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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



June 



$1.00 besides, wliich you can divide witli sis- 

 ter May, if you clioose. I should be very 

 glad to liear froiu you again. We made a 

 very nice pie of the grapes yoa sent. 





Every ffiil oi- hoy, undev l'> years 0l 

 ape, who write.-! a letter for this depart- 

 ment, CONTAINING SOME y.M.UABLE KACT, 

 NOT GRNKRALLY KNOWN, ON BEES O OTHER 

 MATTEiiS, will receive one of David Cooli's 

 excellent five-cent Sniiday-sehool books. 

 M.any of these liooks contain the same 

 nrntter th.Tt you find in Sunday-scliool 

 hooks eostinp fi-om $1.00 to $l.m. If you 

 liavi' had one or more hooks, (?'^c ns the 

 names that we may not send the same 

 twice. We have now in stocif, six different 

 hooks, as follows: Silver Keys, SlicerOft, 

 The (Jiant Killer, The Kobv Family, Ues- 

 cued from Egypt, and Ten Nights in a Bar- 

 Room, 



■ A chiel's amang ye, tnkin' notes; 

 An' te.ith, ht'll pfcnt it."' 



M ND uow it is the middle of June, chil- 

 n\ dren. Do you love June V Are the 



bees humming overhead with that pe- 

 culiar sound that speaks so plainly of clover 

 honey, around your house V Are you having 

 swarms come out almost every day ? and are 

 the beautiful snowy-white combs groiv'ing 

 every day in the section soxes ? Are the 

 green fields so inviting you can hardly stay 

 in school V and is it almost strawberry time 

 where you live ? Is it fun to live? and do 

 you thank God every day that he has given 

 you the precious gift of life V I hoiie life is 

 joyous to you all ; for if it isn't, it certainly 

 ought to be. David once said, " Great peace 

 liave they which love thy law." Well, now, 

 if you haven't that great peace, I am afraid 

 it is just because you do not love, and love to 

 stud}/, that law. 



My pa has 13 stands of bees. lie wintered them in 

 the cellar, and they came out in good condition. 

 DoylestowD, O. Daniel IIout, age 8. 



We have 25 stands of bees; 7 of them are in Sim- 

 plicity, and 4 of them are Italianized. Papa sold It 

 stands, and he said he was going to send for a hones'- 

 ex tractor. S. D. Tuttle, ago 11. 



Mill Springs, Ky., April, 1883. 



My pa has C stands of tecs. They are all in very 

 tiice condition. I fcclp my pa work wilh the bees in 

 the summer, Myktle A. Davis, age 11. 



North Salem, Ind. 



ELWOOD AND IlIS GRANrPA. 



My grandpa had 13 swarms of bees, but this win- 

 ter one of them died. He had one hive In the ccU.ir. 

 lie has a mill, I have one mile to go to school, but 

 it is closed. Our nearest Sunday -schcol is abouttwo 

 miles. I do not go. I can answer your question. 

 "And let us not be weary in well domg; for in due 

 season we shall reap, if we faint not.'" Gal. 6: 9; also 



II. Thes. 3:1.3. If this is worth a book, please send 

 me Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. 



Elwood Sprenkle, age 8. 

 Wrightsville, Pa., April 18, 1883. 



So you found the text in tioo places, did 

 you, Elwood V 



My brother Chai ley has 2 stands of bees, and he 

 takes Gleanings. I like to nail sections together, 

 and work with ihe bees; and I like to work in the 

 garden. Eddie Steen, age 0. 



FindlMy, Ohio, May 27, 1883. 



chicken cholera. 



Tell Fannie M. Paris that we have u?cd poke root 

 for chicken cholera with good results. Pound it 

 tino, and s >ak in water or milk over night, then mix 

 with corn meal, and feed. 



Bremen, Ind. John S. R. Kuktz, age 8. 



Pa has one hive of bees. 1 like to gather eggs 

 when I can get a lot of them, but I got only 37 to- 

 night. Our dog eats some of them when he can find 

 them. Matie D. Feugcson, age 9. 



Clarence, la.. Apr. 9, 1883. 



A new kind of fuel for SMO.'CCRS. 



Papa uses buckwheat hulls to burn in his smoker, 

 and thinks it is the best stuff for smcke. ITe puts a 

 little green grass in the top to keep it from throwing 

 sparks. 



Drinker, Pa. Stella T. Fisher, age 10. 



Answer to Ada Finch's question. Who washed his 

 steps in butter? It was Job. How many persons 

 mentioned in the Bible died twice, and who were 

 they? Katie Purdy. 



AVcstover, Oat., Can. 



And now, Katie, please tell us wiiat Job 

 meant by washing his steps in butter. 



the swarm in the garret. 



I am a little orphan girl. I live wilh my uncle and 

 aunt. 1 help my uncle wilh his bees. lie has a big 

 swarm in the garret of the house. One day they 

 came into the sitting-room through a little hole in 

 the wall. We feed the bees sugar and honey. 



Staunton, Ind,, April, 1883. Anne Caspeb. 



We have two swarms of bees; one of them is mine 

 and pa's. Pa is a mason, and works in stone. He is 

 afraid of bees, and they sting him. Ma and I have 

 to take care of the bees, and pick berries in the sum- 

 mer, I have a sister in Chicago, and I am going to 

 stay over there two or three weeks this summer. 

 Fred A. Cclver, age 13. 



Benton Harbor, Mich., April, 1883. 



I thought of writing sooner, but I had no spare 

 time, as I had to go to school, I like bees very 

 much, and hope to be a bee culturist some day, I 

 am In the fourlh reader, and like to go to school, be- 

 cause we have a kind teacher and good schoolmas- 

 tor. I like to read good books, 



W, H, Till, age 11, 



Allegheny, Pa., March 5, 1883. 



hiving dees. 



Draw a long woolen stocking on the end of a pole} 

 and when the swarm begins to settle, place the 

 stocking where the bees seem thickest, and hold it 

 there until it is completely covered with the whole 

 swarm. Have a sheet spread, and then lay the pole, 

 or, rather the stocking, on the sheet in front of the 

 hive, Anna E. Koser. 



Milford, 111., May 13, 1883. 



