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GLExVNTNGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



you do 60. You give presents to your friends to 

 maljc them h>ippy, doyou not? And the only way 

 in whioh any of us can be made happy is in our nwn 

 way. If you give a boy a doll, be might throw it at 

 you in disgust; but if a knife or box of tools were 

 given him he could hardiy find words to express his 

 delig-ht if ho were a boy of inventive turn; that is, 

 one wbi) likes to make thing-s. 



Some of yciu ouid enrn Christmas money by work- 

 ing- for Mr. Iti>nt g-etting subscribers fi)r Gleanings. 

 Slime persons who do not care tor bees themselves 

 inijfht bo induced to scud it as a Christmas present 

 io a friend who does. A book would m;ike them 

 glad only once, while GrjE.\NiNGS would twelve 

 times iiJ a year, f mm Christmas to Christmas. You 

 might take The You^Ii's C:>mpa)iiun along too, and 

 pet subscribers for both, or some other good paper. 

 Who among the Ju\enile8 will msike Mr. Koot the 

 largest Chrisimas present of ^hig club—ot subscrib- 

 ers to G LEANINGS for .1882? 



SOMETHING ABOCT PENMANSHIP. 



I am pleased to see so many children writing for 

 the Juvenile Dc'partment. I think you must write 

 plalrdy, or the editor wf>iild not print your letters as 

 he does. Very otten when I I'eecive a letter from 

 an eiiitor, lawyer, or minister, it takes the whole 

 family to read it; hut when a child writes to me, I 

 can read it all !il->ne by myself. Practice writing 

 your own name and address, and make each leiter si> 

 plain that grandpa can read it without specs. Some- 

 times I get a postal from someone who wants honey, 

 and the name is written so poorly that I can not 

 tell who wants it. The evenings are getting long 

 now, and so you should practice writing, and per- 

 haps Mr. Root will tell in Gleanings who does the 

 best. Mk§. L. Harrison. 



Peoria, 111., Nov., 1881. 



Many thanks, Mrs. II., not only for the 

 kind words in regard to the circulation of 

 Gleanings, but also about tlie matter of 

 handwriting. I do believe it would be a 

 good idea for a great many of the fathers to 

 set the children writing the letters. Perhaps 

 they might manage as I do here in the office. 

 I take the letter 1 wish answered, and scrawl 

 my answer on the back or margin just as 

 hastily and awkwardly as I please. Of 

 course, nobody could read it who wasn't 

 schooled (" schooled " is the word, and I tell 

 you it is a school), to read my crooked marks 

 and abbreviations. Well, some of the girls 

 in the office have so learned my characters 

 that they read them right off, when you 

 could scarcely read one word. Another "ad- 

 vantage they have: they can read the letter 

 first, and from their knowledge and experi- 

 ence in the business know pretty nearly 

 what the answer wonld be, and so can easily 

 write out the nice clean letters we send you. 

 Mrs. II., do you ever have any trouble in 

 reading the letters our girls send you? 

 Those who have tried it can tell what an 

 immense saving, to a busy man, the above 

 plan is. I have nothing to do with names 

 and addresses, and I ofren scrawl answers 

 witiiout knowing who wrote the letter at all. 

 I miglit add. for the enconragement of our 

 little uhl writers, tlmt our office is now en- 

 tireU/ in charge of yiris and women (one of 

 them is now sweeping the floor, and they 

 can sweep fleers and clean lamps almost (V) 

 as well as boys can), and I share to a con- 



siderable extent the pride thev feel in let- 

 ting the world know that wonaen can do 

 business. There are seven of them in this 

 room now, and in a month or two we shall 

 need several more probably. 



Now about subscriptions. If you will re- 

 member to send the stamps for postage, I 

 will make the following oifers for subscrib- 

 ers : For the first name you send me with 

 $1.00, any thing on the 3-cent counter. For 

 the second, any thing on the 5-cent counter. 

 For the third, any thing on the 10-cent 

 counter. For the fourth, any thing on the 

 15-cent counter; and for the fifth, any 25- 

 cent article. After you have sent five names, 

 we will credit you with 25 cents on each 

 name, to be taken in any thing in our price 

 list, at the retail or single-article price. 

 Please remember, this offer is given only to 

 increase the circulation of Gleanings, and 

 to pay you for the time and trouble it takes 

 to show it and explain its merits to your bee- 

 keepip.g friends. Be sure to tell what arti- 

 cle you want, children, and send the 'postage. 

 Big folks, or anybody else, may get subscrib- 

 ers on the same terms, if they wish to. 

 Sample copii;S and prije lists will be fur- 

 nished free. 



GOOD NC:^VS FROra H. A. BURCU. 



fl'IlE following is from the South Haven 

 _ i, Messenger, of Oct. 28 : — 



IJees.— Since our last i-ssue, Messrs. H. A. Burch 

 & Co. shipped twenty-two colonies of Italian bees, 

 consigned to parties in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, 

 Pennsylvania, and Canada. Since the first of last 

 June this firm have shipped bees to U7 ditferent 

 person-*, and out of this number they have not had 

 a single complaint regarding the quality of the stock, 

 which speaks well of their efforts to furnish bee- 

 keepers with a superior strain of Italian b=es. Will 

 the "old and reliable " Bee Jimrual ask Oleanings to 

 give this item his " prayerful consideration " ? 



Most gladly, friends of the Messenger, and 

 with a '• thank God " for it too. 



Kindly allow me space in Gleanings to acknow- 

 ledge the filling of my order for bees by H. A. Burch 

 & Co., of South Haven, Mich. The order was placed 

 in his hands about the 26th of May, and bees re- 

 ceived in good order by me Oct. 18th, and beautiful 

 Italians they are too. I might also say, that my or- 

 der might have been filled earlier; but when not 

 filled as promptly as I anticipated, I countermanded 

 the order and asked him to refund the money. This 

 also failing, I again, on the 11th of Oct., asked him 

 to fill my original order, which ho did, and that 

 promptly too. 



Would it not be well for friend Rose, of Grand 

 Haven, to keep •***♦♦*• 

 down the temperature? " T. Boles. 



Ridgeway, Ont., Can., Nov. 2, 1881. 



Mr. Burch sent me some bees Oct. 31; ho sent 9 

 frames. I suppose they are short L. frames, which 

 I will have to transfer. There was but little honey 

 in two or three frames. I think there was about 

 two quarts of bees. What do you think they are 

 worth ? John E. Riqgs. 



Newbern, Mai-ion Co., la,, Nov. 7, 1881, 



