1883 



JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



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they know that it is only 12 months since I bought 

 anfl commenced handling my first colony of bees, 

 and now I has'e 3 good hives, and looking every day 

 for more to issue from them. 



Henry W. Cakiian. 

 Custer. Breck. Co., Ky., May 25, 1883. 



The ten-inch $2.5.00 fdn. mill and other goods ship- 

 pod to me April 13 came to hand on the 36th. The 

 freight was one dollar and one cent — much less 

 than I had expected. Wo were soon making full 

 sheets of fdn., but began on narrow strips. The wax 

 would stick some at first in the mill, but that was 

 owing to cool weather, as some sheets broke like 

 glass. It was the first roll mill 1 ever saw; and con- 

 sidering our inexperience, we think we did well. 

 Every thing gave satisfaction, from the Novice hon- 

 ey-knife to the Clark smoker. We have had people 

 guess the price of the oS-cent clothes-line. Some 

 have guessed as high as one dollar. 



Fayette, la.. May 8, 1883. Fued Txmmgiiman. 



Please accept thanks for your Home talk in the 

 March No. It has done mc good, and helped mc to 

 preach for the Master, and 1 feel that it was a voice 

 Jr()m him, to encourage me in the hour of trial and 

 temptation. It has done me good when my brethren 

 have told me that my talks have done thorn good; 

 so please accept this brief note, hoping it may do 

 you good also. We are having a very gracious 

 work, and one of the most honored instruments in 

 the hands of God is a saloon-keeper, who has been 

 the means of turning many from the power of Satan 

 to God. Bro. 11 lot, pardon me, a s'ranger to you; 

 yet I seem to hiioiv you well through Gleanings. 

 Bees are in good shape; lois less than 2 per cent. 



E. T. FOQLE. 



Ilartsvillo, Barthol. Co., Ind., Apr. 7, 1883. 



[May God bless you for your kind words, my dear 

 friend, and for the cheering news you give us of the 

 work in youi- vicinity.] 



Inclosed find 28 cts., for which please send me the 

 Christian's Secret of a Happy Life. 1 thought per- 

 haps I might find something in it that I ought to 

 kuow or do. I nm not a Christian, Mr. Root, but I 

 wish I were. I am one of those awkward, bashful 

 men, who say just what they ought not to. I have 

 often felt that 1 ought to get up in meeting and ask 

 the prayers of Christian people, but it would come 

 iu my mind that I would make a fool of myself; bet- 

 ter sic still ; so that is the way it went. I am now 35 

 years old; have three very nice liltle children — two 

 little girls; one two, the other four, and a baby boy. 

 I want them to grow up to be Christians. Will you 

 pray for mc, Mr. Hoot? The Bible says the prayers 

 of the righteous avail much, and I have often 

 thought if [ could have a good talk with you, and tell 

 you how I felt, it would do me good. I used to be a 

 reader of Gleanings, and enjoyed it much; but 

 since I came to Missouri I have been too poor. I 

 hope to be able to spare a dollar next year. 1 came 

 from Illinois two years agj for the health of our lit- 

 tle girl, five years old thou. She had coiasumptdon; 

 and one morning, shortly after we got here, she be- 

 gan bleeding at the lungs, and the blood gushed from 

 her nose and m<"iuth; she could not catch her breath, 

 and she died iu my arms. It was such a trial to give 

 her up! She was my pet, and thought much of me; 

 and my good dear mother has been laid in her grave 

 since I left home. Oh, Mr. Hoot ! pray for me, that 

 I may meet them in hejiven. J. T. Shumabd. 



Panacea, Mo., May 8, 1885. 



LMay Grid bless you. and 'help you to be a brave 

 soldier (jf the cross, my good friend. To be sure, I 

 will pray for you; and you, on -your part, must not 

 be afraid. Posh boldly fi)r ward, and never fear. If 

 it is his will that you should make a fool of yourself, 

 he one for his sake. Try to let the memory of those 

 loved ones only draw you nearer toward God who 

 has taken them.] 



A "GREAT big" "KIND WORD.S." 



The first copy of Gleanings came to hand in due 

 time. I am very much pleased indeed with it. Your 

 instructions on "IIuw to make a cut-off saw-table" 

 were just what I stood in need of, and I consider 

 that article alone worth the price of your yearly 

 subscription, besides the other interesting and in- 

 structive matter contained therein. In fact, I can 

 hardly see how I or any one else could have got 

 along a year without it. I could not have done so, I 

 am sure, had it not been for the A B C. With it I 

 came through my first-year's work in good shape, I 



will tell you how I managed, and what the results 

 were. I purchased .54 colonics from Mr. Christio 

 last May. They had been in other hands, and were 

 consequently in a very weak and destitute condition 

 — ten or twelve entirely queenless. The forest and 

 fruit bloom was gone, and a cold wet June followed. 

 Many of my friends and neighbors offered sympathy 

 for my bad prospects, and, indeed, it did look repul- 

 sive for a greeney; but I continued to work; and 

 with the aid of your ABC, and a good barrel of 

 sorghum sugar, of my own manufacture, I carried 

 them through until the basswood bloom came on; 

 and after that I had easy sailing, and came out in 

 November a good way " ahead of the hounds;" viz., 

 88 colonies, and close on to ciuht thousand pounds of 

 honey, and plenty of stores to winter on. I put them 

 in a well-ventilated cellar for winter quarters in No- 

 vember; in March I took them out. minus two; one 

 had smothered. For some cause the entrance had 

 become choked; the other swarm was queenless. 

 and of course I could not expect them to come 

 though. 



I am now feeding and building up 100 colonies for 

 basswood bloom; and although some think it ex- 

 travagant, and money lost, to feed bees in June, yet 

 I expect to get it all back, with a good heavy per 

 cent; for I marketed last year's crop at U cts. net, 

 and have a great many good customers, some already 

 waiting for honey. 



SORGHUM FOR SPRING FEEDING, AND HOW TO USE IT. 



Perhaps some one may desire to know how I feed 

 the sorghum. I dissolve it in warm water to a thin 

 liquid, so it will run out easily through a tin teapot ; 

 fill combs, and insert one right in the center of the 

 brood-nest. Almost invariably I would find on the 

 third day the syrup all removed, and the comb filled 

 with eggs, when I would again repeat the operation, 

 just shoving the others one side, remove an empty 

 comb, and insert another filled with syrup, and so 

 on; thus in a few weeks they were strong, and in 

 good shape for work. S. W. Bird. 



Maple Landing, la., June 3, 1883. 



I have been profited and helpsd more than I cm 

 express by the practical talks of the " Home " de- 

 partment. I have made them do more work than in 

 my own home. I have sent them to those whom I 

 specially thought might be helped; sometimes to tho 

 prison, sometimes to our counly jail, or to some 

 home where such a practical talk might do good. I 

 believe God has blessed them, and is blessing you in 

 giving you the means to reach so many. 1 do not 

 know much about bees. I am like your juvenile cor- 

 respondents who "like honey but are afraid of bees." 



A NEW FACT (?) ABOUT I$EES. 



I have two neighbirs; one old gentleman and the 

 other an old lady. The old lady made complaint to 

 the old gentleman that his bees injured her grapes. 

 '•(Jh, no!" he said. " It is not my bees; for my bibs 

 always lly west." As the old lady lived to the east 

 of him. his apology for his bees was conclusive. This 

 is a point I have never seen argued, that one's bees 

 always follow a certain direction, and yet may be it 

 is so. You who know every thing about bees will 

 certainly know. If I were younger, I think I should 

 catch the enthusiasm from reading the journal; but I 

 thank you for your kindness in giving tne the plea- 

 sure of knowing of tho success and enthusiasm of so 

 many. 



SO.METOCNG ABOUT THE INMATES OF OUR PRISONS. 



I am still interested as mucb, and more than ever, 

 in the prisons. I visited the Ohio Penitentiary 

 this winter, and had the privilegeof speaking to the 

 men in their Sunday-morning prayer-meeting, and 

 in their regular morning service. It was a wonder- 

 ful sight to stand and look into the eyes of such an 

 audience, nearly 1300 men, all in prison garl). I have 

 been glad to see that the member from your County, 

 Hon. A. T>. L'csy, has the cause of the prisoners at 

 heart. I took great interest in the bill for abolish- 

 ing contract labor, and was so sorry that it failed. I 

 believe that the contract-labor svstem has much to 

 do with the insubordination of the prisons, of which 

 we have heard so much the past year. The most 

 humane manner of managing prisoners ought to he 

 studied. And I know that there are those who will 

 not let the matter rest until such abuses as grow 

 out of contract labor are abolished. With many 

 wishes for your success in benefiting so large a num- 

 ber, spiritually as well as in every other way, and in 

 earnest purpose to follow the great Leader, I am 

 yours in Christian fellowship, MRS. E. H. Fabb. 



Norwalk, 0„ May 33, 1883. 



