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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15. 



My father has quit chowing tobacco, and he 

 says if you will send him a smoker he will keep 

 it as a pledge to never use tobacco again in any 

 form. Send it to me and I will stand as a wit- 

 ness. M. C. Rawsox. 



Quincy, Mich., Mar. 17. 



Mr. Chas. Ferris and N. J. Whitlock have 

 this day quit the use of tobacco in any form, 

 through the influence of CJleanings. Please 

 send them smokers. If they use tobacco again 

 I will pay for the smokers. O. C. Abel. 



Wayviile, N. Y., April 30. 



Will you please send to my brother, A. C. 

 Whiting, a smoker, as he has quit the use of 

 tobacco through the inlluence of Gleanings'? 

 He also has a few bees. He has not used 

 tobacco for about three months. If he ever 

 uses it again I will pay for the smoker. 



Mapleton, Utah, April 14. E. M. Whiting. 



John Riley, a friend of mine, of this place, 

 after using tobacco for about six years, solemn- 

 ly pledges himself to quit the use of it. If he is 

 entitled to a smoker, please send it; and if he 

 ever resumes the use of tobacco I hereby agree 

 to pay you for the smoker. Thomas Tousley. 



Woodyard, Ohio, Mar. 14. 



Please send Mr. Irwin Johnson and E. M. 

 Carrier one smoker apiece. They have stopped 

 using tobacco, and say if you will send them 

 a smoker they will keep it in sight to remind 

 them of their pledge. I will vouch for their 

 honesty. G. A. Cakriek. 



Summersville, Pa., March 7. 



My two sons are beginning to keep bees. 

 They have been using tobacco for some time, 

 but have quit, and agreed to stay quit, and 

 think that, under your offer, they are each 

 entitled to a smoker. If they break over they 

 will pay for the smokers. J. S. Withehspoon. 



Siverly, O., March Id. 



Having been a subscriber to (tLeanings, and 

 being induced to give u\) the use of tobacco by 

 reading it, I now claim a smoker. I quit it nine 

 months ago, after having used it for 32 years. 

 If I ever use it again in any form T will pay for 

 the smoker. I want it as a reminder. 



Reed Creek, Ga., April 29. J. L. Bailey. 



I referred C. W. Satterloe to the Tobacco Col- 

 umn, and showed him what it had done for 

 friend March and his German friend, and he 

 wants one too, so please send him a smoker: 

 and if he ever uses tobacco in any form again I 

 will pay you for the smokt^r. F. B. Jones. 



Howard Lake, Minn.. Mar. 1. 



Will you be kind enough to send me a smo- 

 ker ? I have quit the use of tobacco altogether. 

 I never intend to use it again. I feel much 

 better than when I used the weed. I have 

 gained 15 lbs. in weight since I gave up the 

 filthy habit. Should I ever use it again I will 

 remit the price of the smoker. Samuel Cole. 



Cass City, Mich., April 6. 



I have received the third copy of Gleanings; 

 and after reading the Tobacco Column I have 

 resolved to stop the use of tobacco. If you 

 desire to add one more to your list of converts, 

 please send me a smoker. I will solemnly 

 pledge myself never to use tobocco; and by the 

 help of God I hope to keep my pledge. Should 

 I ever use it again I will ])ay for the smoker. 

 FuED W. L. Schmidt. 



Long Grove, Iowa, Apr. 11. 



After using tobacco thirty years. I have, 

 through the influence of Gleanings, and the 

 help of God, quit the bad habit; and I intend 

 to stay quit. If I am entitled to a smoker, 

 please send it, and I will pay for it if I ever use 

 tobacco again. Joseph H. Rf:DFiELD. 



Franklin, Tenn., May 2. 



I see that you, like myself, are opposed to the 

 use of tobacco. I have quit the vile stuff while 

 I have recently become a subscriber to Glean- 

 ings. You have been sending me sample copies, 

 and I have noticed the Tobacco Column, but I 

 can't say that I was influenced to quit from 

 what I read in that, for I read all that I saw on 

 the subject. If you think I am entitled to a 

 smoker, send it along. I will never use tobacco 

 again. God being my helper. J. S. Mann. 



Princeton, Ark., April .30. 



If you are still sending out smokers to those 

 that give up the use of tobacco, you may send 

 me one of them if you please, a.s I believe I am 

 entitled to it. I have used tobacco for about 

 l(i or IS years; but after reading your Tobacco 

 Column for some time I made up my mind to 

 quit the use of the filthy as well as hurtful weed. 

 I have not used tobacco in any form since last 

 Fourth of July, and it is my honest intention 

 never to use tobacco again; if I ever do I will 

 pay you for the smoker. John J. Hoffman. 



Elsinore, Cal., Feb. 1.5. 



I have induced my brother, Mr. George W. 

 Dewiit, of Sunny Side, Md., to stop the use of 

 tobacco, and he agrees to pay you for a smoker 

 if he ever commences the use of it again. He 

 has some fine Italian bees, and it would be an 

 acceptable present if you can send it. I will go 

 his security, and see you get your pay if he 

 ever uses the weed again. Please send a smo- 

 ker to him at Sunny Side, Garrett Co., Md. 



Matthew H. Dewitt. 



Sang Run, Md., April 4. 



A terrible ending. 



I know of a young man 20 years of age who 

 had a shock a few weeks ago, caused by using 

 tobacco. It affected him so as to kill his will 

 power, so he would not work or care for a thing 

 but that and idleness, etc. He made a constant 

 use of it, night and day; and the worst of it 

 was, he began when only nine years old, and 

 kept it from his father for two years. He 

 offered his son a little farm and all, if he would 

 give it up, all to no use. and they say he can 

 live but a short time. He is in the hospital in 

 Lewiston. E. P. Churchill. 



Hallowell, Me., April 5. 



[Well, well, boys; if this is not an "e.xperience 

 meeting," then I never attended one. Some 

 way, March and April seem to have been 

 prolific in good results in the tobacco line. May 

 God bless you all, and may he speed the work. 

 And now while it is well under way, who else is 

 there who will join in and keep the ball rolling? 

 Why, it seems as if such enthusiasm must be 

 catching. Think of the younger ones who are 

 growing up, many of them ready to turn one 

 way or the other; and then stand up and say, 

 " I too, God helping me, take the tobacco 

 pledge." When friend March told me his story 

 I felt sure it would bear a ci'op of something 

 good; and it seems to me I can see that genial 

 smile spread over his face as he reads this num- 

 ber of Gleanings. Old friend, how are you by 

 this time, anyhow? How are the cabbages and 

 the celery and the cauliflower? and, of far more 

 importance, how is the work going on for Christ 

 Jesus over in that new town of AnacortesV] 



A. I. R. 



