March, lO'JO 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



189 



He's Not — Around the Office 



just one month late. I ain 't commentin any, 

 and there ain 't no moral to this. E. E. 

 Boot's morals run in another direction than 

 arrivin sure and before the whistle blows. 



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Mell Pritchard our skunkologist deserted 

 us for Californy about a month ago and 

 was praps goin out there to stay and raise 

 queens and cure his asmy. He's home agin 

 likin Californy climate about as much as 

 he likes a skunk as what doesn't play ac- 

 cordin to his own prescribed odorless rules 

 when histin him aloft by the tail. He got 

 asniy out there about like a cow with a ap- 

 ple stuck in her eesofagus and that's 

 worse 'n he had it here. We are all glad 



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QUEENS. — Select three-banded Italians. Reared 

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I A 'T'TT' IVT'W Practice in Patent Office and CourU 

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