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r UNrunSTAND you offer any man who will 

 |F stop using tobacco, a smoker. Well, I will com- 

 ll ply with those terms. I make f ou the regular 

 *• promise, if 1 ever commence smoking tobacco 



again, 1 will pay for the smoker. 

 Glenwood, Pa., Oct. 17, 1885. C. D. Bennett. 



You said you would send any one a smoker who 

 would stop using tobacco. I stopped chewing one 

 year ago, and went to smoking. Since last May I 

 have not used it in any shape. If j'ou see fit you 

 can send me a smoker. If I commence using the 

 weed again 1 will pay you all you ask for your smo- 

 ker. L. F. Cousins. 



Utica, Pa., Dec. 28, 1885. 



I received my watch a few days ago in good order; 

 but last night I hung it up and when I got up this 

 morning I found the crystal broken, from some un- 

 known cause. I suppose the glue must have 

 frozen and caused it to break. If you will send me 

 a new crystal, I will promise to quit using tobacco. 

 Charlie Harrison. 



CoUinsburg, Bossier Parish, La., Feb. 1, 1886. 



I notice that you will give a smoker to all who 

 stop using tobacco; and as I have been using it, I 

 think I can stop -for a smoker. I have two colonies 

 of blacks, which I expect to Italianize in the spring. 

 It is agreed, that I pay you for the smoker and the 

 postage, if I ever use a crumb of tobacco again. 



Rockingham, Va. W. O. Roudabush. 



A NEIGHBOR HAS QUIT. 



I have 34 stands of bees, but I think they are 

 poor pay in this county. I never use tobacco. My 

 neighbor, however, has a few bees, and has lately 

 quit the use of tobacco. He asked me to write to 

 you to send him a smoker. His name is H. L. Rev- 

 ely. Since he quit the use of tobacco I think he is 

 a nice man. If he is ever guilty of using it again I 

 will see that you get your pay for the smoker. 



Austin, Lonoke Co., Ark. E. M. Barger. 



ONE WHO HAS USED THE WEED 15 YEARS. 



I notice from Gleanings, a copy of which was 

 loaned me by a friend, that you otter free to 'any 

 one who will give up the use of tobacco, one of 

 your smokers. I have used tobacco for fifteen 

 years, and at one time was an'inveterate smoker; 

 but 1 have given it up; and if you feel inclined to 

 send me a smoker I shall feel grateful; and should T 

 again take up the use of tobacco I agree to remit 

 you the usual price of a smoker. 



Boyce, La., Nov. 33, 1885. W. P. Bradford. 



MIXING BUSINESS AND RELIGION. 



I am very much pleased with the Christian tone 

 of your magazine; and as to mixing religion with 

 business, I say the more the better; and there must 

 be something wrong with the business that is 

 ashamed or afraid of religion. 



I might say something in regard to using and sell- 

 ing tobacco— the Lord saved me from using it sev- 

 eral years ago, and the clear light revealed that it 

 was as great an evil to sell as to use it. I find it is 

 just as easy to do a clean business, as any other, 

 and much more in accord with a clear conscience 

 and Bible truth. There is victory for every slave to 

 the habit, in Jesus' name. J. E. Bristol. 



Harpersville, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1886. 



KIND WORDS FOR GLEANINGS. 



I like Gleanings better every time I get it. I let 

 my neighbor read it, especially the 15th, or middle 

 numbers, and he, too, thinks it splendid. Well, my 

 neighbor who got a smoker when I did, for quitting 

 the use of tobacco, I am sorry to tell you, has gone 

 to using the weed again; and as soon as I can get 

 up a club of a few names for Gleanings I will send 

 the money for the smoker. I still " hold the fort" 

 in regard to tobacco, and hope I alwaj-s may. 



Henton, 111. F. P. Hish. 



I have taken Gleanings for the past six months, 

 and I think it is a very valuable journal, especially 

 Our Homes and also the Tobacco Column; in fact, it 

 is a fine work all through, and is doing much good. 

 May you live long to continue it. I have commenc- 

 ed keeping bees, and I enjoy it very much. I com- 

 menced last spring with two stands, and have gone 

 into winter quarters with 11. I am making chaff 

 hives for ne.\t season. May I ask what is the best 

 permanent packing— chaff or sawdust? I have quit 

 the use of tobacco, after using it for ten years, for 

 good. If you think me worthy of one of your smo- 

 kers you may send me one. If I ever use tobacco 

 again I will send you $5.0D for it. Wm. D. Soper. 



Jackson, Mich., Dec. 1, 1885. 



We prefer chaff to sawdust for packing. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I have received the A B C of Bee Culture, and It 

 is the best bee-book that 1 have seen. 

 Douglas, Putnam Co., O. H. D. Friend. 



THAT CALIFORNIA HONEY, FINE. 



That California honey is fine. That is the first 

 extracted honey that people ever saw in our town, 

 as 1 have not used an extractor yet mj'self . Par- 

 ties who have bought of that hoiiey praise it won- 

 derfully. E. ISALISBUltY. 



Ossian, Ind. 



WELL PLEASED WITH THE GOODS. 



I received the goods yesterday. They came 

 through in good condition. I am well pleased with 

 them. I think the smokers can not be excelled. 

 Please accept many thanks for sending the order 

 so promptly. 1 have found that, in sending for 

 small orders, there is very little difference in either 

 express or freight to this place, except in time. 



St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 27, 1885. Joseph F. Aeby. 



OUR JOB AVORK GIVES GOOD SATISFACTION. 



The package of circulars and envelopes came to 

 hand yesterday, and they are a very fine job. We 

 are highly pleased, both with the work and the very 

 reasonable price charged, and we feel sure they will 

 greatly help our trade. The cut which you had 

 made for us is a beauty, and shows the working of 

 the machine to perfection. G. W. Stanley. 



Wvoming, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1886. 



A PREMIUM FOR THE SECOND LARGEST CLUB FOR 

 GLEANINGS FOR 1886. 



Friend Root:— 1 will second Mr. P. L. Viallon's of- 

 fer as per last issue of Gleanings, by ottering to 

 the bee-keeper who gets the second largest number 

 of subscribers for your journal, between now and 

 the 15th of June, one of my two-frame white-banded 

 albino nuclei, with untested queen, to be delivered 

 June 15, 1886. I will also nWe one of these nuclei 

 and queens to the bee-keeper who sends me the 

 iirst order for a nucleus after this date, and accom- 

 panied with cash ($3.00), both to be delivered June 

 15, 1886. Chas. H. Smith. 



Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Mass., March 4, 1886. 



[Many thanks, friend S.; but your last offer, it 

 seems to me, might not fall to the. one who made 

 thefirstorder, but the one who lived nearest to you; 

 for parties a good way off' might not have a chance 

 to have their orders reach you as soon as those 

 near bj'.] 



