1883 



(CLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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if somebody had been shoeing horses in the 

 room; and'one might also liave imagined 

 the horses were young ones, and a bit uneasy 

 too. If I remember rightly she cried a lit- 

 tle, and I think I heard her telling Mr. Gray, 

 that she would give a whole " thousand dol- 

 lars '' to have every grate taken out of the 

 house, so it would be clean and new, as it 

 was before they put them in. It happened 

 that, insteJHl of ''colts," it was "Jacob," 

 and the youngest one of the "Canadians," 

 who spent their Christmas evening in the 

 new house, and, not having had much expe- 

 rience in "dust," or coed fires either, they 

 essayed to break a large lump of coal before 

 they placed it on the grate. They have 

 promised to "do so no more," and Sue and 

 1 knelt together that night and asked the 

 dear Savior to give us faith that he could 

 bring gooel, even out of those grates ; and 

 now, whenever " we children " want to both- 

 er mamma, or test her ability to look cheer- 

 ful "under fire," we simply say "grates." 

 Reader, is there any thing that you feel bad- 

 ly about at your house? Well, then you 

 know how to pity us. May be we shall like 

 the grates after all, even if they don't look 

 as nicely as they would have done had we 

 been wise, and had the house planned for 

 them when it was made ; and in any event 

 we are going to try to put our trust in Ilim 

 who said, — 



Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy la- 

 den, and I will give you rest.— Matt. 11:38. 



foftaf f ' §€lufgn. 



HAVE quit using tobacco. I want no smoker; 

 I feel more like giving you a smoker than ask- 

 ing one from you, so here is $1.00 for you in 

 place of a smoker. Bees have not done much here 

 this season; the honey that we did get is dark and 

 rather strong-tasted. John Johnson. 



Malvun, Ont., Can., Oct. 6, 1882. 



Well, I declare, friend J., you are a novelty, 

 any way. May God bless you in your resolve; 

 but 1 really don't know w^hat to do with the 

 dollar. Sliall we not place it to your credit, 

 against a " rainy day "V Seems to me things 

 are getting upside down, or something. when 

 the brethren stop tobacco and then send me 

 a dollar because they are glad. 



You may place me in the Tobacco Column. My 

 friends say I am entitled to a smoker. I needed one 

 the past season. I have quit the filthy weed, and in- 

 tend that part of the means spent for tobacco shall 

 go to forwarding Christ's cause in the future. 



M. A. Dickson. 



Drowusville, Tnd., Nov. 16, 1882. 



] have been a constant chewcr and smoker for 

 seventy years, until last fall, when I resolved to quit 

 the use of tobacco altogether, and I have neither 

 chewed nor smoked a particle of the weed since; 

 and by the help of God I never expect to taste It 

 again while I live. I did not ask you for the smo- 

 ker when I quit, nor do I ask you for it yet. I thought 

 It would be better for me to quit without any re- 

 ward. John Stevens. 



Lynchburg, 0., Dec. 3, 1883. 



GLEAWmC S m BEE CULTURE. 



-A.. I. I^OOX, 

 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERIWS: ?1.C0 PER YEAR, POST-PAID. 



FOE CLUBBING BATES, SEE FIRST PAGE 

 OF READING MATTER. 



iVEiESXDXisr.^^., 3:a.:sq: i, ieo3. 



He trusted on tlie Lord that he would deliver him.— Ps. 2J:8. 



As wax doesn't seem to come in very fast, we will, 

 until further orders, pay 28c cash, or 30c trade. 



Until further notice we will pay 10 cents each for 

 March numbers of 1882. Put your name on the 

 wrapper and drop us a postal. 



As wax is liable to advance, foundation will prob- 

 ably advance, and makers of fdn. wish it understood 

 that the prices may advance at any time, without 

 previous notice. 



The woolen stockings mentioned on another page 

 can be sent from here, if more convenient, and 

 where our friends are ordering goods, of course the 

 postage can be saved. Price 35c.; if wanted by 

 mail, 5c more. 



We have had one stalk of blue thistle in our gar- 

 den this past year, and it seems to promise finely. 

 Itisalwajs covered with bees from daylight until 

 dark, for many months. Its unfortunate name Is 

 the only thing I know of against it. 



In our report of the vice-presidents for the com- 

 ing year at the National Convention, we made one 

 more mistake. We gave the name of Judge An- 

 drews, of Texas, when it should have been W. K. 

 Marshall, D. D., Marshall, Harrison Co., Texas. 



Where you are owing us little balances that you 

 do not wish to get a postal order or draft expressly 

 f nr, but prefer to send it with next order, we have no 

 objection to your go doing, providing you give the 

 book-keepers notice by postal card, so they will find 

 the matter taken care of when they make their 

 monthly "voyages" through the ledgers. It will 

 lighten their labors very materially, and 1 tell you it 

 is no small task to look after a wayward family of 

 about ten thousand. 



Such heaps of matter have come in for Glean- 

 ings withiii the past few days, I have bten positive- 

 ly unable to read it all, much less find a place for 

 them in print. A good many of them, I notice, are 

 plans for honey-housps. No doubt we shall get out 

 a good one during the sea."!on, but I hardly know 

 whom to give the hundred dollars to, for it will prob- 

 ably belong to a great many. The juveniles haven't 

 tried to build honey-houses, but 7 <rtl?/oit thejy have 

 taken good care that their paper shall not stop for 

 lack of matter. ^ 



We commence the new year wiih 3633 names, 

 which is almost a thousand more than we had at 

 this time last year. During the month of Decem- 

 ber we have received 451 renewals, and 354 new 

 names. My kindest thanks to you, dear friends; 

 and all that worries me now is, that I may not be 

 able to properly look after the wants of so many of 

 you. A thousand is a pretty big addition to a fam- 

 ily all at once, you see. Guess I'll have to give you 

 all honey, as we do down in the lunch-room, and let 

 you "slide" at that. 



