1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



245 



Martin was the senior deacon. All of my 

 correspondence was with him reg'arding- 

 the pastorate, and he thus stands in a 

 peculiar relation in this way with the be- 

 ginning" of my ministry. During" the years 

 of my pastorate we were brought ver3f close- 

 ly together. I came to know him thorough- 

 ly. Scores of times we were in consulta- 

 tion regarding affairs pertaining to the 

 church, and a warm personal friendship 

 accompanied all. In your article regard- 

 ing his life you call attention to the large 

 fund of humor that the " Rambler " had. 

 This is true, and j'et he was a man of 

 heavj' burdens and of great sadness of 

 heart as well. I remember very well meet- 

 ing him one morning when, as I noticed 

 how careworn and pale he looked, I asked 

 concerning his trouble. He replied, "You 

 know it is written, ' Hope deferred maketh 

 the heart sick'" (Prov. 13:12). There is 

 a case of real heroism here that this brother, 

 instead of surrendering to his sorrows and 

 trials, looked on the bright side, and allow- 

 ed humor and good cheer to win; and in 

 this I am sure his Christian faith was his 

 great aid. 



A noble Christian gentleman of kind 

 spirit, and an earnest desire to benefit his 

 fellow-men, has gone home to God. His 

 bodj^ rests near the noble hills he so dearly 

 loved, and his memory will long remain in 

 the hearts of those who knew him, and in 

 the knowing learned to love him; and the 

 Rambler's last journey over the goal, we 

 believe, has been to the heavenly city. 



C. W. Wilson, 



Ashland, O. Pastor Cong. Church. 



[We are very glad to hear from Rambler's 

 old pastor. We knew the Rambler as a 

 bee-keeper, as an inventor, as a traveler, 

 as a humorist; and we knew, also, he was 

 a man of sterling Christian character; but 

 Mr. Wilson has opened up some phases in 

 Rambler's church life that may be of inter- 

 est to his friends, and we gladly present 

 them to our readers. — Ed.] 



carter's cell-forming and cell-stick- 

 ing STICK. 

 There is an item on page 587, last year, 

 in Gleanings, where it speaks of buying 

 cell- cups. It would be too slow work for 

 me to stick them fast. I should prefer the 

 wax in a little ball; and, with an inven- 

 tion of mine, press it fast to the bar. Thus 

 the making and fastening are done in a 

 second or two. My device is made of wood, 

 as shown. It is best to make of boxwood, 

 as that kind of wood will make the smooth- 

 est cell-cup, and sharpest on the edge. I 

 have one of that kind, and it works very 

 well. 



directions. 



Wet or soak the machine in water, and 

 keep it wet so the wax will not stick to it. 

 I use medium brood foundation cut in pieces 

 an inch square, and in a warm place, so 

 the wax will work easily. I gather a piece 

 up in a ball and put it in the end where 



the largest hole is at C ; then I press the 

 wax down on the bar where I want it to 

 stick, and hold it there with my left hand. 

 Then I push the former, B, down the small 

 end of the hole A, and turn it part way 

 round, back and forth, two or three times, 

 and still keep pushing down with my left 

 hand until the former has been well pushed 

 down. I turn back and forth to the right 

 and left. I next hold the former down, and 

 lift up and turn to the right and left with 

 my left hand. That takes the one piece 

 away from the wax while the former holds 



it fast to the bar — see upper part of the 

 drawing. Gently turn the former to the 

 right and left, and lift the former out of the 

 cell-cup, when the result is as shown at D 

 and E. C. K. Carter. 



Eagle Grove, Iowa. 



[We sent this device to our artist, Mr. 

 Murray, of Cleveland, requesting him to 

 follow directions so that he could show the 

 fnodus operandi. After finishing the draw- 

 ing, he tells of his experience as follows: 



I have tried the device, and have no doubt it will 

 work after a fashion; but in my hands, working under 

 difficulties, the product was rather ragged and un- 

 sightly, and I think it would have a tendency to make 

 bees cross-eyed; but practice would no doubt greatly 

 perfect it. As you sent no wax I purloined wife's 

 ironing-wax, and in due course of time had cells 

 galore from Dan to Beersheba all over the kitchen- 

 sink, greatly to said wife's astonishment, and immi- 

 nent danger to the statu quo of the family. After all, 

 I would pronounce the thing a success in skillful 

 hands. R. V. M. 



I did not try this device myself, but gave 

 it to an employee to test. His experience 

 with the first lot was much the same as 

 Mr. Murray's. I believe the principle to 

 be correct and right. We prefer, however, 

 to form the cells on the same general plan 

 by the thousand, and then stick them on 

 the bars afterward, for we believe we can 

 perform the two operations separately in 

 less time than in one operation as shown 

 above. We will show our plan a little 

 later.— Ed.] 



