1891 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WK GIVE SMOKERS TO PERSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 

 First, the candidate must be one of those who have given up 

 tobacco in consequence of what he has seen and read In this 

 department. Second, he promises to pay for the smoker 

 should he ever resume the use of tobacco in any form, after 

 receiving the smolier. Third, he must be a subscriber to 

 Gleanings. Any subscriber may, however, have smokers sent 

 to neighbors or personal acquaintances whom he has labored 

 with on the matter of tobacco-using, providing he give us his 

 pledge that, if the one who receives the smoker ever uses to- 

 bacco again, he (the subscriber) will pay for the smoker. The 

 one who receives the smoker in this case need not be a sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings, though we greatly prefer that he be one. 

 because we think he would be strengthened by reading the 

 testimonials from time to time in regard to this matter. The 

 full name and address of every one who makes the promise 

 must be furnished for publication. 



XEVEK TO USE TOBACCO AGAIX. 



I have concluded not to use tobacco in any 

 way or form for life: and as you offer a smoker. 

 I should like one: and if I" ever use tobacco 

 again I will pay you the price of the smoker. 



Mt. Horeb. Wis.. July 30, ISiK). M. T. Lowe. 



KEPT FKOM IT FOR (J MONTHS TO STAltT WITH. 



I have quit smoking tobacco for si.\ months. 

 Will you please send me a smoker? If I smoke 

 again I will pay you for the smoker. 



T. C. Bkown. 



Burnside, Mich.. Nov. 19. 1890. 



A BOY OF 1.5 BKKAKS OFF. 



I have been using tobacco, but have conclud- 

 ed to quit. Please send me a smoker, and if I 

 ever use it again I will pay you for the smoker. 

 I am 15 years old, and have 5 nice stands of 

 bees. Fred Bundy. 



Birdseye, Ind., Aug. 31, 1890. 



couldn't BKEAK the FETTERS. 



Find inclosed 7.5 cents in stamps to pay for 

 the smoker you sent me. I have commenced 

 using tobacco again, and, according to agree- 

 ment, must pay for the smoker you sent me. 

 Eljier E. Sharp. 



South Greece, N. Y., Sept. 36, 1890. 



FOR TAVO YEARS A FREE MAN. 



I have received Gleanings for about two 

 years, and through the influence of the Tobac- 

 co Column I have made up my mind to quit 

 chewing the filthy weed. You can send me a 

 smoker: and if I should break my pledge I will 

 pay for the smoker. N. A. Kre.mer. 



Canaan, Ind., July 39. 



A YOUNG CHRISTIAN S CONCLUSION. 



I am now 31 years old, and have been in the 

 habit of using tobacco some, but am trying to 

 be a Christian. I have concluded to do without 

 it, and that I can put my money to better use, 

 and feel better over it. " Please send me the 

 smoker: and if I should use tobacco any more I 

 will pay you for the smoker. 



Peter W. Smith. 



Ephratah, N. Y., Sept., 1890. 



A WIFE GOES SECURITY' FOR HER HUSBAND. 



My husband has been an inveterate smoker 

 for many years, but for some time he has re- 

 solved to discontinue its use. These good reso- 

 lutions have as often been broken. The last 

 three months he has been reading the Tobacco 

 Column, and I think his resolutions have been 

 greatly strengthened thereby, as he has not 

 touched the vile weed in that time. Please 

 send me a smoker; and if he should again 

 break over I will pay you for it. 



Jennie Cherrington. 



Pine Grove, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1890. 



STILL " HOLDING THE FORT. ' 



Through the influence of the Tobacco Col- 

 umn I made up my mind some 18 months ago to 

 quit the use of tobacco. I have used It the 

 greater part of my life. You can please send 

 me a smoker: and if I should ever chew or 

 smoke again I will pay you for the smoker. It 

 has been 18 months since I have used tobacco 

 in any shape. W. S. Fessenden. 



Mountain Home, Texas, June 39, 18t)0. 



A DOXniLE pledge. 



I see that you give a smoker to any one that 

 quits the weed. Please send me one. If I ever 

 commence the use of the weed again I will pay 

 you Sl.OO for the smoker. Will Lane is a friend 

 of mine, and he has quit using tobacco also. I 

 pledge myself to pay for them if we ever com- 

 mence the weed, and will pay you $3.00 for 

 them. John J. Elliot. 



Holden, Mo., Sept. 18, 1890. 



"bringing in THE SHEAVES." 



Friend Root: — I always speak a word in re- 

 gard to tobacco and temperance, and I got a new 

 convert to the cause, friend August Roesler, an 

 energetic man. who has for ever laid aside the 

 filthy weed. If you will send him a smoker I 

 will see that he gets it, and will also watch him 

 close; but he says he will pay for the smoker if 

 he uses the weed again. But no danger; he is 

 settled. Stephen Roese. 



Maiden Rock, Wis., Sept. .30, 1890. 



out of BONDAGE FOR 31 MONTHS. 



I have been a reader of Gleanings for a long 

 time, and have admired your manly, earnest, 

 and liberal efforts to induce people to quit the 

 fllthy use of tobacco. I think it is due your in- 

 fluence, at least in part, that I have been able 

 to leave off the quid. If you see fit to send me 

 a smoker, I shall endeavor to keep it as a testi- 

 mony against the filthy habit. I have not 

 tasted tobacco for 31 months, and hope, by di- 

 vine favor, never to use it again, unless as a 

 doctor prescribes; but should I, in weakness, 

 take to it again, I here agree to pay you full 

 value for the smoker. S. L. Greer. 



Disco, Tenn., Dec, 1890. 



%n^ P0ME?- 



And as Moses lifted up the serpent, even so must 

 the Son ot man be lifted uik that wliosoever be- 

 lieveth ui him should not perish, but have eternal 

 Hfe.— JOHNS: 14, 1.5. 



Toward the close of the article from Bro. 

 Munson, in another column, he mentions a poor 

 opium smoker who came to the missionary doc- 

 tor for something to cure his opium habit. I 

 wonder whether there are any among the read- 

 ers of Gleanings who have had experience in 

 fighting this terrible thing. Physicians tell us 

 that, when one has once become a slave to 

 opium, the tobacco habit and even whisky habit 

 are as nothing compared to it. A good many 

 of them say that the opium eater or opium 

 smoker can not be cured unless his friends take 

 him in hand and keep him from it by main 

 force. Opium so paralyzes the will power that 

 the victim is, in one sense, powerless. A friend 

 of mine who was given opium by his physician 

 has told me something of the terrible struggle. 

 And, by the way, this physician administered 

 it without the patient or his friends knowing 

 what it was that he gav(>. Is it wise or is it 

 right to take medicine of any sort without 

 knowing what you are doing? Our physicians 

 are bound by the laws of the land to tell hon- 



