1881 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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when pa was at home. They said, "Nobody can hurt 

 us when pa is here." 



Can we not put that trust in our heavenly Father 

 that our children put in us? None need fear when 

 the Lord is near. When the war was over, and I was 

 coming- home on the steamer, it was so crowded I 

 was compelled to lake deck for my place of rest. 

 Just as I had got to sleep, I was awakened by a man 

 trying to get his hand iato my pocket, and one hand 

 on my collar. What was I to do but say, "Lord, 

 save or I perish"? and the thought struck me, I 

 would give up my money and save my life; so I 

 thrust my hand in my pocket as quickly and as best 

 I could, to give up the coveted treasure. ]t would 

 have done you good to have seen him run. I guess 

 he thought "perhaps" 1 would shoot. 



Spring Station, Ind. Geo. W. Stites. 



Very good, friend S., and I am very glad 

 indeed to have this side of tiiis subject 

 brought out. I would suggest, that some 

 might say that it was the fear of the pistol 

 after all that saved yoiu- money, and perhaps 

 your life ; but as Vou had no thought of a 

 pistol, and was only trusting God, it seems 

 to me your prayer was plainly answered. I 

 know Avhat some of you will say ; but, my 

 friends, let us have a broad charity for each 

 other on matters of this kind, fm* our opin- 

 ions and our methods of acting would, I 

 know, differ very widely on such matters. 

 I presume it woiild be well to ask you to 

 keep cool while reading the following, and 

 to look out you are not swayed by these nat- 

 ural feelings that well up so naturally while 

 you form in your own mind an opinion as 

 to what you would have done under the same 

 circumstances. Bear in mind, we are coolly 

 and deliberately discussing the subject of 

 crime, Avith a view of deciding how best to 

 treat it. just as we would do in regard to the 

 yellow fever. 



Since reading your Dec. No., there was a little oc- 

 currence that gave additional interest to your 

 question, " What is the proper thing to do in case 

 you find a man with his hand in your pocket?" (A 

 lady suggests that the proper thing is to "screech.") 

 I will briefly state what I wish to bring to your no- 

 tice. We have seme fine turkeys, and, hearing a 

 distui banco among them about 11 o'clock at night, I 

 jumped out of bed, putting my head out of the win- 

 dow. I soon saw the cause, and called out to the 

 persons to leave. They commenced to call their 

 dogs, pretending that they were hunting; but I 

 could see no dogs. They passed on to our next 

 neighbor's, and went through their outbuildings, 

 leaving open doors and gates, and ia an hour and a 

 half returned. I got up, but ciuld not see them. I 

 laid down again; then I heard the turkeys shriek, 

 "quit ! quit 1" and, on looking out, saw one man run- 

 ning along the fence, under the cover of the shadow 

 of it. I called out to him to "move on," three 

 times; but he stopped with three or four companions 

 under the tree where the turkeys were roosting, and 

 seemed determined to have one. I told my brother 

 to lire his revolver to see what effect it would have. 

 As soon as he fired they called us names, and threw 

 clo3s and stones at the house. We then told them to 

 move on or we would fire closer the next time, and 

 they, not doing so, my brother fired again in their 

 direction; then they left our place, and gathered up 

 chickens and turkeys from the neighbors. Did I do 



the proper thing? In all, there were five or six of 

 them. We saw five. I would like to have your opin- 

 ion. I believe it is right for a man to protect his 

 property, always in a legal way when it is practica- 

 ble; in an emergency, the best way he can, accord- 

 ing to his judgment. In support of this view, I give 

 one section of Bishop Hopkins on the ten command- 

 ments. Comment on the sixth commandment: 

 "Yea, we find, Exod. 23:2, that God allows the kill- 

 ing of a thief if he breaks into a man's house by 

 night, but not so if he attempts it by day. And pos- 

 sibly the reason of this law might be, because, when 

 any cometh upon another in the night, it might be 

 presumed that he takes yie advantage of the dark- 

 ness, not only to steal his goods, but to harm his 

 person; and therefore God allows it as lawful to kill 

 such a one as a part of necessary defense; from 

 which I think we may safely conclude, that it is law- 

 ful also to kill those who attempt upon our goods, 

 when we have reason to fear they may likewise de- 

 sign upon our person." In the light of the fore- 

 going, I think 1 was justified in my course. God 

 permits men to own property, and also to protect it. 

 We should form our conclusions, not from a single 

 passnge of God's word, but from the general tenor of 

 the whole, as it is its own best interpreter. 



John Baird. 

 Elm Grove, Ohio Co., W. Va., Jan. 6, 1881. 



Now, friends, did friend B. err in letting 

 them off so easily that they might go and 

 steal his neighbor's fowls, and go on in such 

 work unpunished ? or was he wrong in us- 

 ing a pistol at all, and in having one about 

 the house V What are you going to do when 

 you tind yourself in just such a predicamentV 



By a recent arrangement, the manufactures of our 

 planers have enabled us to offer the Gem planer at 

 the same prices as we have been selling the Lillipu- 

 tian. The Gem is a much better machine, for, be- 

 sides being heavier, the bed raises and lowers for 

 stuff of different thicknesses, instead of having the 

 cutters movable, as is the case with the Lilliputian. 

 Where plaining is to be done, one of these machines 

 will pay for itself in a very little time. 



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