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pours this out into a tea cup and adds as 

 much honey as there is of the decoctidu. 

 We believe buckwheat honey is the best. 

 We use it as a jrargle every hour or so. 

 It never fails to give relief. I'll have 

 Eliza Jane tie up some of the seeds for 

 you to take home with you." 



"Thankee! thankee! It do beat the 

 stars how many things honey kin be used 

 fer. Now ni}' wife Betsy thinks ther's 

 nothin' in the world fer a burn like a paste 

 of flour and honey — put on a rag and 

 tied on, you know." 



"Yes, and what's better for boil than 

 poultice of soap and honey?" 



"And hoarhound and honey fer cough 

 or cold." 



"Yes that's good. But we believe that 

 ihe best expectorant and cough remedy 

 in the world is made from colts-foot, or 

 -wild ginger, hoarhound and honey. Two 

 ounces of colts-foot, one-half ounce hoar- 

 hound put in a pint of water and boiled 

 until it is reduced to a half a pint; strain 

 and dii half a pint of good clover honeyi 

 and bottle. Dose, a teaspoonful every 

 two hours and at bed time." 



"For croup we don't believe there is any- 

 thing better than honey and alum. Put 

 a teaspoonful of pulverized alum in three 

 tablespoonfuls of honey. Give a tea- 

 spoonful every fifteen or twenty minutes 

 until the youngster throws up the phlegm 

 that is causing the croup." 



'Yes, and it do beat the stars what 

 good things the weeman kin make to eat 

 outer honey, too. Betsy kin make the 

 nicest kind of cakes and cookies by usen 

 honey. And last hollow eve }'ou ought 

 to have seen the taffy she made outer 

 boilen down honey and stiren in hickory 

 nut goodies and a little butter and a pinch 

 of salt. ' ' 



•'That just reminds us of the honey ice 

 cream that Eliza Jane made last Fourth 

 of July. She put a pint of honey in a pan 

 and set it on the fire and scorched it 

 thoroughly. This was then stirred in 

 three quarts of cream, together with a 

 pint of good clover honey, making four 



quarts in all. This was put in the 

 freezer and frozen. Strange as it may 

 seem the scorched honey gave it a del- 

 icate carame -like flavor. Noother flavor- 

 ing was used." 



"Yes, I just bet that would beat the 

 stars. And while about it I'm goin' to 

 give you Betsy's receipt for makin' 

 pun en-sass with honey. vShe peels and 

 slices enough punken to make about a 

 gallon when cooked. When its cooked 

 nice and fine she puts in a lump of butter 

 about as big as a hen's egg, a little .salt 

 and a teaspoonful of ginger. Mix this 

 thoroughly and set off" the fire; when it is 

 about half cold she adds a quart of clover 

 or basswood honey. When she puts it 

 in the dish for the table she puts a little 

 milk in it. It beats the stars how the 

 youngsters do gobble it up. But, by 

 liokey, I must be on the move or that 

 shoat will git clear out of the country. 

 So mornin'. Ebenezer " 



"Good morning, neighbor Shenet; come 

 again." 



We allowed to give -our friend Hafl&ns 

 another lesson this time, but Uncle 

 Jonathan Sherret staid so long this morn- 

 ing that we have hardly time, and will 

 stand him off until the next time. 

 (To be Continued) 

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A writer in the Canadian Bee Journal 

 tells the editor of a few things in regard 

 to how a bee- paper should be run. Here are 

 two of them: "It should .strictly exclude 

 from its colums all reports of big crops." 

 -;«■ * * "I think that a bee journal should 

 honestly publish failures." We do not 

 know of a bee-paper that does not "honest- 

 ly"' publish failures," but if the world is 

 to have a journal that chronicles only 

 failures, its pages, to be appropriate, 

 should be a sombre blue, with a cover of 

 black crape, and its title, "Blasted 



Hopes. " 



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