1894 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



S07 



before the whole family, when commencing the 

 duties of the day. 



At Uluffton I had a most excellent visit with 

 our friend Frank Eaton, known to many of the 

 readers of Gleanings. He has a store in the 

 town, where he sells and repairs wheels; so we 

 had many things in common to talk over while 

 we visited one of the oil-wells in the vicinity, 

 where thev have recently commenced pumping. 

 Right in the town I noticed a well where many 

 people were coming continually for a drink of 

 water. Friend Eaton told me that it was an 

 artesian well, drilled at considerable expense 

 hv a brother of his who is a Prohibitionist. 

 The water has a slightly sulphurous taste, and 

 reminded me of the beautiful fountain near the 

 reservoir, and of the water at Green Sprinars. 

 The people find it very wholesome, and agree- 

 able to the taste, and it is largely and continu- 

 ally patronized. Now, friends, we have here a 

 kind of terap<^rance sentiment that bears prac- 

 tical fruit. It will always be a pleasure for me 

 to clasp hands with any man or woman, no 

 matter what creed or profession. Sf) long as 

 that belief runs into such practical wnrk as 

 furnishing convenient drinking-places for thirs- 

 ty people. 



Before I close I wish to savthnt the day I 

 rodp from Covington to Beaver Dam. a di-^tance 

 of 70 miles, the longest ride I evor made in one 

 day. was one of the happiest days of mv life. 

 I really do not remember a dnv in my bovhood 

 so brimful of enjoyment and thanksgiving to 

 Ood as this one day: and it came about — at 

 least a good deal — in starting out right. Had I 

 not attended that prayer-meeting in Coving- 

 ton the evening before. I should not have felt 

 so full of thanksgiving and praise — so full of 

 ''peace on earth, good will to men." Bv the 

 way, this thought brines to mind one of the 

 little cards that we have been furnishing free 

 of charge for man'^ years past, and exnect to 

 for years to come. Now, this little card would 

 be esnecially anpropriate to the wheel-riders of 

 the prpsent dav — that is. if none of them will 

 take offense if I should hand it to them. It 

 reads: 



A Sabhatli well spent brings a week of content, 

 And strens-tb for the work of to-morrow; 

 But a Sabbath profaned, wbat'er may be gained, 

 Is a certain forerunner of sorrow. 



THE WONDERFUL SPRINGS OF CASTAIJA, ERIE 

 CO., OHIO. 



On the 2Bth of September the boys kindly 

 granted your humble servant another leave of 

 absence, and I was soon flying westward. As 

 H. R. Boardman's lay right on ray route I made 

 first for his place, making 37 miles in three 

 hours and a half. Poinding he was in attend- 

 ance at the Norwalk street-fair I followed on. 

 I wish, however, to mention one little circum- 

 stance that happened on the trip. I overtook a 

 man driving a pretty fast horse; but as the 

 speed that I was making was a little more than 

 his own. and it was a little dusty, I passed him. 

 He seemed displeased at this, and made frantic 

 •efforts to overtake me. As usual, however, he 

 soon decided that he would have to give it up. 

 About this time a man with a sulky overtook 

 bim. The latter horse was probably a trotter. 

 The two talked together a little, and then the 

 trotter came up behind me at a pretty good 

 speed. When I heard a horse's hoofs behind me 

 I increased my speed a little more, for there 

 was no good reason why I shotild follow behind 

 "him in the dust. He seemed determined, how- 

 ever, to get ahead, and T)retty soon his horse 

 was in a gallop, and puffing and foaming. I 

 ,iust began to decide, that, as a member of the 

 Humane Society, I had no right to be cruel to 

 the poor horse, and was going to let him pass; 



but then I discovered I was only half a mile 

 from friend Boardman's. and I tJiought his 

 horse would stand it for half a mile, any way; 

 so we came into the little town of East Town- 

 send a Hying. When I swung up among the 

 bee-hives he seemed a li.tle astonished. May 

 be he thought I was crowded so hard I took 

 refuge by making believe I wanted to stop 

 there. As nearly as I can gather, horsemen 

 are feeling a little jealous of the wheels; and 

 perhaps farmers who raise blooded stock, as a 

 natural ''onsequence look upon wheels with dis- 

 favor. Liverymen may feel, in the same way, 

 that it is cutting off their gains. I am sorry 

 for this, and I think we wheelmen should do 

 al-l in our power to discourage it. May be it is 

 a Christian dutv to ride in the dust sometimes: 

 but it seems a little hard when the wheel itself 

 ordinarily makes no dust, or next to none, and 

 no horse and buggy is ever hindered in speed 

 because of a wheel just ahead of them. lam 

 sorry for this unpleasant feeling, and I think 

 we "should do all in our power to avoid it. 

 Frank H. Eaton mentioned the matter, and he 

 said he had known farmers who seemed so bit- 

 ter against wheels that they would crowd them 

 out of the road whenever a chance offered. 

 Later on, however, when this same farmer's 

 7)0)/ got a wheel of his own, it made a wonder- 

 ful difference in things. 



This street-fair that I mentioned seems to be 

 something new. The principal streets of the 

 town are. for the time being, vacated— swept 

 up beautifully clean, and fenced off' — that is. so 

 far as vehicles are concerned. Then the busi- 

 ness men of the town erect booths, and make 

 a display of their goods, right out in the middle 

 of thesireet. Of course, such fairs are held 

 only in towns having paved streets. As there 

 is no admission fee, a very large crowd gathers. 

 There is no horse-racing whatever; and this 

 fact, together with no admittance fee, is strong- 

 ly urged as a reason why people should attend. 

 In the afternoon, and perhaps evening also, a 

 procession passes through the street — the bar- 

 ricade being for the time removed. The pro- 

 cession in Norwalk was about half a mile long. 

 It vvas something after the fashion of the 

 Marcli Orris in New Orleans. Every trade, in- 

 dustry, and manufacture in the town is mount- 

 ed on wheels. A hardware man made a very 

 pretty display with chain pumps, the galvan- 

 ized iron chain furnishing the trimmings. A 

 drygoods man exhibited a little schooner drawn 

 bv horses. The sails of the schooner were made 

 of talile-spreads. bed -spreads, etc. The'whole 

 thing was beautifullv decorated with napkins 

 daintily pinned on. It looked like a great white 

 bird with wings spread. A printing-office, with 

 compositors at work, and pressmen printing 

 circulars, which were scattered in the crowd, 

 was another feature. A baker with all his help 

 made bread and cakes as his establishment 

 passed along through the streets, and so on 

 with all the other industries. So far the whole 

 thing seemed to be a pleasant social and edu- 

 cational arrangement. Please pardon me. how- 

 ever, if I mention some things that it seemed to 

 me were not educational in the right direction. 

 A cigar-maker also exhibited his industry, and 

 cigars were twisted up and tossed out to boys 

 or men. or whoever might chance to get them 

 first, and the work was done by women at that I 

 A tobacco-dealer, in like manner, tossed out 

 small samples of tobacco. Friend Boardman 

 asked the question whether, if these schoolboys 

 who ran for the samples of tobacco and cigars 

 thereby learned to use the weed, there would 

 not be here a flagrant transgression of the laws 

 of the State of Ohio, and that right out in open 

 day, at a public gathering. Let me digress a 

 minute. Friend Boardman once used tobacco 



