1883 



JUVENILE GLEANII^GS. 



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man used to go to mill with. He could not 

 make the corn stay on the old horse's back, 

 unless he put a big stone in tlie other end of 

 the bag, to balance. 



I wonder now if it won't be a good thing 

 for us, my little friends, to try to have all 

 our little business transactions balance. Do 

 not let any thing be all on one side. When- 

 ever you hold anybody's promise to pay, be 

 sure they have value received. Now. see if 

 we can't get down to business. I have 

 promised you a book, if you would write me 

 a letter; but I stated, too, that the letter 

 was to tell something that everybody didn't 

 know, or that would be worth something 

 when I put it in print. Of course, I don't 

 expect letters from children to be worth very 

 much, and I don't ''promise to pay'' very 

 much; but, my little friends, don't you 

 think there ought to be just a little " value 

 received "V 



I very much dislike to find fault witli these 

 little letters, but I think it is chielly for 

 your own good that I should insist on some- 

 thing that will make you work just a little. 

 As an illustration, here is a letter right be- 

 fore me that reads thus : — 



I received the book you sent me, arnl was very 

 much pleased with it. I should like to see iny letter 

 in print. Please send me Sheer Off. 



Jessie Alvehson. 



Gosport, Owen Co., Ind., Dec. 20, 1883. 



Xow do you see, little friends, that this is 

 in reality only a report of the book she had, 

 a request to see her letter in print, and a call 

 for another bookV It doesn't tell a single 

 thing about bees, nor, in fact, about any 

 thing else of value to the rest. Don't yoii 

 think, my little friend Jessie, that it will be 

 best to have you try again, and see if you can't 

 send us something about bees, before we 

 send you Sheer Off ? Another thing : There 

 are more letters than there is room for now, 

 and so I shall have to pick out the most val- 

 uable ones to print. Dou"t you think that 

 will be the best way? That is the way it is 

 when we grow r>p ; and this paying the best 

 price for the best work is what makes us 

 grow up to be strong, useful men and 

 women. 'Now, you won't call this a scold- 

 ing letter, for starting the new year, will 

 you? It isn't because we are unwilling to 

 furnish a, Jive-cent bool\ but because we fear 

 it would not be so well for you to send you 

 books without requiring you to give some 

 sort of " value received." 



I go to school, and have a tine time. My father 

 has 24 hives of bees. We took lots of honey this fall. 

 Please send me a book. Minnie Willis. 



Yocumtown, Pa., Nov. 13, 1882. 



My brother-in-law keeps bees, and sometimes I go 

 down there and they do not sting me. I should like 

 to have one of your books that would suit a boy ten 

 years old. Willie E. DuMont. 



North Branch Depot, N. J., Nov. 0, 1882. 



BEES in a house. 



My brother has II swarms of bees. Last summer 

 they made lots of honey. His bees are in a bouse 

 which he built. My father is a wagon-maker. 



Georoe Miller, age 13. 



West Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1883. 



I am a little boy seven years old. My mamma has 

 two stands of bees. They have not swai-med this 

 5'ear. I should very much like a new book. I go to 

 school. Leon Spencer. 



Orange City, Fla., Nov. 10, 1883. 



My pa has four stands of bees. I wash dishes for 

 my ma, and do lots of chores for her. 



Anna Turner. 

 Breeds, Fulton Co., 111., Jan. 3, 1883. 



That is the kind of girls I likp, Anna; 

 those who help their mothers. 



I thought I would write you a letter. We have 

 one hive of bees; we did have two, but another 

 swarm came and robbed it. We received 65 lbs. of 

 honey from the remaining hive, and we expect to 

 have about four swarms in the spring. 



Lily Houston. 



Wamego, Kansas, Dec. 27, 1883. 



My pa has kept bees for over 16 years. I go to 

 Sunday-school and day school. We are going to get 

 our prizes next Sunday. I have got a book, and its 

 name is Sheer Off, and as far as I have read in it I 

 think it is a very nice book. I should like you to 

 send me another. Robert T. McNichol. 



Weston, Ont., Can., Nov. 11, 1883. 



My pa has ^y^ colonies, and 5 chaff hives. One hive 

 has 3 swarms in It. I helped pa pack his bees in box- 

 es for winter. Please give my card to Caddie. 



Elyria, O., Dec. 23, 1883. Katie M. Joy. 



I am always very glad to hear from my lit- 

 tle friends, Katie, and Caddie sends you 

 many thanks. 



"gkandpa's .juvenile." 

 . I have been reading the children's lettei'S in grand- 

 pa's Juvenile. My grandp keeps bees. They 

 made more honey last season than for manyj'ears 

 before. They are black bees. I never saw any Ital- 

 ians. Grandpa says he is going to get a colony of 

 them. Wji. E. Alvis, age 10. 



Montrose, Lee Co., la., Dec. 20, 1883. 



My pa has 4" colonies o bees, and in spring we 

 had only 2."i. We got only about 200 lbs. of honey 

 this summer, as it was not a good honey year. We 

 gave my brother one of the best ones this summer, 

 and he did not get any honey. He wanted to feed 

 them some sugar, but they would not eat it. 



Lizzie Fkick, age 13. 



Mogadore, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1882. 



"Why, J^izzie, your bees must be funny if 

 they won't eat sugar. I think I could make 

 them '■ eat.'' 



100 LBS. COMB honey TO THE COLONY, ETC. 



My pa is a bee-keeper. He has 31 stands, all Ital- 

 ians. One hive made 100 lbs. of comb honey, besides 

 50 lbs. to winter on. Some made only enough to 

 winter on. I have two little sisters and one broth- 

 er, named Emma, Ruth, and Walter. Old Santa 

 Claus brought me a donkey and rider. I should like 

 a book. Pa lost his price list. Please send him one. 

 He wants to start a saw mill, and wants a saw. 



Eugene R. Hixon, age 7. 



Sir John's Run, W. Va., Dec. 37, 1882. 



Well, now there is an idea friend Eugene. 

 When your father wants a new price list he 

 doesn't have to write a letter, but only to 

 tell his seven-year old clerk to do it. And 

 you sent in his report too, didn't you? 



