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quicker, if the colony is good and strong, 

 and honey is coming in fast. I'll get 

 even with you in some way ! 



Jennie Atchley. 



Invitation. 



I have entered at last the County of Bee, 

 Remote but not far from the branch of the 



sea. 

 The great and long-traversed Gulf of 



Mexico, 

 Into which mighty rivers incessantly flow. 



The climate is fine, 

 The soil superfine, 

 The ladies are charming, 

 And almost divine ; 

 And the musical bees. 

 And the shady oak trees. 

 Invite you and me 

 To the County of Bee. 



Though distant, remote from the homes of 



the men. 

 Who secured for us aU with the sword and 



the pen, 

 The freedom to go where, and live where 



we please, 

 Come, come to the County of Bee and the 



bees; 



Whose skies are auspicious. 

 Whose fruits are delicious. 

 Whose ladies are lovely. 

 Whose men are ambitious. 

 Thy future is grand. 

 Thy prairies are fanned 

 By gales from the sea, 

 O County of Bee ! 



Do not of the author of this impromptu 



sonnet 

 Say winking, " He has a bee in his bonnet ;" 

 He does not imagine any more than is due. 

 To the county that humming and buzzing 



greets you. 



And the exquisite flowers, 

 That sweeten its hours, 

 And the ladies that cheer 

 AU dull days of ours ; 

 And the birds, and the bees. 

 And the shady oak trees, 

 Invite you and me 

 To the County of Bee. 



Bee County, Tex. R. S. Postbr. 



Capons and Caponizing:, by 



Edward Warren Sawyer, M. D., Fanny 

 Field, and others. It shows in clear 

 language and illustrations all about 

 caponizing fowls ; and thus how to 

 make the most money In poultry-raising. 

 Every poultry-keeper should have it. 

 Price, postpaid, 30 cents ; or clubbed 

 with Bbb Joubnal one year for $1.10. 



No. — J. H. Labrabee. 



I think not. — M. Mauin. 



I think not. — S. I. Freeborn. 



Not that I know of. — J. E. Pond. 



Not that I know of.— C. C. Miller. 



I do not know.— Mrs. L. Harrison. 



None that I know of.— G. L. Tin- 



I don't know of any. — H. D. Cut- 



BleacHM Comt] Honey. 



Query 932. — 1. Can comb honey be 

 bleached by any method, without impairing: 

 its flavor ? 



2. If so, what is the method ?— Colo. 



1. 



1. 



1. 



1. 



1. 



1. 



1. 

 KER. 



1. 

 TING. 



1. Not 

 wood. 



1. Yes. 

 Stone. 



1 and 2. I don't know. — Mrs. Jennie 

 Atchley. 



1. I do not know of any method. — J. 

 P. H. Brown. 



1. By none that I am acquainted with. 

 — Eugene Secor. 



1. I think not. At least I know of 

 none. —A. J. Cook. 



1 and 2. It bleaches by being exposed 

 to the light. — E. France. 



1. I don't know. What do you wish 

 to bleach it for ? — G. M. Doolittle. 



1 and 2. Let the sun bleach and ripen 

 it in a warm, dry room. — W. M.Barnum. 



1. I think it is very doubtful. 2. I 

 Do you? — I. M. Ham- 



that 



2. 



know of. — P. H. El- 



the sun. — Jas. A. 



think anything practical 

 in this direction. — J. A. 



don't know. 



BAUGH. 



1. I do not 

 can be done 

 Green. 



1. I never before heard of " bleach- 

 ing " honey. I don't think I understand 

 the question. — R. L. Taylor. 



1 and 2. I know of no way of bleach- 

 ing ; but by putting honey in a dry, 

 I warm room, where it will not freeze, as 



