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July 



will send you the price of it if my papa begins to 

 use tobacco ag'ain. He says he will never use it any 

 more. GII.MKl^ 11. Houchins. 



Pipestein, Summers Co., W. Va., May 17, 1S80. 



HEKH IS THE HUStir.T. 



I received my smoker, and my i)a received his 

 "Dose of Truth." He thinks it a graiid document. 

 His weight last Christmas was 17.') pounds. Since he 

 has quit the use of tobacco he has gone uj) to 207 

 pounds. His friends say he will have to commence 

 it again, but he says, "No, never." 



Gii.MEK K. HorciiiNS. 



Pipestem, W. Va., .lune 7, l."8fi. 



That is the kind of talk, friend (iilmer. 

 Tell your father not to take up tobacco 

 again, even if he should weigh half a ton. 



TWO MORE WHO TAKE THE PLEDGE. 



Giving up tol)acco has become so much of 

 an established fact that a couple of men re- 

 cently came into our store, asking for smo- 

 kers, saying they were going to give up to- 

 bacco, and were willing to have tlieir names 

 published ; and if they ever use it again, 

 they will pay for the smokers. The names 

 and address are as follows: Alex. McKee 

 and U. B. Mclntyre, Hinckley, O. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I have received the labels, and am very well pleas- 

 ed with them, both as to quality and price. Thanks. 

 Anaheim, Cal. Ai.t'iiED W. Hinde. 



I have received the goods I ordered of .^ou. They 

 gave perfect satisfaction. The sections were the 

 finest I ever saw. W. A. Anthony. 



Sasser, Terrell Co., Ga. 



My foundation came to hand June IDlli. It was 

 the best I ever had. Please accept f hanlis for your 

 kind and prompt attention. Mus. M. A. Wilkins. 



Seneca, Nemaha Co., Kan., June 2;:, ISSti. 



I received sections and other things in good order. 

 I am very much pleased with theui. I will order 

 some more soon. Henkv W.alteu. 



Orange, Orange Co., Tex., June 2~, 1«8(). 



1 received the f 1.03 queen from .> ou some time 

 since. 1 introduced her in a hive of t)lack bees; 

 when her eggs hatched 1 found they were very 

 bright pure Italians. 1 am very much pleased with 

 her. C. MooHHousE. 



Hibernia, Fla. 



Wife says we enjoy the Home Pai)crs very much, 

 and wishes you may be spared t'b give them to us 

 for many years yet. You see 1 have put it wc, bo- 

 cause I agree with her, and feel that Geeanings 

 would lose a great charm, and that its power for 

 good would be lessened very much by the omission. 



McMinnville, Ore. FuANii S. Hakuing. 



PROMPTNESS. 



The imported queen came to hand June 2d. 1 in- 

 troduced her at halt-past 6 p. m., on the same day. 

 To-day, June 3d, at S p. m., she has laid over 200 egg"s. 

 How is that tor introducing imported queens? 

 Thanks for promptness. 1 did not think you would 

 receive my order in that short time. 



La Salle, 111. Thomas Gedve. 



i>uii careful packing. 



The goods came in good condition, and were quite 

 satisfactory. When 1 deal with you, friend K., 1 

 am never fearful that, when my goods come, they 

 will be carelessly put up, and consequently dam- 

 aged on arrival; and when 1 see them I feel like ex- 

 claiming, " Oh I if everybody would be as careful, 

 how much pleasure and benefit it would amount to 

 in the world." John 8. WomiiM'). 



Oj-jeao, OraiiB'e Co., Fla., ,1 une 24, imh 



I received goods shipped by you. The order was 

 correctly filled; goods came in fine order. I am 

 well pleased with every article and style of packing 

 —so much so that 1 e.xpect to give you my entire 

 patronage in the future. W. F. Cooper. 



Itasca, Hill Co., Te.xas, June 6, 1886. 



WEI. I. pleased with our bees. 



I received the bees June 12th all iMght. I am 

 much jileased with them. Many thanks for the ex- 

 tra frame and the amount of bees you sent. Your 

 mode of shipping is all i-ight. I am well pleased 

 with the A !!(' book. I hope I may have success. 

 To-day. June 18, thev are working finely. 



Woolwich, Pa , June 18, 1886. F. T. Rahokn. 



pehfect satisfaction. 

 i Your goods on both shipments came all right, and 

 were of good (luality. I could get them nearer; but 

 I am so well ])leased with my deal with you that 1 do 

 not sec the ])lace to break off, and the goods give 

 perfect satisfaction. Joseph Swift. 



State Center, la., June II, 1886. 



OUR ten-cent honey-knife. 



It may not be amiss to tell you that your little 

 ten-cent honey-knife, which cost flftoen cents by 

 mail (and none of my friends guessed a less price 

 than 2.5 cents) proves itself a great convenience. 

 It is little, if at all, inferior to the longer and more 

 expensive patterns. Daviu Strang. 



Lincoln, Tenn., June 22, 1886. 



I think the California honey "takes the cake"— 

 perfectly magoiticent, but a great many don't 

 like it. J. M. Jenkins. 



Wetumka, Elmore Co., Ala., June 17, 1886. 



[Friend J., it is a little singular that we have so 

 many reports just about like yours. A good many 

 people think that California honey is "magnificent," 

 as you say: but, strange to add, others don't like it; 

 and, as you say, those who "don't like it" are "a 

 great many."] 



G. m. doolittle's opinion of terry's new book. 



Terry's " Winter Care of Horses and Cattle " is at 

 hand. It is a book that should be in the hands of 

 every person in the land. VVith many, the height 

 of their ambition seems to be the largest numbers 

 with the least attention; in others, a poor old horse 

 — so poor you can count every rib 50 feet away, to 

 push and spur through every day. 



Borodino, N. Y. G. M. Doolittle. 



GLEANINGS AS AN .ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 



I ordered a select tested queen of you. May 34. In 

 eight days she was here, and in the hive. On the 

 ninth day she was laying. That is iiusiness on time, 

 I think, from North Carolina to Ohio. I am well 

 pleased with the Buckeye window-sash lock. How 

 was the candy made that was with the queen— all 

 sugar, or not ?• When made of honey and sugar, 

 do you dissolve the sugar in water, and how long 

 does it take to cook it V I got into business by in- 

 serting an advertisement for black queens, in 

 Gleanings, (jrders came from all over the North- 

 ern States till 1 had to say stop. I am Italianizing 

 all that are in reach of me; and as fast as I can 

 find hybrid (lueens, the friends can have them. 



W. P. Davis. 



Goodman, Anson Co., N. C, June 13, 1886. 



[The bee - candy is simply honey and powdered 

 sugar made into a stiff dough. See A B C] 



terry's new book. 



[The kind notices of this little volume are at hand 

 by the hundred. We select the following from 

 among them:] 



"The Winter Care of Horses and Cattle,' is the 

 title of a pamphlet fioni the pen of T. B. 'J'ei-r.\', "so 

 well known as an alile writer in the agricultural 

 papers, as well as a "live man' at our sigricultural 

 Institutes." This very humane and Christian work 

 should be in the hands of every one who owns or 

 drives a horse or provides for the wants of domes- 

 tic cattle. The reading of the book will undoubt- 

 edly increase the number of merciful men and 

 woinen, and assist largely in promoting i-ighteous- 

 ness in the earth. Every thing connected with the 

 prosperous management of these animals, — the 

 shelter, feeding, watering, etc.. etc., is illustrated 

 in the most carrful numner — T/c Manifesto, Shaker 

 ViUalJC,^'. H. 



