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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 15. 



comparatively happy ; but every little while 

 some vigorous tobacco smoker wjuld lean 

 over the rail in front of my cabin, and puff a 

 great lot of smoke so the wind caught it and 

 brought it right through my little window, 

 full into my face. I think no one can imagine 

 the torture of the sickening fumes of tobacco 

 when he is seasick until he has been through 

 it. In vain I sought a place, when I felt a 

 little better, in the open air, where I could be 

 free from tobacco smoke. Somebody would 

 push in ahead of me and send out a great 

 stream of smoke with filth and poison enough 

 in it to sicken a wh )le crowd of people. You 

 may say these were exceptional pe'sons ; but 

 I declare I looked almost in vain to find a 

 man on board our steamer who did not use 

 tobacco. On the first day of the trip I begm 

 to feel lonely, and was questioning to myself 



meal they ate as much as (and perhaps more 

 than) an ordinary laboring man gets for a 

 day's wages. Perhaps they can afford to 

 dress every day in a suit of clothes costing 

 more money than mniy earn in a whole year. 

 I will try to think that that is their affair and 

 not mine; but I pray tha: my lot may always 

 be cast with the meek and lowly — that is, 

 with those who love righteousness and hate 

 iniquity. Now, please do not understand me, 

 dear friends, by V inking that I condemn 

 every one who handles great wealth. God 

 forbid. We have millionaires who are tem- 

 perate and pure in he^rt, who are hungering- 

 and thirsting after righteousness, and who are 

 humble and moderate in their wa^s of living, 

 as well as m my poor people. 



With this preface you need not think it 

 stra ige that 1 passed by all of the large hotels, 



MY BERMUDA HOME, AND SOME OF MY ACQUAINTANCES THERE. 



whether I should be able to pick out a Chris- 

 tian man by his looks and deportment. I 

 found one whom I thought to be sach a man. 

 He did not use tobacco, nor smell of tobacco, 

 and had a kindly and benevolent look. After 

 we became acquainted he and I had quite a 

 laugh over it. He had been nearly all his life 

 a book-keeper for the American Bible Society, 

 and he remembered me and our annual con- 

 tributions to the work. 



After reaching Bermuda I found the occu- 

 pants of most of these big hotels were of the 

 class who smoke almost constantly, use mne at 

 the table, drink freely from various bottles be- 

 tween times, pla}- car Is, sneer at pious people, 

 and — God forbid that I should go any further 

 with my enumeration. I do not feel at home 

 with such people. I can >io/ feel at home with 

 them. Very likely they had money enough 

 so they could well afford to pay for every 



and, in fact, the large boarding-houses ; and 

 it gives nie pleasure just now to give you a 

 little glimpse of my home in Bermuda, and 

 some of my little and big friends. 



On the right of the picture is friend Morri- 

 son, of whom I have told you a good deal. 

 His light summer clothing is just the same 

 that he wore in the middle of February, when 

 he and I had such times wheeling it uver the 

 island. The dog with its head hear his foot is 

 the one that ran out on top of the fence, and 

 barks when pe )ple come along. The curly- 

 headed little chap vviJi his. arm resting on the 

 dog is one of the triplets. The two little girls 

 look so much alike that I wonder how their 

 own mother knows one from the other ; and 

 the three all together are about as bright and 

 pretty children as you ever saw. The fourth 

 child is an exceedingly lovable little puss. 

 In fact, they have nick-named her "Puss," 



