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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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C. Brocaw's house as it was first built, and a view of it after he put on 

 a little addition and some porches. 



1 close with the following closing words 

 from the Missionary Herald for September : 



One hope, vague, perhaps, but real and inspiring, 

 cheers the heart at this black hour ; namely, that out 

 of the horror of so mad a conflict there may even- 

 tuate a disciplined and saner world; that when this 

 house of cards propped by armaments and fleets has 

 fallen in confusion, a more stable and Christian 

 structure shall arise to express the civilizat'on of the 

 twentieth century. 



A WINTER HOME IN FLORIDA; THE PliORIDA 

 REAL-ESTATE BUSINESS; ETC. 



Shortly after we built our cottage at 

 Bradentown, Fla., a beekeeper and his wife 

 came from Wisconsin or Minnesota to visit 

 us. and they were so much pleased with the 



idea of ju^ssing their 

 svinters in Florida that, 

 after looking around 

 quite a little, they 

 bought a piece of land 

 almost in town, but 

 quite close to the salt- 

 water bay. They got 

 the land cheap because 

 it was so low at times 

 that the salt water en- 

 croached on a small 

 part of it. Let me ex- 

 plain here that real- 

 estate men in Florida 

 (as a matter of course) 

 are inclined to be jeal- 

 ous of each other; and 

 after one of their num- 

 ber has made a sale the others — at least some 

 of them — who do not make a deal, will cause 

 the purchaser to become dissatisfied. My 

 good friend Brocaw, by coming in contact 

 with some of these meddlesome people, be- 

 came very sick of bis bargain. They told 

 him it was full of alligators, and the salt- 

 water marsh or swamp would not grow any 

 thing. After he had hired some colored 

 men to clear it up partly, somebody said 

 his deed was faulty. 1 told him not to listen 

 to the gossips, but to go on and improve his 

 place. Under the circumstances he did not 

 feel like investing much, and accordingly 

 he built a little square house. The reason 

 he built it two story was because one roof 



E. A. Krdflout. with ;i picture (if tlin cottage he built with liis own hands 



