. Send one also to a be- 

 ginner in bee-business, by the name of Frank 

 Schlingloof; and if either one of us commences 

 again, I agree to pay you for both of them. 



Kenton, O., .luly 20, 188T. ('. D. Mooke. 



Please send a smoker to Mr. Lee Clow, Ozan, 



I Hempstead Co., Ark., for he ha? (|Uit the use of to- 



j bacco, and he says he will take the pledge. He has 



i been a slave to its use for 35 years; he is now .'i-t 



years old, and he says he will pay for the smoker it 



he uses the weed again. J. W. Tayloh. 



Ozan, Ark., .Inly 36, 1887. 



I have quit the use of tobacco. If I use it any 

 more i will pay you for the smoker. 



F. M. Thoknton. 

 Hartwell, Hart Co., Ga., July 1, 1887. 



I have quit the use of tobacco, and vvill never use 

 it again. Please send me a smoker. If I ever use 

 the weed again I will pay for the smoker. 



Alburgh Springs, Vt. W. A. Crellkk. 



By the grace of God I will quit the use of tobacco. 

 If you will send me a smoker, if I ever use tobacco 

 again I will pay for the smoker. May the good 

 work go on ! G. H. Reed. 



Anneville, Tex. 



My friend Henry McClarin has quit using tobac- 

 co, and is working for me. Send a smoker; and if 

 he uses tobacco again I will pay for the smoker. 



D. C. L^NDERHILL. 



Manatee, ¥'\a,., June 34, 1887. 



We received the smokers the 1st inst., and I was 

 truly surprised at such a nice smoker. 1 have not 

 only quit smoking and chewing, but ha\'e resolved 

 never to taste a drop of that poison, liquor. 



Kenton, O., Aug. 3, 1887. C. L. Moore. 



I do not use tobacco^ and do what I can to dis- 

 suade others from using it. Mr. Rolen Itouten, a 

 neighbor of ours, and once a slave to tobacco, has 

 quit, and says send him a smoker. If he ever uses 

 it again he will pay you for the smoker, and 1 will 

 see that he does. H. F. C.autkh. 



Henry, Tenn., July lit, 1887. 



I notice that you propose to give a smoker to anj- 

 one who will agree to quit the use of tobacco, and 

 to pay for the smoker should he use it again. At 

 the solicitation of my wife, I will take a smoker on 

 those condition.^; and should 1 begin the use of to- 

 bacco again I will remit you the price of the smoker 

 promptly. J. A. Daniel. 



Rockport, Aransas Co., Texas. 



I have been using tobacco, both chewing and 

 smoking, for 33 years. For the last sixteen years 1 

 have been keeping bees, and always used tobacco- 

 smoke about the hives; but now you make warjup- 

 on the weed, so 1 will quit. But las you seem to be 

 interested in this matter, making a " hobby " of it, 

 as it were, I shall be i)leased to let you have your 

 own way; so please send along the smoker. by mail; 

 and if I ever give up and take to the use of the 

 filthy weed I will pay you for two smokers. 



M. a. Kelley. 



Milton, Cabell Co., W. Va., July 36, 1887. 



I commenced using tobacco at the age of I.^), and 

 have ever since until about 6 or 8 months ago when 

 my health failed and 1 decided to quit, and have 

 succeeded so far. Will you send me a smoker/ I 

 promise you 1 will pay for it if I ever use tobacco 

 again. We are having a very poor season here. I 

 have taken only 13 lbs. of honey, and the bees^are 

 not storing any at jiresent. I have 18 colonies to 

 date. We have just had a tew good showers of 

 rain, and the buckwheat will soon be up. We sel- 

 dom get any thing but'. tall honey. F. J. D.\hn. 



Sturgis, Mich., July ;6, 1887. 



My uncle, Mr. F. S. Meuer, has only four stands 

 of bees, all in Simplicity hives. They are doing 

 well. He was in Bastrop about two months ago, 

 and transferred a swarm, that was in a common 

 box hive, into a Simplicity hive, for my other un- 

 cle, Mr. P. S. RoUeigh. He is well pleased with his 

 new stand now. I'ncle showed him a copy of 

 Gleanings, and he read it through. He was well 

 pleased with the Tobacco Column, and ho has ijuit 

 using tobacco since he read it. If you think he is 

 worthy of a'smoker, please send it to him. If he 

 ever uses tobacco again he will pay you for the 

 smoker, and will also send two dollars and a half 

 extra. F. A. lU'KniN. 



Monroe, La., .luly s, 1887. 



