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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 



Also the mother that advises her sons to chew 

 tobacco, and the lather who is proud of his dauj,'h- 

 ter because she can smoke a pipe and dip snuff. 



L want to hear of the physician in jfood standing 

 that recommends his children to use tobacco. 



1 should like it to contain, also, the name of the 

 youngr man that would prefer a bride with a pipe in 

 her mouth. 



Also the name of the man that has good sound 

 sense, and has used tobacco ten years, that has not 

 wished himself clear of the habit scores of times. 



I should like to have the address of the man who 

 can live on tobacco alone and nothing else. 



I should like to have the name of the young man 

 that offers his best girl his plug of natural leaf and 

 a stoga. 



Young man, she has just as good a right to use it 

 as you have. 



Please have the name of the man inserted whose 

 breath is improved by the use of tobacco. 



1 want it to inform me where I can procure a suit 

 of clothes that could be improved by blotches of 

 fllth from a tobacco-chewcr's mouth. 



Also have it contain (in large type) the advantages 

 the tobacco-consumer has over one who does not 

 indulge. 



If tobacco is good to chew, why is it not good to 

 swallow? Please publish the reason. 



It is my opinion, Mr. Editor, that tobacco is a 

 curse to the American people, socially, physically, 

 and financially; and that the raising, manufactur- 

 ing, selling, and consuming, should be everlasting- 

 ly sat down upon by all good citizens; and if your 

 Board of Trade has nothing better to do than to en- 

 hance the popularity of tobacco, they had better 

 trade themselves off for a yaller dog and then get 

 some friend to shoot the dog; for the man that 

 raises one good potato does mankind more good 

 than he who raises tons of tobacco. Buck I. 



We think of coming up and seeing your apiary 

 some time. I have quit using tobacco, after using 

 it for two years. I used to be a lover of it. If you 

 think me entitled to a smoker, send me one. 



Isaac Throsikill,. 



Barbers Mills, Wells Co., Ind., Mar. 8, 1886. 



We should be happy to see yon, friend T. 

 Sometimes we are *•• awfnl " busy, bnt we 

 generally contrive to make it pleasant for 

 visitors. 



I have used tobacco 35 years. If you will send a 

 smoker I will quit the habit or pay lor the smoker. 



W. P. McNamee. 

 Houston, Chickasaw Co., Miss., Feb. 32, 1886. 



Please send me your smoker, us I have none. I 

 quit chewing tobacco some time ago, and I heard 

 you would send a smoker to all who have quit its use. 



Hartwcll, Ga., Mar. 13, 1886. W. M. Vickery. 



As I use tobacco, and am to a limited extent in the 

 bee-business, I send in my petition, with the prom- 

 ise that, if I ever use the vile weed ag^in, I will pay 

 you double pi-ice for the smoker. W. W. Grant. 



Marion, Williamsoc Co., 111., Feb. 19, 1886. 



I promise to pay for the smoker if my father ever 

 returns to the use of tobacco. Albert Cusick. 

 Hartwick, Osceola Co., Mich., March 8, 1888. 



Accept my thanks for the smoker. I am well 

 pleased with it; and if I ever use tobacco again I 

 will pay you for the smoker. John Beckwith. 



McLean, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Mar. 6, 1886. 



QUITS at 4.5 years of age. 



Pa asks me to write to you. He is a man of about 

 45 years of age, and has been using tobacco for a 

 good many years. He declares he will never use it 

 again, and asks you to send him a smoker. If he 

 ever uses it again he promises to pay for the same. 



T. F. gURPHARD. 



Franklin, Venango Co., Pa., Mar. 30, 1880. 



After using tobacco about 15 years, I will quit, 

 and expect never to use it again. If you think I 

 deserve a smoker, please send me one; and if I take 

 up the habit again I will pay for the smoker. 



Jacob Geiser. 



Goshen, Ringold Co., la., March 11, 1886. 



ANY ONE can QUIT. 



I smoked for 3J years, so much that it was a com- 

 mon saying in this neighborhood that, if my pipe 

 were to be found cold, it would be known that I 

 was dead; but 1 have not tasted tobacco for over 

 two years. If I could quit, any one can, if he 

 wants to. J. II. Tinker. 



Olathc, Kan., Mar. 6, 1886. 



TWO FRIENDS HAVE GIVEN UP THE HABIT. 



In compliance with the request of my friends, 

 A. S. Ilulbert and C. H. Mills, I write you to send 

 each of them a smoker by mail to Rozetta, Hender- 

 son Co., 111. They have stopped using tobacco, and 

 promise to pay for the smokers if they commence 

 again. H. G. Gilbert. 



Monmouth, Warren Co., 111., Feb. 11, 1886. 



I saw in Gleanings that you would give a smok- 

 er to any one who would quit the use of tobacco. I 

 haven't used it in any way since last'October; but I 

 was a great slave to it up to that time— 3.) years at 

 least. I did not quit using it to get a smoker; but 

 I promise that if you send me one, if I ever use to- 

 bacco again I will pay you for the smoker. 



C. M. Smith. 



Turncrsville, Coryell Co., Tex., Feb. 16, 1886. 



A "dose of truth" for one who points OUT 

 THE WAY OF TRUTH. 



I have taken the " Dose of Truth." I agree that it 

 shows why the tobacco habit is a growing sin, and, 

 like snuff among females, is one of the woi-st of hab- 

 its. Our clergyman, Kev. E. H. Dixson, Staunton, 

 Fayette Co., O., is an inveterate chewer. If you 

 will not accept pay for the Dose of Truth, please 

 send our minister one. L. F. House, M. D. 



Selden, Ohio, March 16, 1886. 



QUIT USING tobacco AFTER TAKING GLEANINGS. 



1 have quit using tobacco since I commenced tak- 

 ing Gleanings, after using it 40 years, and I have 

 not used it since Jan. 1st. If you think I am en- 

 titled to a smoker, send me one, and if I commence 

 to use tobacco again I will pay you for it. 



We have 30 colonies in Simplicity hives, and one 

 in Root's chaff hive. I am very fond of Glean- 

 ings. John Beckwith. 



McLean, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 33, 1886. 



became a tobacco -user in order to manage 

 bees in the good old way. 



When I got my first swarm of bees, folks all told 

 me I would have to use tobacco smoke in the good 

 old way, to subdue them. That way was with the 

 pipe. I couldn't tell at first which was the worse— 

 the smart of a bee-sting or the sickness from the 

 pipe; but I hung on to the pipe; then, to be more 

 fashionable, I occasionally changed to a cigar; but 

 now I have resolved to quit. No more of my bees 

 will get the full blast of a pipe or cigar, if you will 

 send me one of your smokers. I think the chaff 

 hives are the hive for this country. 



Ilcsler, OvYpn ^o,, Ky., Mar. 15, '86. J. T. Hush. 



