1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



211 



Forgive me, if I have wearied you with my tedious 

 scrawl. I have not written this for publication (as 

 I have no desire to see my name in print), but part- 

 ly because one loves to tell a fellow-traveler what 

 befalls us by the way, and partly to suggest the 

 thought suggested to my own mind, that the love of 

 Christ introduced into the heart of a man is the sur- 

 est ground to work upon for a thorough reform. It 

 is not probable that we shall ever meet on earth; but 

 if. in the overruling of Providence, you should ever 

 visit this part of the world, we should be most happy 

 to give you a hearty welcome. F. Clare. 



L Orignal. Ont., Can., Feb. 1, 1884. 



Friend C, I do not know but I have taken 

 a little liberty in disobeying your orders; 

 but letters like yours have so "many times 

 proved helpful to other struggling brothers, 

 I could not but feel that you would be will- 

 ing to give it, if it would help any poor soul. 

 Therefore 1 have asked you to give in your 

 testimony for Christ's sake, and for others' 

 sakes. May God be praised for the victory 

 you have won. Thank you, too, for your 

 Very, very kind words, ray brother. 



About three years ago a copy of a certain bee-pub- 

 lication came into my hands. I was interested very 

 much in certain articles contained therein, and one 

 was in regard to the use of tobacco; another was 

 the Merry banks story, and I induced a friend to sub- 

 scribe, and afterward I also became a subscriber. 

 I still was interested in these articles about tobacco; 

 the more so, as I was myself a slave to the filthy 

 habit (why not call things by their right names? it is '. 

 a u(ce), and had been so for perhaps fifteen years. \ 

 Well, after a while (perhaps before this too) the ed- i 

 iter, A. (No.) I. Root, offered to give to any one who 

 would quit, a brand new bellows smoker; and about ] 

 one year ago I thought I would try to quit. How ' 

 well I succeeded you can judge when I say that I } 

 have not made use of a penny's worth since, and I 

 thank my God, whom I endeavor to serve and obey, 

 who will aid all who come to him aright, that I am a 

 free man, so far as this vice is concerned. Did I 

 have a struggle to obtain this mastery? Sometimes 

 it seemed I just could not standout any longer. I 

 was nearly down with nervous prostration; some of j 

 my friends almost advised me to commence again. ! 

 To some I said, " I will die first." I was a great deal ' 

 in the company of those who did use it, and some ; 

 would say, " Here, take a chew; I know you want 

 it." At other times some friend I would meet in 

 town would say, "Here, have a smoke." To all, I 

 said "No," and ?»iertnf it too. 



Little boys, never let this habit get such a firm 

 hold upon you; but rather In its stead, get the love 

 of God in your heart, and there is not much danger 

 then. 



Did any of you ever know of a Christian learning 

 to use tobacco? I did not. Last Sunday at our Sab- 

 bath-school a class of rather small boys (part of 

 them) so lort sight of ail propriety as to chew tobac- 

 co in the house of God, and spit upon the floor to 

 such an extent that it ran quite a way upon ihe 

 floor, and their teacher, a young lady of refinement, 

 had to move away from in front of them. Some, 

 perhaps, will say that a great many families get 

 their living by raising it; and if all would quit its 

 use, that an important branch of agriculture would 

 go down. The ground that will raise tobacco will 

 also raise corn; and by the looks of the empty corn- 



cribs through this part of Ohio, it would certainly be 

 best after all. 



Well, boys and girls, do you think friend Root sent 

 me a smoker? Yes, half a dozen of them, but— I paid 

 him for every one. After all it was not the induce- 

 ment held out, of a flfty-cent stnoker, that caused 

 me to quit, or that enabled me to hold out after- 

 ward; nor do I want one now; but if bethinks there 

 is one due some of you, tell him of some poor old 

 father or mother who has bees, and tell him to send 

 it to such as a surprise. Jacob Guisinger. 



Stanley, Ohio. 



That is a good talk, friend G. Now. then, 

 who will tell us of some poor old father or 

 mother, as you state, to whom I shall send a 

 smoker, instead of sending it to youV 1'hat 

 will be in the line of Christ's work exactly. 

 Just here I want to emphasize a thought 

 presented by the brother who wrote the let- 

 ter before yours. How would Jesus have 

 looked while on earth, using tobacco? And 

 is it not true, dear friends, that the attitude 

 a young man assumes when he commences 

 to smoKe, indicates clearly that the state of 

 his heart is one away from JesusV 



GUAWmC S T« BEE CULTURE^ 



EDITOR AND FUBLISHEK,. 



MEDINA, O. 



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FOR CLUBBING RATES, SEE FIRST PAGE 

 OF BEADING MATTER. 



nVCEIDIlSr^A., li^A.:R. is, 1884. 



We will pay 10 cents apiece for the July No., 1885. 



Until further notice we will furnish a good qual- 

 ity of beeswax for 33 cents. It will be shipped from 

 St. Louis. 



OLD BEE-BOOKS. 



Geo. Neighbour & Sons send us a list of toward 100 

 old bee-books which they offer for sale. Among 

 them we find Huber, translated in 1806, 1808, and 

 1831. Any one may get the list by writing to George 

 Neighbour & Sons, 149 Regent St., London, England. 



If any of the friends in the South have any dollar 

 queens to spare, we will pay $1.25 each for one or 

 two as a sample, if you can get them here alive. We 

 will get them out of the mails, and into a warm place 

 just the minute they arrive. This offer holds good 

 only till our next issue, and I wouldn't try more than 

 one at a time for the present. Our bees are all alive 

 yet: but the tug of war comes this month and the 

 next. 



REVERSIBLE FRAMES. 



A GREAT number of communications have been 

 received on this subject, and quite a number of mod- 

 els. Many of them are frames at fixed distances, 

 which I told you was about out of the question, and 

 others are old devices, some of them having been 

 illustrated in Gleaning.'*. I do not believe it worth 

 while to spend very much time on this matter just 

 yet, friends. Mr. Heddon has an article for our next 

 issue that covers the ground pretty thoroughly. 



