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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



July 



Please send mo 4 Clark smokers. The others you 

 seut me 1 sold before I lelt the express office. 



MiKR WlNINGEIt. 



Glag-ow, Barren Co., Ky., May 30, 1883. 



Thank yon a thousand times for writing that A B 

 C book. It is well named, as it is as easily under- 

 stood lis the A B C's. Mits. CH.A.S. Hope. 



Coultervilic, May ;i, 1885. 



OUH FOUNDATION MACHINES. 



The I'dn.-mill works all right. I have made :J0 lbs. 

 of fdn. to-day, and I will send you a sample of the 

 second sheet I made. C. M. Dixon. 



Parish, 111. 



We received the fdn. mill and section?, and other 

 articles, in good order; the freight charges were on- 

 ly fl.P.o. Wc have tried the mill, and are well pleas- 

 ed with it. Chas. Hermann & Bro. 



Durango, Iowa. 



The fdn. machine arrived the 9;h Inst. Of course, 

 I have had no time to try it as yet. I was greatly 

 disappointed, however, in one thing: I was looking 

 for directions on gold-edged paper, tied with a blue 

 ribbon, perhaps, and tilled full of all mysteries, etc. 



Amboj', 111. K. H. Mellen. 



We received the fdn. machine in good order. We 

 are well satisfied with the selection, although it has 

 cost more than we expected. The expressage was 

 $11.50. It oame on Wednesday A.M. AVe made some 

 comb fdn. Thursday, and put some in the hive Sat- 

 urday. One comb weighed U4 lbs. We tell you this 

 to show you how much of ahurry we were in. 



G. C. Packard & Son?. 



Santa Barbara, Cal., June 10, 1883. 



I must say I like the 12-inch mill well. T tried the 

 boards that dipped just one? end, and 1 failed: then I 

 tried the Jones svstem, dipping one end, then re- 

 versing and dipping, then I did immense. I like the 

 ctll; the bees take to it tiptop. 1 have done better 

 with the thin than I anticipated. Will Ellis. 



St. Davids, Out., Can., June 15, 1883. 



friend o.'s ink. 



Do you yet have for sale the celebrated Oldroyd 

 inks? 1 purchased a box of you a year or so ago, 

 and was well satisfied with it. I want the ink for 

 my scholars. I am a teacher of public school. 



J. H. Kilmer. 



Winesburg, Holmes Co., O., Jan 13, 1883. 



[Yes. friend K., to be sure we keep friend Oldroyd's 

 ink, and have kept it all these years since it was 

 first made kno^n. We use it in our olfice by the 

 gallon, and have never yet found any thing better.] 



Handkerchiefs received some time ago, and they 

 are a wonder for the money. Looking over the copy 

 of Gleaninds j'ou sent me. I was attracted by the 

 title, "Another Grateful Pupil," and write this to 

 thank you for the very same kindness — sending ma 

 !i specimen copy of Gleanings in 1878, then remind- 

 ing me of bcps, with a catalogue in the latter part 

 of 1880. The following winter I sent for the ABC, 

 got a hive of bees in the spring of 1881, and now have 

 10 colonics. Andrew Durward. 



Spencer, Wis., Jan. 15, 1883. 



It would be hard indeed to estimate the value of 

 services rendered to our house by Gleanings. If I 

 .•un not mistaken, its monthly visits to us have con- 

 tinued ftlmost from the first number; and very many 

 times when the way seemed dark and forbidding to 

 us. Gleanings, with its bright cheery face, came in 

 to encourage us to lenewed exertions. Especially 

 has this been the case since the •' Homo Papers" 

 were started. We have been helped out of many 

 perplexities by vour kind, brotherly, wise words. 



Kansas City, Mo. E. M. Haviiurst. 



[Many thanks; and may the good Father continue 

 to bless you, Iriend Fl.l 



The fdn. machine came to-day (being six days on 

 the roHd), all In go(id shape. I put it up and made 

 niH adippiug-board. 1 hud an idea that one came 

 with the machine. 1 put it in boiling water, which 

 will answer better than soaking several days, as you 

 advise; then melted some wax, and in one hour I 

 was running oil fdn. as nice as one could wish. Sam- 

 ples of the first sheet are inclosed. I consider the 

 mechanism of the mill fine. Bear in mind, I never 

 saw a mill, nor even any fdn. dipped. Oh! I take 



part of chat back; for I saw some mills in the " dor, 

 mant state" at your place when I was there some 

 two years ago or less. H. M. Morris. 



llaatoul, 111. 



Since reading your editorial iti the Juvenile, I 

 think I ought to apologize for indulging in a com- 

 plaining mood, in not receiving that attention which 

 I thought I ought to have received for delay in send- 

 ing the goods, especially Gleanings. I can appre- 

 ciate your situation, as I have had similar experi- 

 ence. N. A. Prudden. 

 Ann Arbor, Mich., June 21, 1883. , 

 [Friend P., you do not need to make any apology 

 at all. 1 have not felt a bit hurt this season at any 

 thing our customers have said, for I do not blame 

 them a bit. Very likely I should have talked harder 

 than they did. But to a certain extent I was unable 

 to help myself. Thanks for your kind concluding 

 remarks.] 



1 have one copy of A B C. I received it last winter. 

 It has proved exceedingly valuable to me. I would 

 not di) without it for ten times its value. 1 am a 

 beginner in the bee business. I find them a very in- 

 teresting study. By instructions from you in ABC, 

 I have been able to increase my bees from 2 to 6; 

 they are worth to me at least $35.00; so you see my 

 investment in your book has beeu a srood one. I 

 have charge of a congregation here at Cuba. 1 find 

 the bees a help to me for illustration in sermonizing. 

 I can show how diligent the little fellows are in the 

 performance of their duties; how much more we 

 should be in following our Master, who have the 

 light of the gospel. N. A. Whitehill. 



Cuba, Mo., Junes, 1883. 



DOES gleanings PAY? 



I sec by the printed slip on the wrapper of Glean- 

 ings that our subscription is out, asking us to re- 

 new, if it has been profitable. I will tell you what 

 Gleanings and ABC have done, so you can judge 

 for yourself. We wintered 8 stands of bees in Sim- 

 plicity hives, bees coming out stsong. We worked 

 them for honey. On the 15th, we extracted over 

 400 lbs. nice white-clover honey, and sold it to deal- 

 ers here at 15 cts. per lb. At the rate honey is com- 

 ing in now, 1 think wo shall get as much more in 

 two weeks, and give the l)ees plenty of time to lay 

 in their winter stores. By striking a balance with 

 ABC and Gleanings, we shall come out in debt 

 to you. T. T. Davidson & Son. 



Parkersburg, W. Va. 



stopping for V/^ANT of a nONEV-KNIFE. 



I received Novice's honey-extractor, sent by you. 

 This morning I extracted 100 lbs. of nice clover hon- 

 ey. It works well. 1 think it a grand invention. I 

 have more to extract; but for want of a honey-knife 

 I stopped. E. H. Blanck, M. D. 



Haitteld, Pa. 



[\Vn.v, friend B., I am astonished at you. When 

 we first commenced extracting we never thought of 

 a honey-knife. A common case-knife or a butcher- 

 knife will do almost as well as a honey-knife, only 

 you are in danger of getting your fingers daubed on 

 "the honey. If I had honey that needed extracting, I 

 should extract it, honci -knife or no honey-knife. 

 If I could not do any better, [ would take a sharp 

 piece of tin and scrape oil the caps to the cells. Of 

 course, a good sharp keen honey-knife is a much 

 more expeditious wav. and eveiy bee-keeper should 

 have one. But I would by no means let honey go to 

 waste because I did not happen to have one.] 



You are the only inan among all the manufactu- 

 rers of bee-fixtures from whom I have always gotten 

 exactly what I ordered, I only wish you were near- 

 er, so freights would not cost so much. 



Tyler, Texas. F. E. Gaston. 



[And you, friend G.. are almost the only man I 

 know of atnong our 150,000 customers who can, es- 

 pecially at just thi5 present crisis, truthfully say 

 what you have just said of us and our business. I 

 have been feeling sad about this very matter for 

 many days past. The rush and roar of business for 

 so many months on a continued stretch has broken 

 up and demoralized all my nice plans and arrange- 

 ments for system and order. Well, I am looking 

 forward longingly to th" time when business sub- 

 sides a little, and "our new factory gets ready for oc- 

 cupancy, that we may have once more a place for 

 every thing, and every thing in its place. And still 

 more, have a good stock on hand, ready for cmer- 



