THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



the worst looking section next the glass, 

 and yet, by turning the handsomer side 

 out, give the impression that the honey 

 is nicely capped over. 



I still believe exactly as I did when I 

 wrote before. I woidd grade the honey ; 

 putting into each grade, as nearly as pos- 

 sible, exactly what belonged there; put- 

 ting in nothing to which a purchaser 

 would object; nothing but what I .should 

 be perfectly willing he should .see; noth- 

 ing that would cause him to reject the 

 honey if he should see it. Having done 

 this, I feel justified in putting the best 

 looking faces next the glass, for the sake 

 of adding beauty to the appearance of the 

 package. I believe in making goods as 

 attractive as possible — in turning the rosy 

 side of the apple uppermost. I have no 

 quarrel, however, with those who think 

 differently. I have a sincere respect for 

 those who have other convictions and 

 have the courage of these convictions. — 

 Ed.] 



[Ttie last line of the foregoing was being i ul 

 in type as the postman IjiougliL in the lo.low 

 iug article- Ed. J 



CRATING AND SELLING COMB HONEY. 



How Different Kinds and Grades may be Mix- 

 ed, Yet the Mixer be Honest. 



G. M. dooi.ittlp:. 



Jf circumstances lead me, 1 will tind 



Wlieie truth is hid, thougti it were hid in Iced 



Within tiie center.- SW-4/ffS BARE. 



J HAVE read and re-read two or tliiee 

 times, Bro. Hasty's criticisms on page 

 1 17 and 1 18 of the Review for April; and, 

 for the life of me, I can .see there only ' ' a 

 man of straw." After once putting up 

 an untruth as a target, it is very easy to 

 fire a whole lot of truth at it with no fa- 

 tal effect. I am reminded of the ' ' sugar- 

 honey " matter; which, if my memory 

 serves me right, was e.spoused by Bro. 

 Hasty; or at least he leaned toward the 

 ide the Review^ took in the matter. The 



o])position took precisely the position Bro. 

 Ilastv is now taking; firing round after 

 round at the thing; and wondering why 

 Hasty, Cook, Hutchinson and the Review 

 did not come tumbling down. But they 

 did not tumble. Why ? Because the 

 guns were loaded with something be- 

 sides real pr^of of the claim they had set 

 uj). In other words, they were so incen- 

 .sed with " righteotis indignation" that 

 they " ' shot wide of the mark . ' ' Not even 

 a single arrow found a lodging place; be- 

 catise the target they were shooting at 

 was only a '' uian of straw. " 



Now let us go back a little. The date 

 was 1856, 42 years ago, which was a good 

 honey year, according to my father's 

 account. He obtained several boxes of 

 honey; each box weighing from 15 to 22 

 pounds. He took it to market and sold 

 it for so mtich a pound, never breaking a 

 box, and the " XXX, XX, X" and buck- 

 wheat honey was all mixed tip in those 

 boxes. Anythiog dishonest there, Bro. 

 Hasty ? Next date, 1870. Doolittle, with 

 several hundred pounds of all sorts of 

 honey in six-lb. boxes, glassed on two 

 sides, turned "rosy cheeks" out, rt la 

 Hutchin.son, and sold it as comb honey. 

 "Gently stroking the Devil down the 

 back" did you say? Prove it if you 

 please ! Next, 1877. Had five tons in 

 t.\o-paund .sections. Buyer came; looked 

 over the whole pile and bought it. Doo- 

 little said; 



" How do you want it crated, and what 

 size of crates?" 



Buyer said: 



" Put 4S sections in a crate. Take an 

 axerage of the honey for each crate and 

 I)ut the nicest side of the nicest honey 

 facing out, filling the center with what 

 remains. That is the way the New York 

 market calls for it." 



" Doing something discreditable to a 

 good man," ell ? " .\lmost hear his [sa- 

 tanic] majesty purr ?" 



Next, a call by the North American 

 Bee Kee])ers' Association, which a.ssem- 

 ble:l at .\lbany, N. Y. in the early go's, 

 for a committee of six, eight, or ten, (have 



