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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



I am goiuj<- to try the yniokcr's pledge; if I fail, 

 you get your money. W. J. Enuly. 



Edgerton, Johnson Co., Kan., June 27, 1881. 



Since you make such an exceedingly grand offer of 

 a smoker to all those who quit the use of tobacco, I 

 for one haA-e stopped the tilthy habit, and avail my- 

 self of the opportunity. Send the large Quinby. 



North Lima, O., June U, 1881. J. Buzakd. 



Accept thanks for smoker. It is just the thing to 

 tame the bees. If ever the pledge is broken, I will 

 send you $2.0:. in cash. Bees are doing finely. 



W. H. COLI.l.NS. 



Ayersville, Ga. 



The smoker I received in good order 2 weeks ago 

 to-day. I am very much pleased with it. Mine was 

 not only a promise to stop smoking, but it was a ficlfi- 

 will to stop. S. C. Gates. 



East New York, N. Y., June 25, 1881. 



I am happy. I received the Smoker's smoker in 

 due time, and find it .just the thing. I can now drive 

 ihe bees around like sheep in a pasture. I am hold- 

 ing the fort so far. When I fail you will receive 

 $1.2.5. W. J. Endlv. 



Edgerton, Kan, July 4, 1881. 



Send me one of your largest Simplicity cold-blast 

 smokers, if you wish to fullill your promise which I 

 see in Gleanings. I ha\'e not smoked a cigar nor 

 pipe in two months, and, with the aid of ray Maker, 

 never will. M. A. Joiner. 



Sun Hill, Ga., June 27, 1S81. 



Put ine down as one who has tried to stop, and has 

 demonstrated that, l>y the help of a higher power, I 

 have been enabled to let it alone for some time. 

 Have chewed for 26 years. If 1 fail I will pay double 

 price for the pledge. Geo. G. Heruiman. 



Cambridgeboro, Crawford Co., Pa., June 13, 1881. 



T see so many in Gleanings are throwing away 

 the pipe and tobacco, so please send me a smoker, 

 and I give you and God my word that I will never 

 use it again; and if so, my wife says she will settle 

 the cost with you. J). F. C. Hamblv. 



Quincy, Plumas Co., Cal., May 28, 1881. 



Now, friend Root, I see by Gleanings that you 

 still give away smokers to those who give up tobac- 

 co. 1 have been a smoker, but I am determined to 

 quit, for I know it is an iu.jury to my health; so, if 

 you send me one, I will pledgi- mysell' that I will 

 never use the weed again; and if 1 do 1 will pay you 

 double for it. H. I.eweuao. 



Wheeling, W. Va., June 17, 1881. 



I see you are giving smokers to tobacco-ehewers, 

 lor quitting. Now, 1 was one of the worst ehewers 

 in the State; it would have killed ine if I had not 

 gi\ en it up in February, ISti-'i. I gave it up, and have 

 not tasted it since, and never will. I don't want any 

 man to give me a smoker to quit, either. 



Geo M. Brvner. 



Cisua's Run, Perry Co., Pa., July 0, 1881. 



Will you please send me a Bingham smoker,a3 I have 

 quit using tobacco. I have used it six years, and 

 have become a perfect slave to it. If 1 ever use it 

 again, I will pay you for the smoker. 



J.\,MEs Forbes. 

 Macedonia, Summit Co., O., June 33, 1881. 

 You add one more to the little band, friend 

 F. ]May God help you I 



1 see that the tobacco column is increasing. I 

 have made up my mind to give you one more name 

 for that column. I have used tobacco for fifteen 

 years, but will quit for a smoker. I will send you 

 ten cents to pay postage on it. I think that every 

 one who gets a smoker this w.iy dught to be liberal 

 enough to pay postage. M. F. Mosi'er. 



Palmyra, Harrison Co., Ind., June 7, I8S1. 



Thanks, Friend M. 



1 am 47 years old; commenced using tobacco more 

 than 20 years ago— became a slave to both chewing 

 and smoking, in the army. I lost my health, and the 

 physicians toM me tobacco was in.iuring me. I quit 

 using it more than a year ago, and with the Lord's 

 help I will never touch it again. I would not report 

 until I was satisfied that it would be a success. Go 

 on in the good work. S. Buchanan. 



Irving, Kan., June 2t», 1881. 



An old tobacco smoker wants a l)ee-smoker (your 

 invention.) Having used the "weed" for a great 

 many years, I haw fully decided it to be a bad hab- 

 it, and have not used any for some time, being fully 

 convinced 1 have mastered the business, and now 

 send in my recommendation for a smoker. Accord- 

 ing to Gleanings, you send them "on the cheap." 

 Now, I think it is a little too " steep " for a Western 

 man to ask you to pay him for dissolving partner- 

 ship with a bad habit. In my next order I will send 

 you the money, as I do not want to make an order at 

 present. Wm. S.mitil 



Mill Creek, Utah, May lit, 1881. 



I commc-uced the use of tobacco when quite a bo.v, 

 and continued it until six years ago last January, 

 at which time I became thoroughly con\inced of all 

 the demerits attached to its use. and I resolved that 

 1 would control "this liltle matter" myself. 1 

 went down on m.v knees bctore God, and asked his 

 assistance. It was easy, and now I stand high above 

 temptation, and I can find nothing that even savors 

 of a reason for its use. I really believe it is sinful 

 in a degree. Now, is there a defieiency in the minds 

 of those who persist in its use'? or is it for the want 

 of sober retlectioii on the subject'/ or do men natu- 

 rally want to bf unlike a higher order of beings'i* 

 Hiring men to quit is commendable", brother Root; 

 but the least tlegree of commendation belongs to the 

 party hired. Am I too severe? Pardon! 



J. H. Roderick. 



D.idd's City, Fannin Co., Texas, Apr. 23, 1881. 



I have a smoker,but it is a poor thing, as it is hard 

 to get it to work. 1 have resorted to the pipe to 

 smoke my bees; have not much of the habit yet. 

 Now, if you will send me a (,)uinby, 1 will discard the 

 old pipe. T). S. Ri'RnANK. 



Rcinbeck, Grundy Co., la., July ('., 1881. 



We send the smoker, friend 1'.; but, to 

 tell the truth, I feel more troubled about 

 your case than any one that has yet come 

 up. A few years ago it was said by some, 

 that the way to get a situation in our estab- 

 lishment was to ^get drunk and be put into 

 .iail. \o\v, if an'ybody has coiunicnced smok- 

 ing, that they might write me and get a 

 smoker for stopping, I am in danger of doing 

 more harm tlian good. I believe (lOd has 

 guided us in this department so far, and I 

 feel sure he will guide us safely throu.gh tlie 

 danger that opens up here. 



