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(JLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. ] . 



Tobacco Column. 



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 tlie smoker 

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

 receiving the smoker. 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. 



Send a smoker to Samuel Roach. If he uses 

 tobacco again he will pay for the smoker. His 

 address is Amity. Pa. H. W. VanKirk. 



Washington, Pa^^ 



Having been a subscriber to Gleanings, and 

 being induced to give up the use of tobacco 

 thereby. I now claim a smoker. If I ever use 

 the weed again I will pay for the smoker. 



A. H. Cooper. 



Tanners, Gilmer Co., W. Va., June 27. 



My soil. C. H. Otis, who has smoked and 

 chewed for ten years, has agn^ed to quit for 

 good if you will .send him a smoker. I will pay 

 for it if he ever commences again. I. Otis. 



Dunlap, Har. Co., la.. June T. 



My boy Pearl has been using tobacco for the 

 last two years, but has agreed to quit off if you 

 will send him a smoker. If he begins again I 

 will pay for it. R. G. Ma.sox. 



Duncan's Falls, O., July 13. 



Please send a smoker to Thomas Gore, Cass- 

 ville, Ga.. for a tobacco pledge. If I ever know 

 him to use tobacco again I will pay you for the 

 smoker. R. W. J. Stewart. 



Bowls, Gordon Co., Ga.. July :.'4. 



You will please send me a smoker, as I can 

 conscientiously say that it was from reading 

 your journal that t was influenced to make the 

 resolve to give up the use of tobacco. I prom- 

 ise that, should I ever use the weed again, I will 

 pay you for the smoker. J. W. Boasi:. 



Rising Star, Texas, June 21. 



I quit tobacco last May, and I think I am en- 

 titled to a smoker if any one ever was, because 

 it is through you that I ijuit. May you live to 

 give smokers to thousands more is my wish. If 

 I ever use the weed again I will pay for two 

 smokers. R. F. Hetrick. 



Ceresco, Neb., Sept. 12. 



Walter and Joe Green, sons of my neighbor, 

 say they will quit tobacco for a smoker each. If 

 they get them they understand the conditions. 

 I have" been watching for sonuUhing t(} grow 

 out of this tobacco business in the.se parts, and 

 here are the first-fruits. It seems to me that 

 this expensive and Hlthy tobacco habit will 

 some time in the future be considered unlit for 

 our good Christian people. W. H. F^mukv. 



Water Valley. Miss., July 2t;. 



I have a man working for me. and he has ta- 

 ken to bees like a duck to water; and as he has 

 been reading your journal considerably, and I 

 too have explained the Tobacco Column to him. 

 I have got him in the notion of giving up the 

 habit of using tobacco; and I am sure he would 

 appreciate a smoker if you would send him one. 

 and I promise to pay for it if he ever uses tobac- 



co any more — that is. so long as he is under my 

 jurisdiction. He has four tine colonies of bees. 

 and he takes great pride in them. His name is 

 John S. Peters. T. V. Jessut. 



(Jreeley. Col., July 8, 18«<2. 



Find inclosed an order. Two of the smokers 

 are for parties who have given up the use of to- 

 bacco. I will vouch for them, and will watch 

 them closely; and if they ever use it again I 

 will piiy for the smokers. The names of the 

 parlies are Alex. P. Callen and Barek E. Tur- 

 ner, both of this place. M. M. Cai-len. 



Moravia. la., June 2.5. 1892. 



I have a grandson who assists me in the bee- 

 business. He had become an inveterate tobac- 

 co-worm, and I insisted on his quitting off' en- 

 tirely. The other day he said he had quit to- 

 bacco — had not used any for a month, and he 

 had determined to stay quit. He says he wants 

 me to write to you to send him a smoker upon 

 your usual terms. If you send it I will vouch 

 for him. and pay for it if he breaks his promise. 

 His name is M. H. Sims. F. M. At.i,en. 



Renfroe. Ala.. July 9. 1892. 



A neighbor of mine. Milo Hiler, called at my 

 place the other day to see if I had a second- 

 hand smoker to sell. Knowing he was in the 

 habit of using tobacco I put your proposition to 

 him. In reply he said that, three days befor(\ 

 he had given his heart to God. in "a revival 

 meeting, and that the next morning in his own 

 home he prayed to God to remove his tobacco 

 appetite, which he has done. As he had taken 

 the pledge before I .spoke to him. I told him I 

 did not know whether he was entitled to one. 

 but that I would write and tell you the circum- 

 stances: and should he be entitled to one under 

 your offer he will pay for the same should he 

 resume the habit. E. S. Dart. 



Sparta. Mich., July 2(1. 1892. 



[To be sure, he is er. titled to a smoker, friend 

 D. Judging from my own experience, I think it 

 quite likely the temptation to use tobacco will 

 come back again — not that the grace of God 

 will ever diminish, but that friend Hiler may. 

 as time passes, now and then forget his sacred 

 pledge. The smoker may possibly prove to be 

 an object-lesson and a reminder.] 



I see your Tobacco Column is getting to have 

 many names in it. I had a party here the oth- 

 er day to whom I sold five Dovetailed hives. 

 They were burned up at the station. I had 

 quit using tobacco myself, and I told him that 

 tobacco was hurting him. He had sour stom- 

 ach about all the time, and a doctor giving him 

 medicine that did him no good. I told him to 

 let the tobacco alone, and then he would be all 

 right: so when he came the other day for more 

 hives he said he was much better, and not trou- 

 bled much with sour stomach. I told him your 

 terms about a smoker, and he said he would 

 pay for it if he ever used tobacco again : and if 

 he doesn't do so I will. His name is Samuel 

 Roach. H. W. VanKihk. 



Washington, Pa.. April 9. 



As I am an invalid, and have been for years, I 

 am obliged to employ help in my ai^iary. I 

 have had a boy to help me for two or three 

 years past. He is Id years old now. He has 

 been using tobacco for some time past. I told 

 him of the Tobacco Column, and told him if he 

 would quit the use of the filthy weed you would 

 send him a smoker. He tlien wished to see the 

 Tobacco Column. After reading the conditions 

 under which he could get the smoker lie prom- 

 ises me that lie will agree to all the conditions 

 therein stated. Should he commence it again I 



