1883 



JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



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I have tried the fdn. mill, and would not give it 

 for a load of rubber plates. C. A. Hatch. 



Ithaca, Richland Co., Wis., Apr. 20, 1883. 



OUR $4.50 PLATFORM SCALES. 



The scales that I brought from your factory when 

 I was there weigh as well as the high-priced ones. I 

 would not take $8.00 for them if 1 could not get an- 

 other pair. D. Butters. 



Bloomingdale, Mich., May, 1883. 



Your ABC book is just what I wanted, and I am 

 much obliged to you for explaining every thing so 

 carefully; and if I have a dollar left when I get my 

 chaff hives finished, 1 will invest it in Gleanings. 



Anna Gray. 



Adams, Gage Co., Neb., April 25, 1883. 



I received the goods in fine order; never saw goods 

 better put up for shipping. I am well pleased with 

 the thin foundation tor sections. T am disappointed 

 in the Clark cold-blast smoker ; it is A No. 1 ; throws 

 clouds of smoke. 1 could smoke down yellow-jack- 

 ets with it. E. E. Smith. 



Pittsford, Mich., April 13, 1883. 



I received the A B C in due time; and to say we 

 were not greatly surprised would not be doing it jus- 

 tice. We are both well pleased with it. My wife 

 says it is just the thing, and the book she has always 

 wanted. [ do not see how you can furnish so large 

 and valualile a book for such a price. We are highly 

 pleased with this great work, and your good and 

 kind words to the little ones, and all, so that we 

 must certainly be asked to be remembered among 

 the many friends you must surely have. 



Goodland, Ind., April 16, 1883. H. F. Currens. 



A GOOD report FOR THE GLASS NEST-EGGS. 



The eggs and other articles came safe. Thanks. 

 But these handkerchiefs are marvels for cheapness; 

 but those eggs are the boss. The hens nearly cack- 

 led themselves to death looking at themselves in 

 those glass eggs, and tried to fill every nest with fine 

 large eggs to match those large ones. I sent and 

 got some wooden eggs last spring, but they did not 

 like them. They would kick them all out of the 

 nest. Good luck attend you, my friend. 



Mrs. Nelson Kelly. 



Ferndale, Whatcom Co., Wash. Ter., April 15, 1883. 



THE ABC BOOK. 



A B C at hand, with many thanks. This really is 

 "pressed down and running- over;" it has paid me 

 more than twice its cost already. Picture to your- 

 self a man in a dilemma, not knowing what to do, 

 when a friend steps up and says,— 



" What's the matter?" While I point and say,— 



" Look there." And he says,— 



"Oh! we'll soon fix that." 



Well, that friend was ABC. May the good Lord 

 bless and prosper you in your work of love and 

 charity! Jas. Beaton. 



Higbgate, Kent Co., Ont., Can., May 1, 1883. 



I do not know how to acknowledge your kindness 

 to a poor little girl. Please accept my heartfelt 

 thanks for ABC and Gleanings; also for your 

 promptness in sending sample sections and founda- 

 tion. Papa has prayer and reading of the Bible 

 morniiig and evening, and he does not forget Mr. 

 Root's kindness to his little girl. Papa says I must 

 work hard, and pay Mr. Root for ABC and Glean- 

 ings. He says they are worth five dollars; he says 

 he will help me all he can. I was going to write 

 about bees, but I could not help trying to thank you 

 In my uncouth way for your kindness. * 



Valley Point, Pa. 



better than sample. 



I received goods to-day. I am well pleased with 

 them. Every thing came in good shape, except 

 smoker, which was jammed, but I think I can 

 straighten it so it will be all right. The foundation 

 is much brighter than the samples you sent. 



J. C. Merbimen. 



[f am very glad, friend M., if you find the goods 

 better than the sample I think it was friend Hed- 

 don who said fdn. manufacturers always sent out a 

 better sample than the good they furnished. In our 

 ca^e it happened to be the other way this tim". 

 Perhaps we don't always do as well as that.] 



the jones pails. 

 The 3-lb. Jones pails make the nicest package of 

 extracted honey I ever saw, and will sell at sight, 

 and the smokers are greatly improved. 



John Dieffenbach. 

 Crosskill Mills, Pa., Apr. 30, 1883. 



A KIND WORD FOR RAILROAD OFFICIALS, ETC. 



Goods received O. K. The smoker is a perfect 

 gem. The ABC book is much neater and larger 

 than I expected. Express charges were very rea- 

 sonable. No delays. All railroad agents are not so 

 very bad men. Our agent here is a gentleman in 

 every respect. L. H. Wilcox. 



Farmington, W. Va., Apr. 28, 1883. 



I will tell you how to publish Gleanings semi- 

 monthlJ^ Just take some of the matter intended 

 for Gle.^nings Sen., and put it with Junior Glean- 

 ings, making one thinner and the other thicker, re- 

 taining a juvenile department, thus equalizing the 

 weight and thickness of both. Bind both as you 

 now do Gleanings Sen., with the same neatly got- 

 ten-up cover. You are giving us a "thundering 

 sight " of good bee matter,auy how, for one dollar. 

 If you can do this without raising the price, all the 

 better; if not, put on what will justify the change, 

 and I think very few will " squeal." Shall I give 

 you a report of my wintering? I am only a little 

 bee-man, anyhow. C. Garwood, 858. 



Baltimore, Md., May 6, 1883. 



We thank you for your promptness in replacing 

 the first queen sent. In fact, you were almost too 

 prompt for us, as we had no queenless colony, so we 

 thought we would catch a virgin queen from a cer- 

 tain colony. In our manipulations, the youngqueen 

 and a good many of the bees flew away and cluster- 

 ed on some brush near. Taking a frame of brood 

 from an old colony, we hived them in a new hive, 

 and proceeded to make sure there was no queen 

 left in the colonj'. We failed to find any, or any 

 cells; so we turned the Italian queen on to a frame 

 of brood, and covered her with a wire cage. The in- 

 stant she touched the comb she dove into a cell and 

 took a good meal of Florida honey. H. S. Allyn. 



Orange City, Fla., Apr. 16, 1883. 



I wish to thank you, friend Root, for the many 

 courtesies we have received from you, as well as lor 

 j'our excellent journal. I am not a bee-man. I fear 

 I never shall be; have had nothing but losses and 

 troubles with them since I first read a copy 

 of Gleanings and became interested in them. I 

 have spent some 50 or 60 dollars, and have now 

 three weak colonies, and one of them queenless. I 

 have, however, derived a great deal of pleasure in 

 reading Gleanings and ABC, and other bee pub- 

 lications; but now my A B C is loaned to some one 

 who has forgotten to return it, and I have forgotten 

 who, as I loaned it until it was nearly worn out. My 

 smoker, too, has been loaned until it was nearly 

 worn out, so I had some benefit from them in that 

 way. Now, friend Root, 1 do not want to see my 

 name in print. I am writing this as a personal let- 

 ter. I am not a Christian, as you and my folks are, 

 but know that you are doing a good work. After 

 tising tobacco 25 years to excess, I have quit the hab- 

 it. I would sooner think of paying you for a dozen 

 smokers than ask one for doing right. I have saved 

 more than the price of a gross of smokers in the 

 last 18 months, in cigars and tobacco alone. I am 

 not overestimating the amount, and must confess to 

 you that the Lord has been better to me than I de- 

 serve, as I have no desire for tobacco. J- M. 



[But, friend M., your experiences are so very val- 

 uable I feel we must have it for print, and I take 

 the liberty of using it, suppressing your name, as 

 you see. You say you are not a Christian; but it 

 seems to me you are in spirit, even if you don't 

 stand so before the world. Your concluding sen- 

 tence persuades me that your duty stands clearly 

 before you, and that nothing more is needed for you 

 to do, except to stand up before men and acknowl- 

 edge your Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus. Come 

 with us, and be a soldier of the cross. I will pray 

 for you. and I am sure others will. I am very glad 

 indeed to hear your testimony on tobacco, and I am 

 glad to see that you fully realize the amount you 

 have saved by giving it up. That single item alone 

 ought to be a strong- motive for others to go and do 

 likewise.] 



