1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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sisters who are getting old and gray- headed, 

 and who begin to thinls they are not of jxiuch 

 use in this world, let rue beg of you, dear old 

 friends, to beware how we get into a habit 

 of complaining and scolding and finding 

 fault, even if things ax'e not as they used to 

 be when we were young. If we have pains 

 and aches, let us be careful about having too 

 much to say about it when the younger ones 

 are around. Above all, let us strive to make 

 ourselves useful, and that, too, without wor- 

 rying the younger folks. Let us stx'ive so to 

 live that they will be glad to see us when we 

 come around. How pleasant it is to have a 

 child — yes, and a grandchild too, say, "O 

 grandma! I am so glad yon have come! you 

 can help us so very much in the fix we are 

 in!" 



And another thing, it will not be half so 

 hard to be cheerful and pleasant and good- 

 natured when we have some little duties of 

 our own to look after. For a year or two 

 past Mrs. Root and I have had no garden of 

 our own — that is, here in Medina. The gar- 

 den stuff is grown mostly in the fields or in 

 the children s gardens. A few days ago Mrs. 

 Root said, "I should like just a little garden 

 all my own, close by the house, where I can 

 see things grow, and go and get them my- 

 self." 



I said, "All right. Sue. You shall have a 

 little garden right near by, where you can 

 see it a dozen times a day, and I will make 

 you the daintiest little garden that has ever 

 been seen since the time when Adam and 

 Eve lived together in the garden of Eden." 



Well, it took me some time to get it in 

 shape; but now it is one of the joys of my 

 life. Shall I tell you what is in that garden? 

 There are just two cabbages, four pepper- 

 plants, and eight tomato-plants (Mrs. Root 

 is particularly fond of tomatoes); besides 

 this there are four stalks of rhubarb and 

 about fifty straw beri'y-plants — I have three 

 plants each of all the most popular varieties. 

 For myself I would rather have the old-fash- 

 ioned Sharpless than any other strawberry 

 grown. The garden is so small and so near 

 by that I can watch every bud and blossom. 

 I find every cut-worm or cabbage-worm 

 as soon as it commences gnawing a single 

 leaf. The tomatoes are trained on a trellis; 

 and it is just fun to tie up the new shoots 

 every morning. The ground was first pre- 

 pared by plowing under a great lot of old 

 fermented manure from the cow-stable. Then 

 I put on a good dose of bone-dust and ashes. 

 I had to put a two-foot poultry-netting around 

 the same to keep the ducks out; but that 

 two-foot fence serves to keep dogs and chick- 

 ens and toddling grandchildren from uncon- 

 sciously and innocently mari'ing our trea- 

 sures. God's first gift to Adam and Eve was 

 a gai'den; and, dear gray-headed brother and 

 sister, such a little gai'den will not only keep 

 you from growing old prematurely, but it will 

 be a great preventive of that fearful thing 

 that is sometimes to be more dreaded than 

 death itself — losing our minds and becoming 

 imbecile. Of course, in that little garden 

 you want the very best and choicest of every 



thing; and in order that you may have it you 

 should read the papers and keep posted. 

 Why, evei'y new leaf that comes out on my 

 new and choice varieties of strawbexTies 

 gives me another thrill of pleasure every 

 morning. 



HOME TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS. 



Since my write-up in regard to my sister's 

 case a gi'eat amount of correspondence has 

 come up; and some professional men have 

 congratulated me on having mapped out the 

 way in which any sufferers might have most 

 of the advantages of an expensive sanitarium 

 while they remain in their own home. So 

 many have made kindly inquiries in regard 

 to the progress toward recovery that my sis- 

 ter is making 1 have thought best to submit 

 to you a letter recently received from her: 



Brother Amos; — I am still taking treatment, and I 

 think that I am getting better: but when such a day 

 as this comes, cold and foggy. I am discouraged, as it 

 is so hard to breathe easily. Your letter, containing 

 the one from California, came yesterday. How nice 

 it seems to feel that even strangers have an interest 

 in one's recovery! I thank you and your friends most 

 heartily. I have a very strong feeling against leaving 

 my home, and for one so advanced in years it seems 

 foolish to think of it. Great cures have been per- 

 formed here in our own town. I was attracted one 

 morning by a sign " Flowers for sale," in a remote 

 part of our town. While there the lady told me that, 

 five years ago, she was given up by all of the physi- 

 cians here, excepting one (Dr. McLarty). He told her 

 if she had a bit of sand at her home to go out and sit 

 there all day long. She did so; but soon began to dig, 

 and finally planted seeds, and soon put up a sign, 

 "Flowers for sale." She is now a healthy woman. 

 She supposed she had consumption. I wrote this for 

 the Adcance last year. Perhaps you may have seen 

 it. I have no sand very near, but think I shall soon 

 try the cure, especially if I go to Onekama. All my 

 mornings are taken up now with the treatment. 



This woman where I go has a husband who had con- 

 sumption, they i'upposed, years ago. She prepared a 

 remedy that cured him. and is certainly helping me. 

 She takes goose oil (no other will do), chops a lot of 

 onions and cooks them in it. then she adds turpentine, 

 peppermint, and chloroform, then applies it to the 

 surface of the lungs (on cloths wrung out of hot 

 water), and then applies the oil, all the time rubbing 

 the surface till it is well absorbed. Relief is obtained 

 immediately. I am there usually an hour and a half, 

 and feel very much benefited each time. I have told 

 you this remedy, as I know she has performed many 

 cures with it, and a good thing should be passed on. 

 She is greatly in favor of outdoor living also. 

 With love to all. 



Sister Sarah. 



After receiving the above I wrote for fur- 

 ther particulars in regard to the treatment, 

 and she gave me the following additional: 



My dear Brother:— The woman who gives me treat- 

 ments is a professional nurse; has her home arranged 

 to give brine baths and massage, but pays particular 

 attention to lung troubles. Several years ago her 

 husband was very low with consumption. They sold 

 their home here and sent him to Colorado. He grew 

 worse there, and she went and brought him home and 

 went to work to save him, and discovered this remedy 

 I told you of. He is working every day. and compar- 

 atively well. She says he uses a great many lemons 

 and also t-ats a great deal of honey, and occasionally 

 he takes quinine if he feels chilly. She has certainly 

 done well for me. I walk over to my daughter's (one- 

 half mile) and back after supper, and do not mind it. 



