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GLEANINGS IK BEE CULTURE. 



[ill tliis departmoiit I lies to be aUowed to lay aside tfae 

 t.ditoriftl "we," have a friendly chat and fee! "at hoa>e.'"] 



CHATTER XXVII. 

 'rrjj'RIEND Long, of Howard, Pa., s-ent for an 

 ^ tstractor C. O. D., and we sent ju-st what 

 v,-e supposed he needed, but it seems that he 

 fov some qneer reason, had given ns the msu'' 

 dimensions, of his frames iu-stead of the outside, \ 

 and so his ft-arae would not go inside at all. ' 

 This caused lis to lose the amount of the ex- 

 press charges both ways, but as there was no 

 lielp, we quickly dispatched another. From 

 some want of care on his part or our own, the 

 ■secocd di-d not answer either., and in despair 

 almost, we sent the third one, feeling sure we 

 'had it all right this time. It seems something 

 ".vas wroag -still, for this morning the pleasant 

 #;peciacle welcomed us of tiie whole three 

 Islanding in a row, jammed, bruised, discolored, 

 ■crating brokea, and so begriramed with dust 

 jind coal soot, that we should hardly have re- 

 co-zi:ized the work we had taken so much 

 pride in a few daj's before. While we were; 

 ^trucgling against the temptation to fe<.'l cross, 

 <;;:e of the hands— there are twenty besides 

 ourself at work now — reminded us that the 

 f.ump had not been repaired, and several more 

 v."ere asking what work was lirst wanted. To 

 iidd to our perplexities — we were late at our 

 apiKiiuted post this pai'ticular morning — some 

 fdn. that was urgently needed had not been 

 sent, and various other little trials seemed to 

 persist in trying to upset all good resolutions 

 of keeping coof during tiic hot weather. As 

 ^.isual, soon a conflict l>egan. The voice that 

 )<ei t whispering we were a foci to be run over 

 by every body without saying a word back, 

 was silenced by the other, and very soon we 

 -.vere ready to take tlie attitude of a pupil, 

 willing to be taught. Said the "still small 

 voice'', 

 "As you now have still another illustration 



if the way in which yoii have to Iw taught 

 line upon line, and precept upon precept, you 

 ■can certainly bear in mind, that you should 

 exercise the same kind and loving patience 

 toward those about you. If you get out of 

 patience with them, how can you expect your 

 own faults to be overlooked and forgiven ? 

 Above all will it not be much safer to consid- 

 ■er all these trials, and losses of property, as 

 sent you for some wise purpose, and to feel 

 that they have been sent for the express pur- 

 pose of teaching you some lesson that is great- 

 ly for your benefit, if you will keep in the pro- 

 per mood to be taught. The bruised and 

 .soiled extractors that stand before j'ou, point 

 out to you the way in which you have sent 

 them to those who have been so kind as to 

 send you their money, and you, particularly, 

 like to have your things when new, bright, 

 perfect and clean. Would you like goods sent 

 ,?,w/ in that shape? With the amount of pat- 

 ronage^ they are giving you now, you can cer- 



• 'vAy put the extractors in a uicc box. Just 

 ' Ljk of it! after the loose and careless way in 



.'. liich you have becu sending them their 



goods, they have nearly all sent back to you 

 only kind and pleasant words, and those who 

 have spoken of the jams and bruises, have 

 mentioned it in a kind and pleasant way, sug- 

 gesting that perhaps it was the fault <if the 

 railroad orHcials instead of your owr. As lor 

 the lesson, your personal friends, ^.^e cheese 

 box makers, can probably make you some 

 strong light boxes that will stand the railroad 

 officials —they are fellow beings too, and will 

 be glad to assist you if you only show them 

 you are not all selfishness — and will keep the 

 machines as clean aud bright, as when first 

 put up. Once more ; after the troubles you 

 have had from mistakes in the dimensions of 

 frames, do not the three standing near you, 

 teach a lesson tliat should not go unheeded ? 

 Suppose you ask every one ordering extract- 

 ors, hives or frames, to fill out a blank like the 

 following : 



Extreme length of top bar inches. 



Extreme width just under top bar In. 



From top of top bar, to bottom of bottom 

 bar inches. 



If you use Quinby closed end frames, give 

 width of frame, and length of end pieces. If 

 you use a triangular frame, give length of top 

 bar, and distance of lov/est corner from top of 

 top bar. 



Put the above on all price lists and circu- 

 ars of extractors, and tell all your friends 

 that have suflered by your carelessness, that 

 you will pay for making the work as it should 

 have been. When you are tempted to object 

 to such 'casting your bread upon the waters' 

 oi- to doubt that "your Heavenly Father will 

 clothe and feed his children while they are try- 

 ing to be faithful, look back and see where 

 you have gained friends and prosperity by 

 being patient and teachable, and where you 

 have'lcst by watching to see if any body was 

 disposed to 'run over you.'" 



If we get into the way of considering the 

 world at large our friends, very likely they 

 will prove so; but if we encourage ourselves 

 in thinking thesm cheats, the Avhole of them, 

 and treat them accordingly, it would not be 

 very strange if they acte'criu accordance with 

 it. 'When'R. P. men smash our wares all to 

 splinters, shall we feel better for calling them 

 thieves, and wishing them sent to the peniten- 

 tiary, or in concluding to assume the blame 

 as mostly our own, and determining to so 

 pack our goods that they can hardly injure 

 them if try to ? Where difliculties of this 

 kind come up, the blame like almost all troub- 

 le is a little on both sides. 



I would by no means teach that we should 

 trust every body to do what is proper and 

 honest, v^iiether we know them or not, for 

 very many times we do a person a great in- 

 jury by giving him credit ; but I do mean that 

 every one should !)e treated kindly and pleas- 

 antly even thouh we at the same time refuse 

 a request. We have occasionally orders for 

 goods from total strangers, who say they will 

 pay as soon as the goods are received; but; 

 these friends are cerfaiuly thoughtless in ask- 

 ing us to do this, and should not feel hurt 

 when told that we have no means of knowing 

 whether they are in the habit of keeping their 

 vrord aood or not. To sell a:oods lev.-, we are 



