. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 232 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL June pronouncing it a delusion and a snare. We mix up the container with the contents, just as we did in the old "wet days" when we tried to see the inside of too many containers. The mixed terms for a bunch of bees is no worse than the mixed di- mensions of supplies which the mak- ers blandly pronounce Standard. And that reminds me of my friend Brown, of Spiral Springs, 111. Brown pronounces our supplies a jumble, says trying to successfully assemble a lot of supplies from several makers is about as pleasurable as t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 232 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL June pronouncing it a delusion and a snare. We mix up the container with the contents, just as we did in the old "wet days" when we tried to see the inside of too many containers. The mixed terms for a bunch of bees is no worse than the mixed di- mensions of supplies which the mak- ers blandly pronounce Standard. And that reminds me of my friend Brown, of Spiral Springs, 111. Brown pronounces our supplies a jumble, says trying to successfully assemble a lot of supplies from several makers is about as pleasurable as trying to replace broken parts of your Rolls- Royce from junk scraps of a Tin Lizzie. Brown is a chap you should know. He is a real genius as a bee crank. Got more than enthusiastic about bees and plunged into outyards. Used to be seen at all hours toiling from home, laden with all the bee supplies he could stagger under. Pro- nounced it fun until Mrs. B. began to figui-e costs, and then became quite dumb and seemed to lose his enthu- siasm for lugging things back and forth, so gathered together ten shek- els of silver and bought a white horse. The owner pronounced it several ways, a bargain, kind, gentle, a little old but still useful, and sure to stand without hitching. That last was its strong point, or four of them, for not one of its four legs would it budge when it was so inclined or declined; in another word ,it was pronounced "; Brown knew that, but he thought he might say something to move him. So after acquiring the aforesaid white horse and not know- ing of any red-haired maid to go with it, also being more or less dubious as to how Mrs. Brown would pronounce such an addition to the assembly, he proceeded to lace some hairs of red copper wire into the breeching of the harness for the white horse, doing it secretly and surreptitiously. Also, he connected those red copper wires with the reins of said harness. From some source, the origin of which it were
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