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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



"H Goods are wanted Quick. Send to Pouder." 

 Established 1 889 



A HIVE OFBEES FREE 



By tha Baa Crank 



This came to me by mail a few days ago, 

 unsigned, and I am anxious to learn the name 

 of my modest friend, as I want to send him 

 the be^t stand of Hoosier-Itah'an bees that I 

 have if he \\ill come to the front. The first 

 few lines run as follows : 



Your talk of May fifteenth reminds me 



Of an experience I long ago had, 

 When I liought some goods said to be cheaper, 



But the deal nigh put me to the bad. 



In one way it proved a real blessing, 



For ever since then I've been shrewder — 



And when needing goods in a hurry 

 1 send in an order to Pouder. 



There are three more verses, but these 

 two remind me, by contrast, of the lines by 

 Elbert Hubbard— *" A failure is a man who 

 has blundered but is not able to cash-in his 

 experience " Well, old pard, whoever you 

 are, I am glad that you cashed in all right. 

 This is just another instance of a man mak- 

 ing mistakes stepping-stones to success, and 

 I publish it in the hope that it may induce 

 some others to come in out of the wet. 

 Knowing that success in bee-keeping requires that you get 

 just what you need just when you need it, I feel that I am 

 doing any bee-man a favrr when I recommend Root's goods at 

 Root's prices with Pouder service. My location at the center 

 of population of the United States, and in the greatest inland 

 r-iilroad center in the world, enables me to get your order 

 quick, and to shoot the goods back to you quick. I have elimi- 

 nated another big cause of delay by keeping my new ware- 

 house bulging out with every thing needed for successful bee- 

 keeping. My catalog will remind you of something that you 

 intended to get. Let me send it to you 



I can use your beeswax at 29 cents cash, or 31 cents in 

 exchange for supplies. Make small shipments by express; 

 large ones by freight. 



Root's 



Goods i 



at 

 Root's 



Prices 



with 



Pouder 

 Service 



Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis, Indiana 



859 Massachusetts Avenue 



