1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



^6S 



fHAVE several times alluded to a new 

 trouble that is tjetting to be quite a sen- 

 — ■ ous matter in business. It seems to be 

 a sort of disease, as it were, that folks get in- 

 to ; and when it first began I felt sure it 

 would not happen many times. But as bus- 

 iness increases, it seems to be getting more 

 and more common. The following will illus- 

 trate it : 



'•Mr. Root : You'll find draft for $2.00 for five 

 smokers." W. W. Kessler. 



Columbia City, Ind., Aug. 31, 1883. 



Now, friends, would it ever occur to any 

 of you that friend K. did not mean to make 

 a plain order for smokers V Our clerks so 

 understood it, and of course sent him a pack- 

 age of five smokers, for that is exactly what 

 his two dollars pays for. Well, just read 

 the card below : 



Mr. Boot: I sent you draft, and stated in letter (hat 

 I sent you draft for those smokers you sent me, and 

 it was but a few days longer when here came a bas- 

 Ket of smokers by express. I knew I never ordered 

 them. T never heard from you until yesterday. Not 

 knowing who was the owner of these smokers, I paid 

 the express charges, and am wailing for further 

 orders. Last faU I got wire from you the same way 

 by mistake. What shall I do? sell them, or send 

 back? They are in a basket, a3 you sent them. 



W. W. Kessler. 



Columbia City, Ind., Nov. 22, 1883. 



Fou see, friends, the $2.00 was sent to pay 

 a bill of that amount, which he already owed 

 for smokers ; aud yet yon will note that he 

 makes not the slightest mention of owing us 

 a bill; nor does he give an inkling that 

 might lead us to consult the ledger, and see 

 whether he had an account here. And yet 

 in his second communication he says emphat- 

 ically, "I never ordered them." You observe, 

 too, at the close, he says he got wire from us 

 the same way. You may have observed that 

 we have put a little notice on our postal card, 

 to guard against this same sort of ti'ouble; 

 but yet during the past summer we have over 

 and over again sent people more goods, when 

 they intended only to send the money for 

 something they had already had. 



Moral: — Whenever you send money any- 

 where, be sure to tell why you send it, and 

 for what purpose you wish it applied. And 

 please do not repeat your orders, in remit- 

 ting money for what you have already re- 

 ceived. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The next meeting of the Keystone Bee-Keeners' 

 Association will be in Pcranton, on the second Tues- 

 dav of December, the lltb. fiKO. C. Green, Scc'y. 



Factoryville, Pa., Nov. 23. 1883. 



The annual meeting of the Cortland Union Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will be held in Cortlnnd. N. T., 

 Jan. 8, 1884. N. C. Bean, Sec'y. 



McGrawville, Cortland Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, 1883. 



The 5th annual convention of the N. E Ohio and 

 N. W. Pennsvlvnnid Bee-Keeoers' Association will 

 be held in Jefferson, O., on Wednesdav and Thurs- 

 day, Jan. 16 and 17, 1881. C. H. CooN, Sec'y. 



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FRUIT AND HONEY. 



on BLACK TABTAH'AN CHERKY-TKEES BY 

 £\i Express for $1. Well packed. These are from 

 two to four feet. Can send 20 small ones by mail 

 postpaid for $1. CHAS. KINGSLEY, 



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im m m queens foi; m, 



Send for T. R. Good's price list of Holy-Land and 

 Italian Bees and Queens for 1884. 

 12-ld 1. R. GOOD, TULLAHOMA, Tenn. 



•nAlkT'm brimstone the bees. I will buy them, if 

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 12 Smiihtown Branch, Suffolk Co., N. Y. 



FOR SAliE.— Barnes Combined Foot-Power Saw, 

 jig saw, 3 mandrels. 2 emery wheels, 3 cutter- 

 headi; total list price, $52.00, at 40 per cent discount; 

 also one mandrel for power, $5.00. 

 12d V. W. KEENE Y, Shirland, Winnebago Co., IlL 



200 COLONIES OF 



ITALIAN BEES FOR SALE. 



TRY ova IIHritOVED ITAIiIANS. 



Send for Price List. Address 



Dr. C. W. Young, or C. F. Lane, 



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FOR SALE! 



An80-aere farm in Johnson Co., Mo. Good land, 

 60 acres of alluvial, none subjt'ct to overUow; good 

 locality for bee-keepers; would make an excellent 

 stock farm; church and school privileges; good one- 

 story two-room house, with eellHr. Society good. 

 Johnson Co., by census of 1H80, was second only to 

 Christian Co., III.; 1882 '83, to none. Price only $30 

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 on 4 years' time. Corresoondence solicited. 



Address S. P. CULLBY, Warrensburg. 



P. O. Box 181, Johnson Co., Mo., 



Or J. U. Gaty, Land Agent, or W. E. Crissey. for 

 quality of land. llVi-l2d 



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