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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



December, 1917 



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Don 't Put Out the 

 Fire With Water 

 When the Wax 

 Boils Over 



A few days ago I was 

 melting a jjan of bees- 

 wax on the kitchen 

 stove. Altho I watchod 

 it carefully to prevent 

 it from getting too hot, it suddenly boiled, 

 running over the top and down the sides 

 of the stove. In an instant the stove was 

 in a mass of flames which rose clear to the 

 ceiling. The heat was so great no one could 

 approach. Eealizing the great danger of 

 the flames spreading, I seized a small box- 

 ful of salt which was near by. The lirst 

 handful greatly checked the blaze and it 

 took only four or five handfuls to put the 

 fire completely out. M. L. Dodson. 



Jennings, Kans. 



[There have been a good many fires caus- 

 ed by wax boiling over on a hot stove, so 

 we publish the above as a warning. Water, 

 unless there is a very great amount of it, 

 only makes a bad matter worse. — Ed.] 



CRISMUS IN DIXIE 



Bar's 'possum in de uvviim an' 'taters by his side, 

 An' Mandy's in de kitchen — her mouif is open wide; 

 She's pattin' out de ash-cake, an' singin' ez she go, 

 'Praise Gord fum whoni all blessin's des natchully do 

 flowl 



T's settin' by de fierplace, big back-log blazin' bright; 

 Iiawd, I's a happy nigger dis berry Crismus night. 

 Dat 'possum in his graby, so rich an' nice an' brown, 

 Dar aint no king in Yurrup kin beat it I'll be boun'. 



Our appetites am moojus, looks lak dey'll nuvver 



fnil — 

 We eats him fum his toofies to de tip end uv his tail. 



We eats to full repletion, an den we has ter stop. 

 Uv 'pos'sum, pone, an' 'taters dar aint lef narry 

 drop. 



De snow is on de bee-gums, dar's honey in de comb; 

 Bees' jes lak me in winter, dey laks ter stay at home. 

 So let de win' howl outside, we's happy ez kin be 

 Widin dis humble cabin, my Mandy Gal an' me. 



Nashville, Tenn. 



E. J. Adkisson. 



THE BACKLOT BUZZER. 

 BY J. H. DONAHEY. 



/( may be true all right that some people are eating omelettes to save eggs; but say, Ma, do ye notice 

 thai honey is a good deal sweeter now that sugar is so scarce? 



