1883 



JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



423 



suppose it is what they call a microscopic 

 photograph, is it not V I am glad to know 

 that your papa likes his fdu- mill. His plan 

 of having different kinds of honey kept sep- 

 arate, I think is tiptop. I shouldn't wonder, 

 Carrie, if your backs did ache, after picking 

 100 gallons of strawberries. 



Carrie has just written to you, so I thought I 

 would write too. I go to Sunday-school. I take mu- 

 sic Ics3ons of my sister Carrie. I have a little yellow 

 kitten, a black and white shepherd dog, and he got 

 stung the other day, and he just howled. One got 

 in my hair the other day. Please send me Blue 

 Eyes' picture. Mamie Haktman, age 13. 



New Harmo-y, Ind. 



Very good, Mamie. I just told Blue P^yes 

 wliat you said about the picture, and she 

 said she hadn't any pictures. I think she 

 will have to get some, and then we will send 

 you one. Blue Eyes works in the office eve- 

 ry day. Shall I tell you what she does V She 

 opens the letters for Aunt Mate. You see, 

 when they come from the postoffice they are 

 put right before her. She has an ivory- 

 handled paper-knife vvith which she opens 

 one corner, and then just slits it across one 

 end, and turns back the corner so that 

 Aunt Mate can pull it out easier. She got 

 tired the other day. and said she wished the 

 folks would not" send her pa so many letters. 

 It took Auut Mate till after dark to get 

 them all opened ; and Uncle Amos had to 

 get up next morning before o o'clock, so that 

 the clerks could go to work when they came. 



I have sent the song. I have given those cards 

 away. Will you send me 100 cards more? Our bees 

 are making honey, now. I sat and watched the bees 

 work yesterday. Cariue E. Shults. 



Viola, Richland County, Wisconsin, May 30, iss;5. 

 ANTI-TOBACCO. 



BY JAMES G. BISHOP. 



Tune — Oh (':>mc, c imc rtic.ii/. 



Oh come, oninr aw.iv. all .vo\i that would he freemen. 



The battle brave, ihin't lie a slave;— oh come, come awav; 



Let the professor smoke and puff, 



The zealous Inerot take his snnlf. 



We'll ne'er touch the llltliy stuff,— oh come, come away. 



Oh c"me, come awav, an 1 Rather round the standard. 



Our Jlapr's unfurl'd for all the world,— oh come, come aw.iy ; 



Resolve at once, .and lay your plan. 



Throw off your shackles, be .a man. 



Don't sxy, " I can't," you surely can,— oh come, come away. 



Oh come, come .away, you younger men take w.arninpr. 



There's danger lyintr in your path.— oh come, conii^ away; 



Oh! pause, and ni ike a sudden stop, 



Your sweet-scent )iij,'tail, tiucut drop. 



Or you may die a drunken sot— oh come, come away. 



Oh come, come .away, the da.v-star now is rising:. 



Upon us here, we've nauKht to fear,— oh come, cjme aw ly; 



Relinquish every vain desire. 



Throw your old meerschaum in the Are, 



Give us your hand and eomo up higher,— oh come, come away. 



Oh come, come awa.y, progressive wheels are rolling. 



Prop your ciirar. jump on the ear,— oh come, come away; 



Tolxu'co slaves niuv chew antl smoke. 



And spit and sii.'czi-, and eouyh .and choke, 



But we've cast off tlu- heavy yoke,— oh come, come away. 



Oh! throw, throw away, those tilthy shorts you're chewing. 



They're sweepings from .a dirty floor,- oh come, come away; 



You' need not plead for Jackson's best, 



'Tis just as filthy .as the rest. 



There's not a brand can stand the test,— oh come, corns away. 



I )h CO lie, come away, the rising generation 



Will imitate, there's no mistake.— oh come, come away; 



Young men just coming on the stage, 



Some hardl.y foui-teen ye.ars of age. 



In this vile practice do engage,— oh come, come aw.ay. 



oh come, come awa v. for no pure-hearted Christiiin 



Can e'er suireed and use tlir weed.— oh come, come aw.xy ; 



oh man! Iii>w can you worship God, 



And tliink to gain that blest abode. 



With this narcotic in your blood!— oh come, come away. 



Oh come, come awa.y, don't tarry any longer. 



Leap o'er the hedge and take the pledge,— oh come, come away ; 



If you'd .iust look behind the door. 



And see that puddle on the floor, 



I think you'd never use it more,— oh conic, come .away. 



KIND WOBDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The smoker is a fine one. I believe I could cap- 

 ture a bumble-bee'd nest with It. 

 Letts, Iowa. A. H. L. Stauley. 



My shears arrived safely, and gave such excellent 

 satisfaction that I will order some for mother; so 

 plea.se send me ******* 



Wheatland, Cal. Mrs. E. W. Mansfield. 



The Favorite scale you sent me came nicely, and 

 wo think it a little beauty for the money. 

 Hartland, Mich. G. E. Lincoln. 



I have received the smoker, and have tried it. It 

 is splendid. I return thanks for it. 

 Moab, Va. Mrs. M. Kesner. 



Inclosed please flad for one of the new-stylo 



Waterbury watches, the kind that we can see the 

 time by moonlight. 1 presume then there will be no 

 excuse for lingering too long at the "garden gate," 

 on the bright moonlight nights in summer. 



Philadelphia, Pa. F. Haiim.vn, Jr. 



I live 4 miles from Vanceburg, and honey is com- 

 ing in so fast I can't take time to go to the post- 

 office. Whew! don't those Cliirk smokers beat ever.v 

 thing? All parties are well pleased with them, and 

 m^re wanted. All want me to send for them. 



Vanceburg, Ky. M. L. Williams. 



Your letter with inclosure of check for $30.7.') was 

 dul.v received to-dav. Taank you. Vour prompt cor- 

 rection of error was quite like you, and worthy of 

 you. and that, I think, is saving a good deal. Hone.v 

 is still coming in. 1 hope now to get over 200 lbs. 

 per colony. Have 10) now. Geo. E. BOGGS. 



Morgan, Ky., July 7, LSSI). 



Your beautiful Italian arrived in best order. A 

 few hours after, one of her retainers was seen en- 

 tering the hive with a load of Canadian honey. 

 From this you may infer that the introduction suc- 

 ceeded perfectly well, lleceive our best thanks for 

 your promntness in filling our order. 



General Hospital, Quebec, Can., June 28, 1883. 



The " measly " smoker is liable to run us as well as 

 the bees out of the yard: it makes so much smoke 

 after it once gets started we have to trot it off one 

 side to " calm itself down " a bit. Still, we think we 

 can maintain control of it. Thanks for so good an 

 article for the mone.v. T. IIallett. 



Galena, Ills., June 23, 1883. 



blue-eyed NELLIE. 



I will take this opportunit.v to thank you, in be- 

 half of our little blue-eyed Nellie, who died the 15th 

 of Nov., of diphtheria. She loved to read the Juve- 

 nile, and she loved the bees. She was always on 

 hand when I was working with the bees. Oh how I 

 shall miss the dear child when I work among the 

 bees next summer, if ray life is sp-ared until then! 

 But she was a good little girl, Mr. Root; she loved 

 to go to Sunday-school, and she loved to say her 

 prayers. God grant that I may so live that when 

 ray work is done here I may meet that dear child in 

 that bright land to which we all hope to g:n. 



Kingsville, O. H. H. Pease. 



[Thank God, my friend, for the memories you 

 have.] 



I think Gleanings worth too much to take it in a 

 club, as I have formerly. I get more and better 

 reading for the money than I can any other way; 

 and now you have added the Juvenile too. I am 

 much obliged for promptness in ttlling my orders; 

 though small, they received prompt attention. I do 

 dearly love to read the Homes, it is the first thing 

 that raywifeorlljok for on the arrival of each 

 number; and I pra^ that they may be a blessing to 

 all who read them; and may the Lord bless and keep 

 you. Wm. Ludlam. 



Oyster Bay, N. Y. 



[[ am inclined to think, friend L., that small orders 

 have received better attention and more promptness 

 than large ones, for the reason that we can set a 

 clerk at work on a small order, who would not be 

 capable of managing a large one. It seems to me I 

 shall be the happiest one of the lot when we get into 

 shape again, so as to give both largo and small or- 

 ders promptness and attention.] 



