FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 13 



names in 88 diplomas at the two commencements. I taught 

 a singing-school; I worked iu Prof. Jackson's garden at seven 

 and a half cents an hour ; raised a crop of potatoes ; clerked at 

 a town election ; peddled maps ; rang one of the college bells ; 

 and, as it was optional with the students whether they taught 

 or studied during the third term senior, I got $100.00 for 

 teaching during that term in an academy at Delhi, N. Y. 

 Neither were my studies slighted during my course, which was 

 shown by my taking the highest honor attainable. Phi Beta 

 Kappa, which, however, was equally taken by a number of my 

 class. 



Fig. 2 — Peabody Honey-Extractor 



I secured my diploma, allowing me to write A.B. after my 

 name, and left college with fifty dollars more in my pocket than 

 when I arrived there. It was not, however, so much what I 

 earned as what I didn't spend that helped me through. I kept 

 a strict cash account, and if I paid three cents postage on a 

 letter or one cent for a steel pen or two blocks of matches, it 

 was carefully entered, and probably a good many cents were 

 saved because I knew if I spent them I must put it down in 

 black ink. 



