. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. mw. Dear Brother Hill: IVb hot! It's so hot that stings feel cool by comparison. But for compensa- tion we have had a flood of honey, and all sorts of receptacles have been pressed into service. Wish I could have had here one of those fellows who do so much writing about being prepared. He would have had to stop writing and do some huge preparaing. As I roam among the " bo3's"' I find that their practicing is seldom up to their preach- ing. Writing of preaching, reminds me of the Parson. An epidemic broke out here—bubonic plague, everybo
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. mw. Dear Brother Hill: IVb hot! It's so hot that stings feel cool by comparison. But for compensa- tion we have had a flood of honey, and all sorts of receptacles have been pressed into service. Wish I could have had here one of those fellows who do so much writing about being prepared. He would have had to stop writing and do some huge preparaing. As I roam among the " bo3's"' I find that their practicing is seldom up to their preach- ing. Writing of preaching, reminds me of the Parson. An epidemic broke out here—bubonic plague, everybody said— and then came a revival. The "plague'" proved to be the measels ; the "revival" flattened out and, to repeat one of the Parson's quotations : 'The devil was sick—the Devil a uionk would be; The devil got well—and devil a monk was ; Don't think too harshly of the Parson; he's bilious—is keeping bachelor's hall. Just like some of the rest of the boys, isn't he? Some of them seem bilious most of the time, though. But, as you know, when the Parson is feeling well and has a responsive listener, he will draw on his fund of knowledge, and iu a few choice sentences speak volumes, while some others we know belch forth oceans of words and say naught. I am uncertain whether those torrents of words are as bad or worse than those editorial snappers some of your brother- hood tack on to the end of some other fellow's article. If they more often bore closer relation to the article, we might endure it; but as likely as not an edi- torial homily on babies is hitched to an article on ";' And you have started into the same bad way. Avaunt. there, ere the evil tide o'erwhelm thee ! So the man from Creek objects u> having you criticise his double-compound self- assorting -drone-queen-catcher ? You should never meddle with an in- ventor's hobby; 'tisn't safe. Now. there is that mild-mannered Rambler, just mention "wire and f
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