Nov. 15, 1911 



" After that the Hale boy was much in the local 

 public eye. He went to town meeting one year 

 and asked for a better road between Glastonbury 

 and Hartford. The conservative tobacco farmers 

 frowned on the forward youth. Next year he was 

 on hand again, however, this time to plead for per- 

 mission to have built only ten rods of good road at 

 the town's expense. He was politely informed that 

 boys were made to be seen and not heard and went 

 home disappointed once more. But the next year 

 he bobbed up a third time, more determined than 

 ever, and evinced a disposition to talk all day. On 

 that occasion his persistency and filibustering 

 tactics were too much for the town fathers, and 

 they consented to the appointment of a committee, 

 with young Hale as chairman, to lay ten rods of 

 modern roadway, telling them to build it anywhere 

 they chose, but naturally expecting that Hale 

 would select the section in front of his own farm. 

 Instead, he picked out the worst section of road, at 

 least four miles from his home. 



" When next spring came, this piece of roadway 

 was like an oasis in a desert of mud, and there was 

 little further opposition to road improvement in 

 that part of the Connecticut Valley." 



By Our Business Manager 



QUEENS. 



We have been obliged to double up some of our 

 colonies for wintering, and, as a consequence, have 

 a limited number of very good queens which we 

 can furnish within the next ten days. A few un- 

 tested for .*1 each, and about a dozen tested for 82 

 each. These are fine stock, and a bargain for some 

 one who has queenless colonies. 



REMOVAL. 



Our New York ofTice is now located at 139, 141 

 Franklin St., eighth floor; entrance only a few steps 

 from Franklin station of Sixth Ave. elevated line. 

 Our customers and friends while in New York are 

 invited to call. The special prices on hives offered 

 in this department last issue are withdrawn, as the 

 stock is now moved and a part of it returned to 

 Medina, and there is no longer any reason for the 

 special offer. 



PORTER BEE-ESCAPE REDUCED IN PRICE. 



Under a new contract with the makers of the 

 Porter bee-escape we are able to sell at a lower 

 price this valuable article, which is indispensable 

 in the equipment of every well-regulated apiary. 

 The new price on the hive-escape is 15 cts. each; 

 11.65 iier dozen; for the honey-house escape, 20 cts. 

 each, S2.25 per dozen. A corresponding reduction 

 is made in the wholesale price to dealers. 



INVESTIGATION OF A QUEEN-BREEDER. 



Our friends who are concerned in the investiga- 

 tion of complaints filed with the publishers of 

 Oleanings against W. S. McICnight, Newton, Ala., 

 will be glad to have a recent assurance from the 

 Postoffice Department that their complaints are 

 being duly investigated. Not having heard from 

 the Chief Inspector of the Postoffice Department 

 for some months, we took this matter up with the 

 Congressman from this district, with the result that 

 a letter from M'ashington addressed to our Repre- 

 sentative, and dated ()ctober 31, 1911, has just reach- 

 ed our hands. For the benefit of our readers who 

 ordered queens from Mr. McKnight after his ad- 

 vertisement had appeared in Gleanings, we re- 

 produce this letter, which is as follows; 



Hon. Paul Howland. 802 Engineers Building'. Cleveland, Ohio. 



.Sir; — In answer to your letter of the 27th instant, which 

 the Postmaster-General has referred to me. making inquiry 

 concerning- the complaint of The A. L Root Company. Medina, 

 Ohio, alleging' use of mails for fraudulent purposes by W. S. 

 McKnig-ht, Newton. Alabama, I have to state that the com- 

 plaint is in the hands of a postoffice inspector for investig-a- 

 tion, and information relative thereto can not be griven at this 

 time. 



However, your communication will be referred to the In- 

 spector having' the matter in charge, with direction to ex- 

 pedite the investigation as much as practicable. 

 Respectfully, 



Washing-ton, D. C, Oct. 31, 1911. Chief Inspector. 



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This is the first news we have had concerning Mr. 

 McKnight since the special notice entitled "Com- 

 plaints Against a Queen-breeder" appeared in our 

 September 1st issue. 



sash FOR COLD-FRAMES. 



We have ready 

 for prompt ship- 

 ment a good sup- 

 ply of choice cypress 

 hot-bed sash of the 

 regular size, 3 ft. 4 

 in. wide, 6 feet long, 

 made lor four rows 

 of eight-inch glass 

 slid in grooves. 

 Sash-bars are 1^ in. 

 thick; side bars 254 

 in. wide, and intermediate bars 1%. Price K. D., 90 

 cts. each; five tor $4.25, or ten for 88.00. If put up, 

 add 10 cts. each. If painted, add 10 cts. for each coat 

 of paint. Special low prices on glass are prevailing 

 at present, and we can furnish 8 x 10, A quality at 

 82.50 per box of 50 feet, or 90 pieces, five boxes, at 

 |2.30; ten boxes, at !f'2.20. We will furnish the sash 

 in lots of five c)r more, put up, painted two coats, 

 and glazed, at §2.00 each. 



If you prefer sash rabbetted so as to lap the glass 

 and putty it in we can furnish them so made when 

 you specify in your order. If you prefer them for 

 three rows of 11-inch glass we can also furnish this 

 style, and we make special sizes to order. Prices on 

 application, 



SPECIAL BARGAIN IN PREMIUM JARS. 



It would be hard to find another fruit-jar with as 

 many desirable features as 

 the Premium jar, which 

 we have listed in our gene- 

 ral catalog for the past two 

 seasons. It has an extra- 

 large mouth, 3M^-inch. The 

 cover as well as the jar is 

 of clear glass with a rub- 

 ber ring between. The wire 

 sealing-clamp is very sim- 

 ple and effective. The cov- 

 er is sunk so that jars may 

 be tiered up on shelves, 

 one resting securely on the 

 one below. Nothing could 

 be nicer for putting up 

 "chunk" comb honey in 



The factory makingthem 

 got into financial difficul- 

 ty, and we have secured 

 considerable stock at a low 

 price, which enables us to 

 make a special sale price 

 as follows, good only while the stock lasts. The 

 jars are packed in corrugated-paper cartons of one 

 dozen each, which usually carry safely. On long- 

 distance shipments we will put six cartons in a 

 crate for further safety, if desired, at 30 cents per 

 gross extra. 

 One-pint jars, 70 cts. per doz.; S7.20 per gross. 

 One-quart jars. 75 cts. per doz.; 87.80 per gross. 

 Two-quart jars, 81.00 per doz.; 810.80 per gross. 

 These prices apply only on shipments from Medi- 

 na, ordered from this notice, for a limited time. If 

 more convenient the order may be placed with 

 your dealer, to be forwarded, and shipment made 

 from Medina direct. 



