1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULT LIKE. 



675 



THE BEST BEE-FBEDEB. 



Dr. Miller's feeders, made larg-e enough to feed 20 

 lbs. at once, if you choose. Best feeders out. Just 

 the size of the T super, and we furnish them in flat 

 at same price, W cts. each ; $1.10 for 10; $10.00 per 

 100. Nailed, and joints painted, double this price. 



KIND WCRBS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The goods 1 ordered of you arrived in good order. 

 The iiili-powders are splendid, and the scales are 

 regular "Jim Dandies." You may expect another 

 order from me soon. Sammie Vinson. 



Sonora, Ky., Aug. 6, 1888. 



THAT SMOKER. 



The bill of goods ordered of you has arrived, and 

 all were in good condition. That smoker made my 

 hive of hybrid bees (or, as the boys call them, "wild 

 bees"), keep quiet. I am satisfied with that order, 

 and will try you again. J. S. Evans. 



Nashville, Tenn., July 19, 1888. 



STRAWBERRY-PLANTS LONG DISTANCES BY MAIL. 



Mr. Root:— The strawberry-plants came this morn- 

 ing, in good condition. They were not at all wilted, 

 and the moss around them was quite moist on arri- 

 val. Your method of packing could not be better. 

 Henky C. Holden. 



West Concord, N. H., Sept. 15, 1888. 



I am partial to your magazine, having discarded 

 all others I have tried. You may consider me a 

 subscriber as long as Gt-eanings is in circulation, 

 if I continue a bee-keeper. G. J. HAr,L. 



Rumney, N. H., July 24, 1888. 



[Friend H., I am glad you like our journal, but 1 

 am rather sorry to hear you say that you have dis- 

 cai-ded others. Gleanings is only one among 

 many others equally valuable.] 



QUEEN - EXCLUDING HONEY - BOARDS, QUEEN-EX- 

 CLUDING. 



"l hav^e tried the ;iO wood-zinc honey-boards pur- 

 chased of you, and have taken 1200 1-lb. sections, 

 and in only two cases were the burr-combs attach- 

 ed to the sections, and I think those were caused by 

 want of room, as the cases were full. They are 

 queen-excluding every time. S. C. Corwin. 



Sarasota, Fla., July 6, 1888. 



Friend Root, I am more than pleased with your 

 clean-faced journal. I have received four copies, 

 which well pay me for my SI. 00, even if I were to 

 get no more. The good reading in them will pay 

 anybody, whether he is a bee-keeper or not. You 

 are probably annoyed with thousands of such as 

 this, which fill your waste-basket. M. T. Morgan. 



Waynesburg, Ky., Apr. 21, 1888. 



[Not at all, friend M., when they contain so much 

 of encouragement.] 



gleanings and the tobacco column. 



Your kindness received. Many thanks. T will 

 show my appreciation for your prompt reply by in- 

 closing cash for Gleanings. 1 must say it is the 

 most interesting document I've read on that subject. 

 I heartily indorse your Tobacco Column. All a man 

 would need to do, to get disgusted at the uncivilized 

 habit, would be to be a coach-cleaner, as I am. 



Adam Grogger. 



Solomon City, Kan., May 21, 1888. 



thoroughly pleased; the simplicity well 

 proportioned. 



I am thoroughly pleased with the hives sent. 1 

 was astonished to find every thing so complete — 

 nothing missing, every thing in place. They are 

 nicely nailed up, thoroughly painted white, outside, 

 3 coats; one coat inside. lam glad I adopted the 

 Simplicity. The proportions seem so nicely adjust- 

 ed that every part can be snugly packed without 

 loss of space. It is a comfort to go to a hive and 

 lift up a metal-cornered frame so easily and quiet- 

 ly. You may remember I got all metal corners. 



Thornton, Ind., June 13, 1888. J. A. Utter. 



gleanings sketches. 



I think those sketches of Mrs. Chaddock carrying 

 the bees around are good. I think you must have 

 a real artist in your emi)loy, to make them so good 

 from my poor pencil-scratches. M. B. Chaddock. 



Vermont, 111., July It, 1888. 



[Ves, and we employ several of them, off and on. 

 Our engraving, however, is all done in the cities.] 



the young AMERICA LAWN-MOWER. 



I bought a lawn-mower of you some time ago, 

 and I am glad to say it is the easiest-running and 

 nicest-cutting mower I ever saw. All in need of a 

 lawn-mower should go to A. I. Root. 



Longley, O., Aug. 8, 1888. C. F. Coe. 



[Yes, friend C, you are right. The mower is one 

 of the easiest-running ever made.] 



waiting to catch a whopper. 



I send you one dollar for Gleanings another 

 year. You need not stop sending it till I order it 

 stopped. We do not get any honey from our bees 

 to pay, but, as in ttshing, we keep on hoping, in 

 time, to catch a whopper. The most of the bees 

 here must be fed to survive the winter. Some 

 hives have not one pound of honey in them. I 

 think I never saw it so dry before. 



Byron Benton. 



Bronson, Mich., Sept. 5, 1888. 



how the simplicity hive pleases. 



Wife and I had some visitors a few days since. 1 

 had put up a Sim. hive complete, in a room upstairs 

 set apart for that purpose. I invited our callers 

 upstairs to look at mj' hives, fresh from Ohio. T 

 took off the top board. Visitors said, " Weill cover- 

 ed with tin, and painted; that is good. What is that 

 oil cloth forV" I then showed them the sections, 

 and how to take them out; removed the upper 

 story, and lifted the top case of sections— -exphiin- 

 ing to them as I progressed. 1 took ofl: the lower 

 one, and told them that I now had my crop of hon- 

 ey in the fall, and we would now prepare our bees 

 for the winter. I told them of the chaff cushion 

 and side cushions, and replaced the top. "Really," 

 said they, " that is just splendid." I then took 

 them through the lower story of the hive, and ex- 

 plained it as best I could. They were surprised and 

 amazed; and, as we were turning away, a golden- 

 haired school miss remarked, " I believe I could 

 make honey myself if I could have as nice a house 

 as that is to work in." J.M.Kane. 



Osawatomie, Kan. 



send the blessed tidings all the world 

 around. 

 Bro. Boot:—l am very much gratified in perusing 

 your articles. Our Homes, etc., wherein you say 

 something for the Master. Those articles, as you 

 present them in a practical manner through the 

 pages of your journal, are like apples of gold in 

 pictures of silver. They will find an abode in many 

 a heart, and be the cause of untold good. " My 

 word shall not return unto me void," will be dem- 

 onstrated as the result of your efforts for good. 

 Tou may little think of the great amount of good 

 you are doing by dropping a few words for our 

 Master, while engaged in your business. Many 

 will come forward in "that day," acknowledging 

 you as the instrument in diffusing some spiritual 

 truth that turned their course heavenward, adding 

 stars to your crown. Too often we neglect, while 

 in our hurry through life, to testify for Christ, or 

 drop a kind word to the weary, or offer counsel to 

 some way ward one. How thankful you should be 

 that you have been formed to do some good for 

 others, and acta holy part in the reformation of 

 mankind! around this employment hovers a true 

 dignity, gathers a real splender. Riches and fame 

 are not for ever, and the crown will not endure to 

 all generations: but the glory of doing a kind and 

 lovely act will follow us beyond the sepulcher; and 

 when wealth has crumbled around our tomb, and 

 lame has died away along the shores of time, the 

 solemn employments of this life will rise up to 

 gladden the heart and throw a charm over the 

 pages of imperishaMe memory. In the language 

 of that once sweet Christian singer, P. P. Bliss, — 

 " Send the blessed tidings all the world around ; 

 Spread the joyful news wherever man is found." 

 Loysburg, Pa. J. S. Biddlb. 



