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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



Nov. 



Roney-pails crnne all risht. I am well pleased with 

 them. Thanks for promptness. A. A. Parsons. 

 Avon, Ind., Sept. 34, ISSl. 



I have received the ABC book of you, whi«h I 

 sent for. I am surprised at the beautiful way they 

 are bound, and don't see how you can doit so cheap- 

 ly. Please accept ray thanks. J. E. Todd. 



Unadilla, N. Y., Sept. U, 1881. 



Inclosed tind $10.00, for which please send 3 more 

 of those Waterbury watches. The one I ordered the 

 20th came to hand "the 2od. I can't see how they can 

 be sfild for that money, if they are all as prood as the 

 one I got. J. C. HossLEU. 



Moultrie, Cjlumbiaua Co., O., Sept. ~*T, 1881. 



You are very kind to offer to pay damage on 

 smoker, but the expense of repairs was small; be- 

 sides, 1 think your customers can afford to stand 

 damages once in awhile, as you sell your goods so 

 low. Clarendon But.man. 



Plymouth, Penobscot Co., Me., Sept. 3, 1881. 



The watch is a wonderful piece of mechanical 

 skill. The whole of its internal arrangement turns 

 with the; minute-hand, and if it continues to work 

 as it now dofs, it will be one of the most remarka- 

 ble productions of this remarkable age. 



Wellsville, Mo., Oct. 10, 1881. .1. T. Stemmons. 



KNIVES BETTER TII.\N CIRCUSES. 



I ani a 14-year-old boy, and I want a knife. I 

 bought one from you last winter, and I lost it. and I 

 want another. My pa gave me ol)e to go to the cir- 

 cus to-day, so I changed my mind, and send you the 

 50c for a knife. H. E. Bowen. 



Custer, DeKalb Co., Ind., Sept. 7, 18isl. 



The queen I ordered from you about the 10th of 

 this month I received in less than three days from 

 the time I sent for it, which was much sooner than 

 I expected it. I introduced her according to direc- 

 tions, and she was received in good shape, and is do- 

 ing linely. The hive is well tilled with brood to-day, 

 Ang. 2i)t'h. J. Q. A. Walker. 



Union City, Erie Co., Pa., Aug. 29, 1881. 



The bill of goods was received O. K. a few days 

 ago, for which please accept thanks. The lace scis- 

 sors, little plane, and, in fact, every article is all that 

 one could wish, and much better than any thing we 

 can get of the kind for the same money in this 

 "Sunny South land." Bees arc workimj gloriously. 

 Allan D. Laughlin. 



Courtland, Ala., May 24, 1881. 



We like the scales, "The Favorite," ever so much. 

 The selected tested queen received of you last May 

 1 put with two frames of hatching brood; filled up 

 the hive with empty comb as needed. They swarmed 

 twice, besides giving some surplus honej'. 1 also 

 took out several frames of eggs for queen-raising. 

 Looking for her a week ago I found her not, but a 

 young queen instead. From 20 hives I will take TOO 

 lbs. extracted, and 100 lbs. comb honey. 



Mrs. CnAS. Faville. 



South Wales, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1881. 



The carpenter's pencil came to hand last night; 

 and all the other goods ordered, including matching- 

 planes and grate for smoker, have been received. 

 All are very satisfactory, and in good order, except 

 lamp-shade, which was crushed and broken in the 

 mail. But never mind. I sent for it more from curi- 

 osity than necessity, and hardly expected to get it 

 safely through. Here they charge $3.00 for the same 

 kind of matching-planes which cost me only $1.65, 

 even when registered. Wm. Muth-Rasmussen. 



Independence, Inyo Co., Cal., May 21, 1881. 



THE HUNTER SIFTER; ONE OBJECTION FOUND TO IT 

 AT LAST. 



I received the crank sieve, but I am sorry to say 

 it is not what I want. 1 wanted a sieve to sift medi- 

 cine. This will not answer, and I should not like it 

 to sifttiour. The object in sifting flour is to get out 

 the worms; but this thing will grind the worms, and 

 the biscuits would be equal to Liebig's extract of 

 meat. I have tried to sell the thing, but it is no go. 

 I will return it. V. Leonard. 



Springfield, Bradford Co., Pa., Sept. 5, 1881. 



PAPETERIES. 



Where on earth did you scare up that atrocity 

 which you have christened " Papeteries"? (See Cat- 

 alogue, p. 32.) Had you not better sharply mark the 

 little chap, say with the policeman's star, lest his 

 own mother should not know him? Jokingly, 



Koshkonong, Wis., Oct. 17, 1881. D. P. Lane. 



[/didn't christen it at all, friend L.; it is the name 

 the paper and envelope manufacturers give to a 

 little box of stationery. I do not know whether the 

 pretty pictures on the lid of the box have any thing 

 to do with the queer name or not ; but some jvay 

 they seem to please, especially the small ones for 

 the juveniles.] 



You see. friend Root, my showing your double-end- 

 er files has sold some more for you, and handles to 

 boot. The other goods came in very nice order. 

 One of the smokers I sold the next day after I re- 

 ceived it, to a brother bee-keppcr. I have sold an- 

 other one to-day, and my old Simplicity .The scales 

 and feeders arc for myself. I had apair of the Little 

 Detective scales, and I sold them; 1 want a pair that 

 I can weigh hives on, and in fact every thing, even 

 to " the wife," if I wish. R. P. Lovejoy. 



Greig, Lewis Co., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1881. 



LThanks, friend L. There will be no trouble at all 

 in weighing the "wives" as well as bees, on our 

 large scales, if they don't weigh over 244 lbs., and it 

 seems to me any woman might be satisfied with that 

 limit.] 



I don't know what is the matter, but the goods we 

 have got of you have given satisfaction in every re- 

 spect. We have filled every order for queens, and 

 have given satisfaction so far as we have any knowl- 

 edge. If there are any of our customers that are 

 not satisfied, we will try to satisfy them if they will 

 let us hear from them. Mr. Johnson and I have in- 

 creased our bees to 65 stands from 35, some of them 

 very weak. T. S. Hall. 



Kirby's Creek, Ala., Oct. 6, 1881. . 



[It may be urged by some, that the above looks a 

 little like free advertising; so it is, friends, and I 

 shall be most happy to do the same sort of free ad- 

 vertising for every one of you. I can with a clear 

 conscience do almost a,ny thing for those who give 

 satisfaction to theic patrons: but you do not know 

 how it pains me to hear advertisers say unkind 

 things of those who have been so kind as to send 

 them their money and their custom. How is it, 

 friends? As the season closes, can you say, with a 

 clear conscience, that every one with whom you 

 have had deal, is satisfied, so far as you know?] 



KIND WORDS FROM A COAL-MINER'S BOY. 



What in the world did you send me your Glean- 

 ings for 3 months for? That 25c was for postage on 

 the smoker you were fool enough to give me for not 

 using tobacco, and I shall not use it, if 1 know it, 

 any more. Now, I intend you to have your pay as 

 soon I get the money, because you have enough to 

 pay out for nothing. I think that some try to take 

 the advantage of you. Friend Root, I feel as If you 

 were a very near friend of mine, and can't help it. I 

 would like to write you a long letter (I have so much 

 to say), but I can't, because my learning is poor. I 

 never went to school since I was 8 years old. I am 

 a coal-miner's boy who never drank whisky, and 

 now I have a little'farm, and a good locality for bees, 

 out of my hard earnings. I never took an oath in 

 my life; never was before judge or jury in any 

 manner, and will try not to be. 1 would like to have 

 some of your profanity cards to give the boys in our 

 shop. I am working in C. M. Crandall's toy shop, as 

 engineer, until I finish paying my debts, and then I 

 will try bee-keeping and queen-rearing. When I 

 was 12 years old my father got killed two feet from 

 my side, in the mine. I was a door boy at the time; 

 father was the mine boss. My eldest brother was 

 near at the time. It was In 1863. Brother went to 

 the war, and left mother and me and four little ones, 

 so that is the reason I never could go to school, and 

 I have often sat down and cried when I bav(! seen 

 other boys going to school, and I had to go in mines 

 to dig coal. Whf'U I was 17 1 was a miner, and at 

 that age I have handled 19 tons of coal in one day, 

 with the pick and shovel. What would a boy think 

 to-dny to see a boy going in the mine with his lamp 

 and book? Ah, Mr. Root, I learned to read in the 

 mine. This is from one who loves to do risrht. 



Robert J. Thomas. 



Montrose, Pa , Sept. 0, 1S81. 



