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(jILEANINGS IK BEE CULTUllE. 



Mar. 



Ernest's little brother, aud G. M. DoolitHe. In the 

 summer be would pick up bees, and they stung- 

 him; but he seemed not to mind it. He almost al- 

 ways had a swollen finger. I read on page 950, Dec. 

 15, where Evinger dug out the bumble-bees. When 

 my lather first went to bee-keeping he was working 

 in an old house, and he sawed into a board with a 

 bumble-bees' nest in It. There were about a dozen 

 bees in it. Some were white-faced, some black- 

 faced. I put them by the Are, and they came to, 

 and one of them stung me. It was cold weather 

 about February. Eugene H. Hixon, age 13. 



[,oc'k .53, Washington Co., Md. 



1 should hardly think the bees your papa 

 found in the board were bumble-bees, but 

 rather the carpenter bees, sometimes called 

 by the long hard name of Xylocopa. See 

 Prof. Cook's article on p. 82, Gleanings for 

 Feb. 1. 



TBB^cce CQiiWMN. 



A GAIN OF 36 I,BS. IN FLESH, FOR STOPPING THE 

 POISON. 



K. SBYMOUR G. BUTTON, of this place, gave 



up the use of tobacco last June, after using it 



over ten years, and requested me to get him 



a smoker. In the past seven months, after 



giving up the use of tobacco, he has gained 



in weight from 163 to 199 pounds, and is still gaining. 



If you will send him a smoker I will see that you 



are paid for it if he ever uses tobacco again. 



Edqai{ W. Philo. 

 Half Moon, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1888. 



A LADY TAKES THE PLEDGE AND TAKES A SMOKER. 



Mrs. Mary Bartlett, on presentation of Glean- 

 ings, promises to quit smoking. Send her a smok- 

 er; and if she breaks her pledge 1 will paj^ for it. 



Dec. 27, 1887. L. D. Coffman. 



I stopped using tobacco four years ago. Some of 

 my neighbors have stopped using the weed through 

 my influence, so you see whei'e I for one quit, 1 got 

 three more to do so. Let all non-users stand up and 

 do all they can for their fellow-men. 



Angus, Neb., Feb. 10, 1888. Daniel Miner. 



GOING security FOR A NEIGHBOR. 



An old friend of mine, Mr. Amos Wilson, who has 

 been a slave to tobacco for the past 25 years, prom- 

 ises, by the help of God, never to use it again. If 

 you see fit to send me a smoker, I will give it to him ; 

 and if he ever uses the weed again, I will pay you 

 for it. I use a Clark smoker, and could not do with- 

 out it. .1. C. Frisbee. 



Suflfolk, Va., Feb. 21, 1888. 



THE LONGER THE TIME GETS, THE PROUDER ' GET. 



I have been a slave to tobacco for over seven 

 years, but now am happy to say that I am a free 

 man once more. It is now over six months since I 

 quit using the filthy weed; and the longer the time 

 gets, the prouder I get; so if you think that I am en- 

 titled to a smoker, please send me one; and if lev- 

 er use it again, I will pay you the full amount. 



Coulterville, 111., Jan. 17, 1888. John L. Bonnat. 



GIVING UP TOBACXO AND TAKING UP BEKS. 



I need a smoker very much. I am afflicted with 

 consumption. I have decided to, raise bees and 

 honey, instead of sraoKing, and hereby pledge my- 



self never to smoke again. If I am entitled to a 

 smoker for my pledge, send it along. 

 Fredonia, Kan., Dec. 30, 1887. J. W. Stephen. 



Friend S., you have omitted one little 

 item in regard to our tobacco pledge. He 

 who receives a smoker needs to say, " If I 

 ever use tobacco again in any form I will pay 

 you for the smoker ;" and after having writ- 

 ten this in your own handwriting, sign your 

 name to it." If some good responsible "man 

 signs the contract for you, it will do just as 

 well ; that is, if said man undertakes to pay 

 us for the smoker providing you are ever 

 seen using tobacco again, it will do as well. 



SIGNED, SEALED, AND WITNESSED. 



This is to certify that I the undersigned, Charles 

 M. Lynch, Jr., of Trenton, N. J., do promise to quit 

 using tobacco upon receipt of a smoker. Witnessed 

 by E. E. Guy. Charles M. Lynch. 



Trenton, N. J., Nov. 28, 1887. 



That is the sort, friend L.; but you forgot 

 to add the small item about sending the pay 

 in case you break your pledge. You see, 

 friends, our tobacco pledge is of such a nature 

 that you can get out of it at any time if you 

 find it burdensome to bear ; and you can get 

 out (^f it honorably, too, by handing over the 

 small amount of 70 cents. Surely such a 

 bondage is not a heavy one, is itV 



OUE UNFAITHFUL. 



I have never chewed tobacco, but have been given 

 somewhat to smoking cigars. I have come to the 

 conclusion that it does mo no good, consequently I 

 have pledged myself to smoke no more. If you 

 think I am entitled to a smoker, please send it. I do 

 not come begging; but so many send in their "quit 

 claims" I thought I might as well send mine. I saw 

 a friend smoking here last winter, after receiving 

 the smoker, which I do not think business, although 

 I do not wish to mention the name. I have 85 colo- 

 nies of bees in the cellar, which seem to be in good 

 shape. We have 2' .. feet of snow here in the woods. 

 Mercury has been as low as 27° below zero here. 



Hillsborough, Wis., Jan. 4, 1888. E. Fox. 



Why, friend Fox, it is a duty you owe to 

 your friend as well as to Gleanings, to tell 

 us his name. 1 think, however, the better 

 way would be to go to him privately and say 

 something like this : '' My friend, I saw your 

 name in Gleanings as one who has prom- 

 ised to pay for a smoker if he ever uses to- 

 bacco again. Now, as we regard you as a 

 man who is good for all contracts over his 

 own name in black and white, we expect you 

 to pay Mr. Root for the smoker at once, if 

 you have not already done so." Perhaps 

 some of the friends are careless or thought- 

 less about this. If one who has taken the 

 pledge puts a single grain of tobacco in his 

 mouth, or takes a wliiff of tobacco smoke 

 through a pipe or cigar, there is no honor- 

 able course open to him but to hand over the 

 price of the smoker. If he wants to turn 

 over a new leaf and commence again, all 

 well and good ; but even this does not release 

 him from his promise. One must hold his 

 word and honor in very low estimation who 

 would break it for a paltry 70 cents, especial- 

 ly when this promise has been made right 

 out in public, before the eyes of men as well 

 as before the all-seeing eye of his ('reator. 



