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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Western Washington Bee-keepers' Association will hold 

 its next session in the Horticultural Rooms, City Hall, Taco- 

 ma, Wash., Nov. 12. ti. D. LlTTOOY, Sec, Tacoma, 



The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-keepers' Association will 

 meet in the Opera House, Monttori, Wis., Nov. H, 1.5, 1894. 



A. A. Arms, Sec. 



The next regular meeting of the Central California Bee- 

 keepeis' Association will be on the tirst WeOnesday in Decem- 

 ber, at Hantoid, Cal. J. F. Flory, Sec, Lemooie.Cal. 



Let everybody come to the Midwinter bee-meeting, Beeville, 

 Tex., Dec. ^7 anu 28. Halt tare on all railroads. No liotel bills. 

 The meeting will be ai Mrs. Jennie Atchley's apiary, two miles 

 north of Beeville. Jennie Atchlky. 



The next annual convention of the Vermont Bee keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held in Middlebury, Vt., Jan. 30, 31, 1S95. Pro- 

 grams will be prepared and mailed later. Let everj- bee-keep- 

 er, whether Veimonter oi- not, begin now to lay his plans lo at- 

 tend this meeting. H. W. Scott, Sec, Baire, Vt. 



The Indiana State Bee-keepers' Association will hold its l.'ith 

 annual iiieeiing at the Statehouse, Indianapolis, Jan. 9th, 1S95. 

 Tiieie will be ihiee sessions. Several other associations will 

 convene heie at the same lime, thus securing 13<) tare for the 

 round trip; but a ceititlcate must be asked lor when buying 

 your ticket. Vi ograius w ill be ready in December. 



Walter S. Foider, Fies., Indianapolis. 



The Illinois State Bee-keepers' Association will hold its reg- 

 iilar annual meeting at the Statehouse, Springfield, Nov. 13 and 

 14, 1891. Tins change in the time has been made in order to se- 

 cure reduced railroad rates of ijg faie foi- the lound trip. The 

 National and State Granges both meet at the same time and 

 place, and ariangements aie made for the same person to sign 

 all the certificates, which must be asked tor when the ticket is 

 purchased. Hotel rates will also be secured. 



J.4S. A. Stone, Sec, Bradfordton, 111. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The Burpee bush limu was far ahead of expecta- 

 tiotis. E. E. Edwards. 



Alexandiia, Ind., Sept. 12. 



The goods I ordered from you have been duly re- 

 ceived, and I am pleased lo t5iaie 111 at 1 am much 

 satistled with lUem, and wih always give you my 

 patronage. A. ti. Gkovks. 



bash, Jamaica, W. T., Aug-. 20. 



I received the hibels all right, and I must say I 

 was more tliau pleased wuii them. I like your 

 style, ta.ste, and design in putting' them up. 1 

 would say to all who wish nice tasty labels, that 

 they had better give Bro. Kooc a chance at them. 1 

 will guarantee tliey will lie more than pleased with 

 them. G. W. Ream. 



Franklin, Tenn., Sept. 13. 



root's goods. 



1 took a tlyingr visit to M. H. Hunt's, July 31. 1 

 found Mr. H. a good g-enial fellow. He soon took 

 his departure on business, leaving his guest in 

 charge of Cliester Thompson, who, by the way, is a 

 kind fellow wiio likes to show up Root's goods, and 

 talk on the subject of bees. Well, 1 saw every thing 

 needed in an apiary. Those polished sections are 

 beautiful; the Crane smoker is immense; Hottnian 

 frames are equally handy. Chester has every tiling 

 nicely arranged— all handy to show. He says Koot's 

 goods are the best, and he ought lo know, l;or he is 

 threescore and len— hale, sound, and hearty. But 

 that is not all Chester can do. He raises bush lima 

 beans. Thej' look Hue— as well as the rest of the 

 garden. Chas. Bieky. 



Northville, Mich., Aug. 7. 



AN EXCEEDINGLY KIND CRITICISM. 



Mr. Roof .'-In Gleanings for Sept. 1, page 700, 

 you class all persons who use tobacco as hjafers. 

 Now, Mr. Root, you say a great deal. Is not your 

 mantle of charity a little on -sided? I know a 

 great many good honest business men, and 1 think 

 good Christians, who use the tilthy weed— men who 

 are openhearttd in charities. I have been a reader 

 of Gleanings for many years, and could not well 

 get along without It; and 1 like to read your ex- 

 hortations and sermons; and, in fact, I peruse the 

 whole of it very carefully, and find many good 

 things in it. But when you raise your a.v to strike, 

 you must keep very close to the line. Let the good 



Master be our judge, not feeble and selfish man. 

 I will not give you my name at this time. But I 

 will remind you of this when I see you again. May 

 God speed you in the right line of duty. 



A Friend. 



[Dear unknown friend, the man who could not 

 take such a very kind and friendly criticism un 

 yours must be stubborn indeed; and before I go 

 any further 1 wish to thank you for your very kind- 

 ly warning When I turn to page 70d, however, all I 

 can find is the following: "There were no nasly 

 spittoons, and there were no loafers chewing and 

 spitting, and puffing tobacco smoke in your face." 

 I am sure this di^es not by any means say that all 

 tobacco-users are loafers. In fact, 1 had no such 

 thought in mind, for I know better; but I still 

 think that smoking and chewing tobacco is the in- 

 evitable adjunct of a loafer, it not his marked pe- 

 culiarity, home of my very best friends are users 

 of the weed, and I should be exceedingly sorry to 

 hurt their feelings by any thing unfriendly or un- 

 courteous. Nearly all of tiiem admit, however, that 

 tobacco-using is not a, thing to be commended or 

 encouraged. In fact, I never knew a good man who 

 waiited his boy to use it. Many contracted the 

 habit years ago, perhaps in youth, and IJnd it just 

 now very difficult and inconvenient to break off. 

 What I had in mind was this: In traveling 1 go into 

 many tine hotels. I admire the arrangements tor 

 the comfort of traveling people who are obliged to 

 be away from home. Ot coinse, the use of tobacco 

 is not permitted in all the rooms of these tine ho- 

 tels; but it seems to be permitted and encouraged 

 in the hotel office. In tact, the fine hotel at Lake- 

 side was, so far as I can remember, i he only real 

 nice liotel where there was not a case ot cigars near 

 by the desk. Since you remind me of it. I admit 

 that the quotation I made above was a little severe 

 and sweeping; for in our best hotels the real loafer 

 is not, as a rule, tolerated. Those who smoke are 

 often, as you say, exceedingly busy men, and very 

 often men of great ability — not, however, /jpcuMse 

 of tobacco, but in spite of its awful effects. I will 

 try. dear brother, to be more careful, and to let God 

 be our judge. Your closing kind words, coming as 

 they do after your kind rebuke, fairly touch my 

 heart.] A. I R. 



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 Price list free. GREGORY BROS. & SON, 



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Gash for Beeswax! 



Will pay 22c per lb. cash, or 2.")C in trade for any 

 quantity of good, fair, average beeswax, delivered 

 at our R. R. station. The s'ime will be sold to those 

 who wish to purchase, at 30c per lb., or 33c for hcft 

 sriectfd wax. Old combs will nut be accepted under 

 anil ci)n.-<ideratii)n. 



Unless you put your name on the box. and notify 

 us by mail of amount sent, I can not hold myself 

 responsible for mistakes. It will not pay as a gen- 

 eral thing to send wax by express. 



A. I. BOOT, Medina.Ohio. 



