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GLEAl^lNGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Jolm made it. Of 



JOHN S PAIL. 



ear was bent from a large com- 

 mon pin, after cutting off the 

 head and sharpening both ends 

 so it AYOuld push easily into the _ 

 fold. A piece of wire "made the ^ 

 bail, and then it Avas all ready 

 for a pint honey-pail, only it ''-'■'^^''^^'^■ 

 lacked a cover. A cover was soon made in 

 this way : lie made a band for the rim, just 

 like the body of the cup, only it was but ? 

 an inch wide, and had a fold on only one 

 edge. This fold was on the outside, like the 

 cup, but the band was of such size that it 

 slipped right inside the pail until stopi)ed 

 by the folded edge. A plain circle of tin, 

 made as large as the outside diameter of the 

 pail, was soldered on this hoop, as it were, 

 so as to project equally on all sides. After 

 the cover was i)ut on the pail, the edge of 

 the tin was rubbed down smooth with his 

 hammer-handle, and the pail was done, on- 

 ly the cover needed some sort of a handle. 

 This was made by folding the edges of a 

 strip of tin, somewhat like the cup-handle, 

 only it did not tajier. Here is the whole 

 pail and cover, just as 

 course, Mary and Fred- 

 die were anxious spec- 

 tators during the 

 whole ; and tlie min- 

 ute it was done, all 

 trooped into the house 

 to show the wonderful 

 new tin pail, cover and 

 all. Mary fairly clap- 

 ped her hands with de- 

 light, and John was so excited when he un- 

 dertook to till it with water, to see if it would 

 leak, that he dipjied his hand into a pan of 

 milk, and then started to tl>e spring after 

 some water with a basket. To the chagrin 

 of all the group, it leaked; and John had to 

 wipe it dry and go over the soldering again. 

 This was quite a shock to his pride as a 

 workman ; and as Freddie was a little in- 

 clined to quote his father as a superior work- 

 man all the time, John made some pretty 

 big resolves, that hereafter his pails and 

 cups should never bs brought back because 

 they leaked. Mary wanted to carry it over 

 to the neighbors to show, but tirst stopped 

 to ask what the price would be. 



*' Five cents,"' said John. 



" Why. the cups are worth only live cents, 

 and this is ever so much more work." 



^ Can't help it,"- said John. " Ten cents 

 would be too much, and we can"t bother our 

 customers with odd coppers in making 

 change. If they are cheap at live cents we 

 shall have the more to make, that is all." 



John sat down to the task of making a 

 better one, and one that would not leak. 

 Mary was soon back, all out of breath. 



'■'■ Mr. ^lerrybanks says ho wants a dozen 

 just like it to put honey in, and here is the 

 00 cents." 



John was already a man of business, and 

 no mistake : and witli the pleasure and joy 

 that he felt in being able to earn money fair- 

 ly and honestly, tliere came a little worry 

 about his ability to take care of all the trade 

 that seemed piling in. At this juncture, our 

 jolly old friend came up with the pail in 

 question. 



•'John, you have opened up a streak of 

 business and no mistake ; but, my boy, you 

 must not stick to it too closely. You are 

 tired now, are you not ? " 



Come to think of it, John thought he did 

 feel a little tired. 



•• Well, it is best to take things with mod- 

 eration in this world. Where is your father?" 



'■ He, with the horse, is at work for Uncle 

 Billy to-day." 



•' \Ve\l, that is good, isn't itV Well, you 

 see these pails of yours hold just about 11 

 lbs. of honey easily, and at present prices 

 should retail for an even 25 cents. Now, as 

 it is quite a bother for me to run to weigh 

 out honey, suppose you keep a few of these 

 pails full here, and put out a sign, and I will 

 give you 10 per cent commission. Here is a 

 pailful to commence on." 



In a twinkling the 

 pail of honey was hung 

 in a conspicuous place, 

 and under it was a 

 board that read like 

 this : — 



"Now," said neigh- 

 bor M., '' you want 

 some better mode of 

 folding your tin for cups and pails. Haven't 

 you got some little boards here? Freddie, 

 will you run over and get that piece of gal- 

 vanized iron on the work-bench V " 



The sheet iron was brought, and from it 

 were cut four strips, 4xl-lA inches. At inter- 

 vals near one edge, holes were drilled large 

 enough to receive common wood screws. In 

 one of these pieces, the holes were all filed 

 oblong, with a round file, as in the cut be- 

 low:— 



Next, two hard-wood boards, 4x15?, were 

 provided. They were laid side by side, and 

 then hung together with a hinge nailed into 

 the end of each board. The hinges were 

 made of the galvan- 

 ized iron, by riveting 

 one strip to the end of 

 another, thus : The 

 small holes show you 

 where it was nailed in 

 the ends of the boards. 

 Now three of the above 

 strips were laid on one of the boards, and 

 screwed fast. The piece with the oblong 

 holes was the center one, and thus by loos- 

 ening the screws at any time, the width of 

 the fold could be adjusted. The third piece 

 was put on the other board. It Avas soon 

 done, and looked like this: — 



HINGE FOR FOLDER. 



FOLDING-MACHINE. 



John found, to his great delight, that he 

 could fold his seams with this by just put- 



