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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



ductor on the trolley line said he did not 

 know of any such place. So I got off at 

 Overpeck, within two and a half miles of his 

 farm. I went into a country store and asked 

 if there was a livery stable in the place. I 

 was told there was none. If it had not been 

 raining at the time I should have enjoyed 

 the walk of 2^ miles. While I was discuss- 



am told that you live within a short distance 

 of C. S. Hunter's place. Can you arrange 

 to take me over there if I pay you for your 

 trouble ?" 



I was a little bit surprised at the reply I 

 got from an utter stranger. "Yes, I can 

 take you over to Mr. Hunter's, and I shall 

 enjoy doing so; but so far as the pay is con- 



C. S. HUNTER IN ONE OF HIS CORNFIELDS. 



ing about getting over there, with the loung- 

 ers who sat around the stove, the storekeep- 

 er's wife remarked: 



^ "There is a man coming in the door who 

 lives within a mile of Mr. Hunter's place." 

 Said I to the new comer, ' ' My friend, I 



cerned I am paid already. I used to be a 

 bee-keeper, and took Gleanings a good 

 many years; and, if I am not mistaken, you 

 used to be the publisher." 



We were soon on the way; and as my new- 

 found friend was a c/iicken-man, had several 



