1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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prospect is ^ood lor a lull crop of honey. Crops 

 arc fine in this lo!_".ility. Mollie A. Taylok. 



Ozen, Ark., Aug. 2, 1886. 



HAS USED IT FOR 18 YEAHS 



I hcreb}' say that I have quit the use of tobacco, 

 after making myself a slave to it lor 18 years. 

 You will please send me a smoker, according- to 

 your agreement; and I pledge myself that, when I 

 shall commence the use of tobacco I will forward 

 the price of smoker to you. R. J. West. 



Verona, Mo., Aug-. 10, 1886. 



I received the smoker all rig-ht, and am well 

 fileased with it. I w.ll endeavor to fulfill my con- 

 tract with you. R. J. We.st. 



Verona, Mo., Aug-. 31, 1886. 



1 see that you give a smoker to all who will leave 

 off using tobacco. If you will send me a smoker 

 I agree to let tobacco alone; and if I take it up 

 again I agree to send the pay for it. E. Ladd. 



Meredith Village, N. H., Aug. 11, 1886. 



QUITS IT AT 45 YEARS OF AGE. 



C. C. Lee requested me to say to you that he 

 learned to use tobacco before he can remember, 

 and has used it all his life. He is 4.") years old. He 

 says if jou will send him a smoker (he has quit), 

 if he ever uses any more tobacco he will pay you 



lor it. W. D. TiTCHENELL. 



Pleasant Hill, West Va., Sept. 9, 1886. 



I presumed that Ihe promise to pay fcr the smo- 

 ker upon becoming a smoker was implicit; in lact, 

 a necessary inference, at all events. 1 consider 

 myself bound in honor to pay for the same, ac- 

 cordingly to conditions named by you. 



Woodstock, III., Aug. 8, 1S86. A. W. Cummins. 



don't CRAVE IT NOW. 



You sent me a smoker when I quit the use of 

 tobacco. 1 have never used it since, and I don't 

 crave it now. It has been a great hel[) to me. I 

 have not been sick a minute since I quit the use of 

 it. Rousseau Hukd. 



Mt. Eric, 111., July 30, 1886. 



I have not used any tobacco since May 31, and 

 have determined never to use any more. You may 

 send me one of your smokers, it you tey fit to do 

 so; and should I ever use tobacco again I will send 

 you the price of the smoker. Myi{<jn I. Nouth. 



Novesta, Mich., Aug. 18, 1886. 



My neighbor has been induced to give up the 

 use of tobacco, and requests me to ask you to send 

 him a smoker. He promises to pay for the same 

 if he ever uses tobacco again in any form. 



San Augustine, Tex., July 30, 1886. D. W. Moss. 



A betteh substitute for quietinci bees. 



I see in your Tobacco Column you are giving 

 smokers to encourage men to quit using tobacco. 

 Now, I am a beginner in keeping bees, also in 

 smoking. I am 36 years old, and never kept a pipe 

 in my house until I thought I had to in order to 

 sicken my bees; but it sickens me sometimes 

 worse than it does tlie bees. If you send me a 

 smoker I shall not be obliged to smoke with a pipe. 

 T am well pleased with Gleanings and with the 

 ABC book you sent mc. I think no one keeping- 

 bees can afford to be without either. 1 would not 

 take many times their cost and bo without them. 



Sandusky, N. Y., Aug, 21, 183fi. U. G. LEWts. 



has gone to stay. 



I have given up tobacco, and it has gone to stay. 

 Although 1 have never been a habitual user of the 

 weed, 1 found that it was beginning to get the 

 better of me, and, not desiring- to become a slave 

 to the vile stuff, I made up my mind that I would 

 quit; and so, throwing away that filthy cigar, I 

 .said, "That's the last tobacco that shall go into my 

 mouth, and I will keep my promise." Now, I don't 

 want a smoker, but I should like to have the book 

 entitled, "A Dose of Truth," which perhaps may 

 help me along in this one good act of my life. 



E.MERY E. Benders. 



Aspers, Adams Co., Pa., July, 1886. 



Frieiul I?., we notice you fought the battle 

 with tobacco near the place where the battle 

 of Gettysburg was fought. 



FRIEND ERWIN TAKES THE PLEDGE, AND MORAL- 

 IZES ON TOB.ICCO IN POETICAL MEASURE. 



I just received your postal, requesting me to 

 pay for the smoker if I ever use tobacco again. I 

 promise to pay you for two smokers if 1 ever use 

 tobacco again in my life. I took a pledge when I 

 was a little boy about 8 years old, never to use in- 

 to.xicating- licjuors as a beverage, and I have kept 

 that pledge 43 years, and feel sure I can the rest of 

 my days. I know I can do the same with tobacco. 



That i)ei-nicious weed, whose scent the fail- annoys, 



Unfriendly to our highest joys; 



Its worst effeet is banishing for hours 



The ?ex wliose presence civilizes ours. 



It is, indeed, the drufr the pardener wants. 



To poison vevinin that infest his plants; 



Are we to wit ;ind lieauty ciuite so blind 



As to ilespise the tflory of our kind, 



.\nd show the softest minds and fairest forms 



.\s little mercy as the gr)ibs and worms » 



F. M. Erwin. 



Newhal!, Los Angeles Co., Cal., Aug. 6, 1886. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



THE A B C. 



The A B C of Bee Culture is at hand. I am de- 

 lighted with it. It is rich with illustrations, and 

 replete with interest. Every page is ablaze with 

 inspiring thought. G. A. Farrand. 



Rockport, O., Sept. 18, 1886. 



HOW OUR IIIVE MATERIAL FITS. 



If ever I had fun it was in putting those queen- 

 hives together, which you made to order for me; 

 every thing fits nicely. I believe I now have the 

 very' best queen-rearing hives in use. 



Grocsbcck, O. W. S. Pouder. 



THE GRAMMAR CLASS IN BEE CULTURE. 



I am very much pleased with Ei-ncst. I believe 

 if he lives he will be to the " grammar class " what 

 his father has been to the A B C— viz.. an honest, 

 earnest guide. I like especially his style of drop- 

 ping- a word occasionally for his Master, and wish 

 him the heartiest success. Geo. W. Blake. 



Cape May City, N. J., Sept. 8, 1886. 



[Thanks, friend B. Your kind words are not with- 

 out encouragement. Yes, dear friend. I hope I 

 shall ever try to droj) a word for the Master.] 



OUR UNTESTED QUEENS. 



The tested queen you sent to mc in June last is a 

 prize to me. I would not take $2:5 for Ijer and her 

 colony. Her workers are of a beautiful bright yel- 

 low, vorv gentle, and as smart workers as I ever 

 had in my apiary. They all show three bands dis- 

 tinctly, an'd that when they are entirely empty. I 

 do not think thev can be excelled by any. 



J/Onoke, Ark., Aug. 16, 1836. A. J. UL.VCKFOaD. 



