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THE AMERICAN BEK KEEPER. 



Aufjtist 



as twiicws. ■,;...■; uii rtran mat you ?ii\> 

 me, Li-i yo;! ua\ uet ste iiie suw. ' " — 



Piiihidoipjj,! i .rcord. 



Aj;;-:; :;11 iral ICdacatinn. 



Professor li Ml y P. ArtLtty, deau of 

 the b-clicoi nl Af^riculturc of Pcnus-yivij- 

 uia bti.te ic m li, si.;. ?; ihat tie atiiicul- 

 tural ; k > y ;• < i 1 i Li..syjvui)ia txccecl 

 the tf I. ;.i ;.Ld oi] pui.iicts 



of tl. .".<,.0G;GO0. h(- i.lpo 



liialvf- jor agrifulturul (d- 



utnti: ' -ivc li&e i't orjjo't, " 



he s;:;, - late to face with uew 



pi(bu u ^ J I .^v (.craTiticns. In this 



^T0C( ss <i (VMJutiau, by which agricul- 

 ture is i.(Viu-iniji itscif to its new envi- 

 yoimieiif.ii* ;•'! i'verj' other process of 

 evoluncir. 'r;i''fit;c^t vrill Mfviv't^.' The 

 coujiuuuiry ex the iuciividual far'iiie'j: 

 that can r^nrie^sfully read.i'ost its agri- 

 culture to' ih(se ucw couditTous will 

 couriune to fiosper, 'whiJe " tlfe farruer 

 or the conni.iiiiity which fails tc5HVd tiiis 

 \vill Le hoi!.'- dnvvu by foir'es as pitiless 

 ahci as iirts.r-tiblc a« eravitdtidii. "' 



Not an AgTibstic. 



A colored' gentleman v/lio ' occupies 

 the proud pc.>^iticu of jau'itor in ^ pliblic 

 building h:.,-! as his gtie^f tin uncle, 

 who is a Baptist enitjister in a Georgia 

 town. ••■ '■■ ■ ■■' 



"Uncle Mcse, " said the nephew, "de 

 reason why. 1 hab done got ter de top cb 

 de wurl is dat I don' talk no stock in 

 dem focJishncss dat I used ter hab down 

 in GeoriTv. Kovv all deni signs an saper- 

 stitionistic notioiis v.va done gone." 



"I dunno, D.ive," said the reverend 

 uncle. "I hope yo' aiu done los' none 

 ob yo' 'ligion, while djsqui.sitioning 

 wid de white folks. Obco'se, I don' be- 

 lebe in no signs datain 'cordin terScrip- 

 tur, bat d'?y is suiiiptin 'bout dem. 

 Now, dar a;:i de let' h:n foot ob de 

 gralcya'd r.,bbit. " 



"I didn' mean no sich ting as dat, 

 Uncle Mose, ' ' interrupted the nephew. 

 "I mean dem signs an .superstitions. Ob 

 co'se, de lef ' hin foot ob de grabeya'd 

 rabbit brings luck. Eberybody knows 

 dat, but dat aiu no sign, jess a fac', 

 laik if a dawg crosses yo' path some one 

 gwiue do yo' wrong, or anything c::t 

 ebery man knows am so. " 



"Glad ter heah yo' say dat, Davi i 

 was sure 'f raid yo' got ter.be o:i(' r' 

 dem agnostics," replied the uncl'\- 

 Washineton Star. 



People Do Keacl the Papers. 



Scn:e perrons wo:idcr why engaged 

 people generally prefer to keep their en- 

 gagement.') as quiet as pcs.'^ible until the 

 day of the wc.(. cling. Perhaps the reason 

 lies in the result's of a newspaper an- 

 notincemcnt, 



The other day an engagement v;as 

 mentioned in one of the afternoon p:v 

 pcrs. It was in the last edition of th( 

 paper, but early the next morning sev- 

 eral awning maker.sVere at the home oi 

 the future bride's parents, soliciting the 

 contract tor>appTyiug'au awni.ig when 

 the eveiit came oti. On the same morn- 

 ing and in t'je first mail no' less than 

 half a dozen printers and engravers sent 

 samples cf their work £-ud quoted prices 

 for wMt% they woufd bte' willing to pre- 

 pare the weeding cards according to th'! 

 latest dictates "of fashion.' Daring th( 

 remainder cf the week milliners, cater^ 

 ers, dressmakers, liverymen, furnituru 

 dealers, har^.ware men and dry goodf 

 merchants made known their desire to 

 supply the f :.ture bride and groom vritlt 

 a'llthe outfit that' they might need'oi 

 imagine they neede'tf.' Th^ yoiing folks 

 are no\v wuiting for bids from ministers 

 who' are willing to tie the knot at bar- 

 gain prices. — Buffalo Courier. 



A Painful Uleetiug. 



Adramaticstoryw histoid at a Hamil- 

 ton cclicg-e f;lumni dinner in New Vork. 

 General f-2chuylcr' Hamilton gave .some 

 interesting incidents from the life of his 

 granufatkrr and described a meeting be- 

 tween Aaron Burr and Mrs. Hamilton 

 daughter-iu-iav."ot Alexander Hamiltoi 

 and the mother of the speaker, in 1830. 

 " As Colonel Burr entered the room, '' hf 

 said, "my mother, in extreme agitation, 

 .seemed about to faint. Colonel Barr, 

 noticing thiy, but net knowing her, im- 

 meaiately went to the sideboard, poured 

 out a glass cf water and advanced to 

 hand it to her. It was all done most 

 naturally, gnrcefully and courteously. 

 My mother shook her head and mur- 

 mured, 'I am the daughter of Alex.indei 

 Hamilton.' Without a word, Coiouej 

 Burr placed the glass of water on the 

 sidetcard, bowed in silence to th't 

 Misses Kathau and quietly retired. It 

 was to hini, as to my mother, evitientlj 

 a very painful meetinf;. Colonel Ban 

 deported hinicclf like a dignified gentle- 

 man. ■ I was a little bov about 8 voars 



