1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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the children? One man whom I had plead 

 with until he was almost vexed, finally, to 

 my ffreat surprise, came forward one eve- 

 ning at the very first invitation, and before 

 anybody else. The next night he came just 

 as promptly again, and in his testimony said 

 something like this: 



"Dear friends, I have got through one 

 day, the first in years, without a single bad 

 word. I feel better and happier. I do not 

 think I shall ever want to turn back. I am 

 sure I am getting on ' higher ground. ' Pray 

 for me." 



This man is on hand at every meeting, al- 

 ways takes part, and there are toivard a 

 dozen big broad-shouldered men just like 

 him. They are not only "broad-shoulder- 

 ed," but they are men of influence in the 

 community. These men have been baptized, 

 and are members of the church. Now, dear 

 brother Dr. Miller, was it not our duty to 

 work and pray a little harder for these men? 

 At present writing thirty have been baptiz- 

 ed, and quite a few more have united with 

 the church who have been baptized at some 

 time in the past. 



One grand thing about this revival is that 

 the work seems to go right on just about the 

 same (as it does in Wales), when the good 

 pastor is not with us. He is now holding 

 meetings in another parish, but we have a 

 weekly prayer-meeting every Wednesday 

 evening. At these meetings all are on 

 hand; and last evening, besides the prayers, 

 twenty-one stood up and bore testimony, 

 telling how they were getting on in the new 

 life. I hope I am mistaken; but I have al- 

 ways feared that a child of ten hardly real- 

 izes what it undertakes, and might change 

 its mind as it grows older; whereas a man 

 of thirty or forty is not very likely to back- 

 slide. With big strong men to take the 

 lead, the young ones are very much less 

 likely to go back; in fact, they will hardly 

 ever go back if they are properly looked aft- 

 er. The dear Savior said to Peter, ' ' Feed 

 my lambs," and there is need of a whole lot 

 of Peters. Our pastor is preaching in four 

 different places, and he says he expects a 

 work like this here in each of the four 

 places. He is going to preach to them 

 every night for three or four weeks. Some- 

 body noticed his harness was getting old, 

 and the money was raised for a new one in 

 a twinkling; and as I write a project is on 

 foot to get him an extra horse. This whole 

 community is now a unit in showing to each 

 other the spirit of Christ Jesus. 



LOOK OUT FOR SWINDLERS WHEN YOU PAT- 

 RONIZE BARBER-SHOPS AWAY FROM 

 HOME. 



While waiting for the train in Union Sta- 

 tion, Detroit, I went into the station bar- 

 ber-shop to have my hair cut. The very 

 obliging barber asked a good many questions 

 about how I wanted my hair and whiskers 

 trimmed, etc. I replied in a general way to 

 fix me up in good shape, using his own 



judgment, etc. When he got nearly through 

 he made the remark that some of my eye- 

 brows were rather long, and asked if they 

 ever troubled me by getting in my eyes. I 

 told him they did, especially in a strong 

 wind or when riding in the automobile. He 

 said he had a way of singeing them that 

 would prevent all that, and rather improve 

 my appearance at the same time. Then he 

 mentioned some spots on my face that he 

 could remove in a very few minutes. I 

 thought once of asking him what these things 

 were going to cost; but finally, supposing it 

 would be only a few cents any way, I let the 

 matter drop. As I had a shampoo as well 

 as a hair-cut I thought the price would be 

 50 or 60 cents. Imagine my surprise when 

 he said the price was $1.60. I was going to 

 protest; then I remembered his various ques- 

 tions about this, that, and the other thing, 

 and that he really had my sanction, although 

 I did not think of it at the time. So I paid 

 the bill. When I got home I asked our home 

 barber what he knew about this new species 

 of "graft." He said it is getting to be 

 quite common. Three of our townsmen 

 have been swindled in a similar way. One 

 was charged $1.80 and another one $1.85 

 when they supposed the bill would be only 

 30 or 40 cents. In Columbus they tried the 

 game on one of our Medina lawyers, but he 

 refused to pay the exorbitant charge, and 

 demanded to see the proprietor of the es- 

 tablishment. The barber reluctantly ad- 

 mitted that it belonged to the hotel where 

 he was stopping; but before the barber 

 would consent to having the matter referred 

 to the hotel management he accepted the 

 usual price for the service he had given. 



I have narrated this little transaction be- 

 cause I think it may save the readers of 

 Gleanings from getting bitten in a similar 

 way. The game is usually worked on some- 

 body who is not likely to be a customer in 

 the future. He found out that I was trav- 

 eling, and I was foolish enough to let him 

 know that I used an automobile; and he in- 

 ferred from this that I would not mind being 

 swindled out of a dollar if he went about it 

 carefully. 



Now, let us unite in sitting down promptly 

 on all such modern methods of swindling. 

 Find out beforehand what every thing is go- 

 ing to cost, especially in a strange place; 

 and then let us imitate our beloved President 

 by insisting on a "square deal" every day 

 in the week. 



I presented the matter to one of the offi- 

 cers of the Pere Marquette R. R., and they 

 informed me that this barber has just been 

 dismissed from the station for the very of- 

 fense I have mentioned. 



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a few tons of honey, and pay cash at your 

 depot. Correspondence solicited giving- full 

 particulars as to quality, style of section, 

 when it will be ready to ship, price wanted, 

 etc. If satisfactory, I will call on you. 

 A. W. SMITH, BIRMINGHAM, MICH. 



