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We rc.j;ret tlwt our ensraver has n^t paid our readers and ^h: Doolittlo a little better comijlimeut bv a 

 mora careful foUowinj^ of the photograph seat us, but we jiresume w-i sliill htive to atone for it li.v "tryiu'.' 

 to do better next time," as the thief said when he got oau'j;ht. Friend V. has just moved into his new house, 

 and has as yet had no time to get trees and grape vines growing for shade, wliicli we suppose is the reas>on 

 he has his liives protected hy such irregular looking boards and covers. His great cro|)s of basswood honey, 

 we are informed come from those trees beyond the house. Very likely the trees among the hives are bass- 

 v.Mud too, but our artis: his made them look more like splint brooms stuck in the ground. Friend D. has 

 a protty residence truly, and we trust his crops of honey may continue to 

 bfes may fill the sections and build their own comb faster then we com 

 with all modern appliances, and that o ir artist may imrive enough to sir 

 next time we try to give our i\ aders a •'squint'' over our shoulder. 







>k in the ground. Friend D. has f/fPt •-M~, 

 > grovv better and better, tliat his j\^J \ 

 nmon folks can eo:ix them aloue . |fe-;> 

 ov,- us his "bee-yard" as it is. the ^2=^^^ 



