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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov 



the contrast between them and the minis- 

 ter's family was a little apparent, and onr 

 good friend Mr. Culp, when the matter was 

 mentioned to him, objected, on tlie ground 

 that they were not propt-r company for Ids 

 family, or something to that effect. His 

 wife 'pleasantly asked him if he didn't lack 

 charity just a little. Now, the sermon the 

 next Sunday was to be on charity, and this 

 gave the rebuke a double force : in fact, it so 

 upset him that he couldn't get on with his 

 sermon ; and when in dismay he tried to 

 tind another text, he could not get on with 

 any other one, and so he went moping about 

 in one of his melancholy moods all the week. 

 When his wife tried to' rally him he told her 

 that slie had spoiled his sermon by what she 

 said about charity. How could one preach 

 charity to the wa^rld, when he had none him- 

 self? In vain he prayed God that the temp- 

 ter might be made to get behind. Satan fol- 

 lowed him, and pestered him (some of us 

 know how it is, or I am mistaken), and hung 

 on to him, even to the very churcli-door. He 

 had no text and no sermon. In agony he 

 prayed to God to deliver him, and. unlike 

 Jonah of old, promised to do God's bidding, 

 if it were only made i)lain. He walked up 

 the aisle to the pulpit. No doubt his good 

 wife prayed too. What do you think? No 

 such sermon was ever heard from Brother 

 Culp, or any other brother, from that pulpit ; 

 and as they rode home his wife pleasantly 

 accused him of deceiving her when he had 

 such a grand sermon prepared. His reply 

 was something like this : " My dear wife, I 

 did not deceive you. I had no sermon pre- 

 pared at all. Satan clung to me until I had 

 actually put my foot oii the pulpit-steps. 

 Then God heard my cry, and ai:s\vered. He 

 took the tempter away, and for one whole 

 hour God ruled, and Satan was gone. If I 

 can, before I die, have the consciousness 

 that Satan has been banislied for ever, as he 

 was for that one brief hour, and that he 

 sliall trouble me no more, it will be the cul- 

 minating joy of my life.'' 



Tlie above are probably not the words 

 used, but the substance. His prayer was an- 

 swered ; and before the poor lired weary 

 soul took its flight, weaiy in figliting agains't 

 sin, the reward came. I will close, with an 

 extract from his obituary, as furnished by 

 his wife : 



As the friends gathereJ a'loiit his (lying- bed, he 

 requested to be proi>))ed np, and said, " If the Lord 

 will give me strength, I want to glorify him once 

 more before I go." He talked with unaccustomed 

 ► trength. He ascribed all that he was to the fact 

 that the Methodist Church had taken him, when a 

 poor orphan boy, had cared for and been a mother 

 to him. " Now," said he, " I am about to exchange 

 a cottage for a kingdom. 1 have prayed that the 

 veil might be lifted before I crossed over, and it is. 

 My si)iritual sky is as clear as the noonday sun. I 

 see the open gates of the New Jerusalem, the river 

 and trees of life, and I am going to live with my 

 Heavenly Father eternally." For an lu>ur he seemed 

 to see and describe the beauty and glor.\- of the Heav- 

 enly City. He then said: "1 have tried to preach 

 Christ in life, and now I can say, Behold; behold 

 the Lamb! " We never heard a more vivid descrip- 

 tion of heaven than came from his lips. The Lord 

 Jesus made his dj'ing bed more soft than downy 

 pillows are: no thorns in it. It was all radiant with 

 the glory of the upper world. 



Don't you remember ,friends, the promise? 



Eye hath not iseen. nor ear heard, neither have tnt red into 

 the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for 

 them that love him.— I. Cou. 2:9. 



FIU)M 73 TO 136 AND 10,003 LBS. OF HONEY. 



^E have not had a very good honey season 

 this year, being wet and rainy till the first 

 of July. I commenced with 73 good stands 

 this spring; increased to 136, and about90 

 of them double stories. I have taken since 

 the 15th of July, ending on the 13th of October, 8030 

 lbs. extracted, and 2033 lbs. nice No. 1 comb honey. 

 Having to hire nearly all mj' work done, I think 

 this is doing pretty well. Some day, not very far 

 distant, I will tell you how I came to be a bee-keep- 

 er. Samuel D. Hates. 

 New Madrid, Mo. 



I have sold my honey well, I think — 18c for white- 

 clover honey, and 17 for dark honey in 1-lb. sections, 

 delivered at Columbus, O., crates to be returned. 

 Extracted honey sold at home for 10 cents. 



J. A. BUCKLEW. 



Clarks, Coshocton Co., O., Oct. 11, 18f4. 



A FISII-GLOBE FILLED WITH HONEV. 



Since I started in the business, and exhibited hon- 

 ey, both extracted and in boxes, there has been 

 quite a demand for bees, honey, etc. I inverted a 

 fish-globe over a hive for the bees to build in, which 

 was done nicely. I have it on exhibition on my 

 counter. It has created quite a sensation. It seems 

 that every one wants to Invest, and look to me for 

 information. A. Loweh. 



Griffin, Ga., Oct. 31, 1884. 



5000 LBS. OP CLOVER HONEY. 



I had .5000 lbs. of clover honey of my own raising, 

 but am nearly sold out. Basswood was a failure 

 here this year. C. Oliver. 



Springboro, Pa., Oct. 13, 1884. 



Friend O., you do not tell us how many 

 you started with, nor how many you closed 

 up with, so we can not tell whether you be- 

 long in " R. E." or not ; but as you general- 

 ly do. I think we shall put you there now. 



FROM 11 TO 25, AND 2500 LBS. OF HONEY. 



May 1, 1884, I commenced with 11 full stocks and 5 

 weak ones. 1 have at this date 25 stocks, all in good 

 condition, and 2503 lbs. honey. One old stand gave 

 me 3.50 lbs. alone. The frost killed all early bloom. 

 We had no basswood and very little white clover. 

 I got about 4U0 lbs. red-clover honey; but when 

 buckwheat opened, then business commenced with 

 a vim. I am getting 25 cts. for section, and 10 cts. 

 for clover extracted, and 15 cts. for buckwheat ex- 

 tracted. I shall get rid of the whole of it at the 

 above prices, right out of the store, by Jan. 1. 



Brodhead, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1884. H. Shaw. 



F:!0M 31 TO 55, AND .5330 LUS. OF HONEY. 



Since I have my bees doubled up for winter, and 

 my honey nearly all sold, perhaps my report for the 

 year will now be in order. Put 41 colonies in winter 

 quarters last fall. The first of May found 31 alive, 

 6 of which were queenless, and 25 mostly in poor 

 condition. By equalizing, feeding, and spreading 

 brood-nest, I had most of them working in second 

 stories by the middle of June. Now for results: 

 Extracted .5800 lbs. of honey, and took off 200 lbs. in 

 ■^i-lb. fcctions: increased to ,"5; I ought C8 colonies 

 Sept. 15. Total, 93. G. I). B(,ack. 



Brandon, Iowa, Cct. 27, 1884, 



