1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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honey at all. How is that for Minnesota, and an A 

 B C scholar ? Geo. E. Jones. 



Northfield, Rice Co., Minn., Sept. 25, 1883. 



GiEAwmc s m BEE culture' 



EDITOR AND FUBLISHEB, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER VEAR, POST-PAID. 



FOB CLUBBING RATES, SEE FIRST PAGE 

 OF READING MATTER. 



3V[X3T3X3\r.<^, OCT*. 1, 1883. 



The Lord is with you, wliile ye be witli liimiandif ye seek 

 him, he will be fouriil of you; but it' ye forsake him, he will 

 forsake you.— II. Chron. 15: 2. 



Subscriptions seem to be coming lively this fall, 

 and we have now 6160 names. 



•JONES'S NEW HONEY-PAILS. 



These are exactly like his old ones, only that the 

 cap screws on, just about as the cap goes on a 

 Mason fruit-jar. We can furnish them any size for 

 one-flfth added to the price of the old ones. 



Fifty imported queens have been received since 

 our last. All orders are filled, and another fifty is 

 expected daily. Remember, they are just half now 

 what they will be in the spring; and if you can 

 winter your bees it will be quite a saving to buy 

 now. 



A correction. 

 On p. 565, last Juvenile, last column, in the 7th 

 and 10th lines from bottom, read hroad for hrood. 

 If the friends will always say wide instead of broad, 

 this chronic trouble will disappear. Sometimes we 

 can tell neither from the meaTiing nor writing which 

 word to use — brooci frames or broad frames. 



Messrs. Colgrove & Ulert, who for a short time 

 had charge of the Bee-Keepers' Exchange, at present 

 stand in a pretty bad light. The editor of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Magazine tells us that nothing can be found 

 of their whereabouts. If the eyes of these men meet 

 this notice we beg to notifiy them that, if they do not 

 wish to be considered humbugs and swindles, it 

 would be well for them to speak out. If they have 

 any friends who might say a few words in their de- 

 fense, we should be glad to hear from them. 



In answer to the many inquiries for books on 

 shorthand writing, we have now in stock, ready to 

 mail, Longley's Eclectic Manual of Phonography, a 

 beautifully bound book of 140 pages, which we can 

 send for 75 cents; also the Phonographic Reader 

 and Writer, a pamphlet of 48 pages, which we can 

 mail for 25 cents. The 75-cent book should enable 

 any smart boy or girl to learn to read and write 

 shorthand. The 25-cent book has one page in com- 

 mon print, and the opposite one in shorthand. The 

 paper and typography are beautiful. 



JONES'S NEW L.4BELS FOR SECTIONS. 



No wonder that friend Jones thought we would be 

 surprised when we got a sight of these. They are 

 truly beautiful. We are at present unable to send 

 out samples, but shall be as soon as a large lot ar- 

 rives which Mr. Jones is to send us. They cover 



the outside of the section, and lap over so as to hide 

 from view the spaces left, oftentimes, next to the 

 wood. The purchaser has only a view of a clean, 

 square comb of honey. For retailing, friend Jones 

 has a very pretty pasteboard box, just right to hold 

 a single section of honey. These boxes are covered 

 with beautiful and appropriate labels, and will not 

 exceed two cents in cost, if I am correct, label and 

 all. The box is so handsome that the honey will sell 

 for enough more to pay the cost of it, and the honey 

 can be shipped with perfect safety, so as to stay in 

 these boxes. We shall soon be able to furnish sam- 

 ples. 



SELLING BEER ON THE FAIR-GROUNDS, ETC. 



It seems that the Tri-State Fair, as well as our 

 State Fair at Columbus, Ohio, has thought it neces- 

 sary to sell beer on the fair-grounds. Not only men 

 and boys were drinking, but girls and women too. The 

 crowd was so groat that arrangements for feeding 

 the multitude were whcJlly inadequate, and some of 

 our bee-friends preferred to go to town for their 

 meals, rather than endure the jam and uncleanlinesa 

 on the grounds. I asked neighbor H. if he supposed 

 we could find a resturaunt where they did not sell 

 beer and cigars. We passed by a good many, and 

 began to fear the search was in vain; but at last we 

 alighted on a dining-room that seemed too clean and 

 wholesome looking to be a reality on that crowded 

 street. It was sandwiched in between two large 

 liquor-shops and billiard-halls; but within we found 

 intelligent and refined looking women; everything 



was as faultlessly clean and pure as things at 



home. Prices were very moderate; and as we paid 

 our fare I could not help expressing the pleasure I 

 felt at finding a place free from tobacco, beer, and 

 gambling. In reply, a delicate little card was hand- 

 ed me with the following inscription on it: 



WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION 



DINING -HALL, 



53 Summit Street, Toledo, O. 



Then for the first time I noticed a large water- 

 tank at the door where passers-by drank freely with- 

 out money and without price, and saw in large let- 

 ters over the door, W. C. T. U. 



OBITUARV. 



Died, one mile east of Newpoint, Ind., Sept. 21, 

 1883. of hasty consumption, Mrs. Debba J. Cook, wife 

 of Theodore J. Cook, aged 23 years and 16 days. 



Mrs. Cook's maiden name was Debba J. Hopper; 

 she was born in Ripley Co., Ind.; moved to Decatur 

 Co., in the spring of 1868; joined the church at the 

 age of 14 years, and was joined in the holy bonds of 

 matrimony, Sept. 5, 1880, by the Rev. A. M. Louden, 

 to Theodore J. Cook, with whom she lived a true, 

 kind, and affectionate companion and wife. She 

 lived a true and devout follower of Jesus, until he 

 came and relieved her sutt'erings. 



She is gone; but only a few more days or years 

 separate us. The Lord gave, and the Lord taketh 

 away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. 



T. J. Cook. 



Newpoint, Decatur Co., Ind., Sept. 24, 1883. 



Cards for pee-}{^eepers. 



Your name and address printed on a fine quality 

 of bristol, with cut of queen in colors on one corner; 

 50, 75c; 100, $1.00. Send for specimen book of Honey 

 Labels. 



GEO. M. GRAY, Medina, Ohio. 



500 



LBS. BEES for sale at 80c. per ft. Queens 

 same price. F. L. Wright, Plainfleld, Mich. 



