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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



" If goods are granted quicK, send to Pouder. '* 

 Kstabliskea 1889. 



A Thrilling Rescue. 



By the Bee Crank. 



There was a young woman from 



Lynn 

 Who was so exceedingly thin 

 That, when she essayed 

 To drink lemonade, 

 She slipped through the straw 



and fell in. 



Now, a bee that was loafing 



around 

 Spied her rose-covered hat on the 



ground, 

 And said, "Isn't it funny, 

 What's become of the Honey ': " 

 Then, hearing her squeals. 

 Dragged her out by the heels— 

 If he hadn't, she'd surely have 



drowned. 



They tell a good many 

 bee stories and comb-honey 

 yarns that test the credulity 

 almost as much as this one, 

 which, I admit on the face of 

 it, seems improbable. I make 

 the admission in order to draw 

 the distinction clearly between 

 fact and fiction. The following 



statements are FACTS. 

 I have the finest, clean- 

 est, freshest, and larg- 

 est stock of Root's 

 goods that I have ever 

 carried. They are ready 

 to go on the same day 

 your order is received. 

 I sell them at Root's 

 prices, and save you 

 time and freight char- 

 ges. Danz. hives, 

 fresh new foundation, 

 section boxes, bee-smokers, 

 veils, and a host of other need- 

 fuls. My catalog tells all about 

 them. Send for it ; it's free. 

 I pay 28 cts. cash for beeswax 

 or 30 cts. in trade for goods. 

 Send large shipments by freight 

 and small ones by express. 



Walter \S. Pouder, 



513-515 MassacKtxsetts Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. 



