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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09
OLD FOLKS CONCERT.

An old folks concert will be given il Epworth M. E. church next Wednesday evening under the auspices of the choil of the church. They will be assited by the Trinity M. F. church quartet, Mrs Frances Heath Eaton, soprano; Mrs Leverett Goodyear, alto; Dr. George A bass, and also by Mrs. Edith Beers Jones soloist, and directress of the Summerfeld M. F.. church; Frank o, Connell, tenor of St. Patrick's church; William r. Hamilton, bass, and the young people Of Epworth church. Mrs. Hortense Matthewson Booth will be the elocutionist and Miss Louise T. Law will be the accompanist. The ad- mission will be voluntary contribu- ton.
 The Whatsoever circle of King S Daughters will serve ice cream at the close of the concert. The monthly sup per, which was to have been given on the same evening, was postponed. Fol lowing is the programme to be given:
 Ye FIRST PARTE.
 Ye Old Style Hymns Auld Lang Syne. Tune Near, c. M........ Williams Coll Tune Lenox, H. M. Edson Tune Celestial Watering .. ........ ..... ..,.,......... Ss and Is Ingalls, Tune Devotion, l.. Read Tune Cambridge, c. ..Dr. Randall
 Ye Old Style Anthems. Strike the Cynbai Pucitta Jerusalem My Glorious Home ....... ..... =. ...... Dr. Lowell Mason, 1S40
 PART IT.
 The Trinity M. E. church quartet in a modern anthem and offertory. show ing the difference between the old and modern style. Braga-The Angels Song ........ .... ..... ...... .... Organ Prelude
 Miss True Law. Selected-Anthem.
 Trinity Church Quartet. Buck-The Lord is My Light Offertory N. B.-All ye profits from ye con- certe will go to pay ye subscription of ye choir to ye Twentieth Century Wes- leyan league.
 Ye THIRD PART. Ye Old Style Worldly Songs. Cousin Jedediah
 Gooddame Edith Beers Jones, and all
 ye meme and wymmen singers. The Lass With the Delicate Air-Old English Song. 100.
 Gooddame Harriet Heath Adams. Old Folks at Home,
 Gooddame Jones. Dreaming of Home and Mother Goodman c. A. Morse and four of ye
 meme and wyminen singers. (a) Ye Village Seamstress, (b) Aunt Sophronia Tabor visits the opera.
 Gooddame Hortense Madison Booth. Sweet Ginning Bells.
 Gooddame Adams and all ye singers. Some Times.
 Goodman Frank O'Connell. Gently Down the Stream of Time. Gooddame Jones and all ye singers My Old Kentucky Home The Belfry Tower.
 Goodman William Hammernich. How the Gates Came Ajar. Goodman Ackrill and all ye singers. Annie Laurie
 Gooddame Jones. Star Spangle Banner. All ye meme and wymmen singers | nd worldie instruments and goodlie
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

A meeting of the Chamber of Com merce will be held in Its hall. Chamber of Commerce building, No. 763 Chapel street, next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The motion of George M. Wal lace concerning rates of transportation, electric railways. gas and water rates in municipalities, etc, will be present. ed for the consideration and action of the chamber.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09
FIRE IN FURNITURE STORE.
Cohen's Establishment on Grand Ave
 nue Suffers $500 Damages

Cohen's Establishment on Grand Ave-
 nue Suffers $500 Damages.
 The store of the Cohen Furniture company at 753 Grand avenue was damaged about $500 by fire Saturday evening. The fire started at $40 o'clock, but it's exact cause is not known. It is known, however to have started near a stove which had been newly lighted in the rear of the store. The firemen kept the flames below the second floor of the building though the occupants of the apartments above the burning store were fearful of losing their household goods. Engine compa- nies 2 and remained at work about two hours after the other companies were dismissed.
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OBITUARY NOTES.

Funeral of Mrs. Donald c. Mitchell.
 Funeral services were held at Il o'clock Saturday forenoon at tho resi- denoe of Donald G. Mitchell in Vest vile, for Mrs. Mary Pringle Mitchell, wife of the author. Rev. J. F. Sexton, rector of St. James Episcopal church of Westville, off1ciated. The funeral was private. Burial was in the Wood bridge cemetery.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09
AT, SHARPE TO SPEAK

On Thursday evening in the Daven- port church parlors at 8 o'clock the mems league will be addressed by Al" Sharpe, the well known Yale athlete. His subject will be College Athletics'' and any man interested in the subject is cordially invited,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09

are Misses Clara Bollmann, Anna Wei bel, Gussie Krah, Frances Bauer, Rosa Heintz, Adelle Hillman, Alvina Stadt- miller and Philopena Stadtmiller. The next meeting will be held next Satur- day with Miss Rosa Heintz, corner of Park and Chapel streets.
 The Contented Whist club of twelve ladies will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Simons on Avon street
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09
RAILROAD Y. M. c. A.

The Railroad Y. M. c. A. will have an entertainment next Thursday evening at o'clock, given by the New York Ladies' Trio-Miss Emma Hirschmann, soprano: Miss Lillian Bender, violinist; Miss Agnes M Taylor, reciter. A rare treat Is expected. Railroad men and families welcome.
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Gilmore, Wood and Ray, and the vita graph will complete the bill.
 Prices: Matinee, 10c and 20c; even ing, 1Oc 200 and soc; ladies at matinee. 10c
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09
FUNERAL OF THEODORE sIsK

The funeral of Theodore Sisk, who died Thursday after short illness, was held from his late residence, 39 Clark street, Saturday morning at S::30 and from a requiem high mass at St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock. Rev. Father liar digan celebrated the mass. Many beau tiful flowers were presented as remem- brances of the dead, among which was a standing pillow inscribed Brother" from his brothers, a standing wreath from his cousins, large standing Tyre from friends, and many other pieces. The flower bearers were Timothy Bear ton and James Kennedy. The pallbear- CTS, all friends of the deceased, were George Stetzler Christopher Hessler. James Slsk, George Carey, Vincent Cane, and John Sisk. The interment was in the family plot in St. Bernard's cemetery. The funeral was largely at- tended by the many friends of the fam fly
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.

DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.
 Mrs. Sarah Freeman, colored wo- man said to be one hundred years of age, died suddenly yesterday forenoon and Medical Examiner Bartlett, who was summoned, after an examination, decided that death was due to old age. Mrs. Freeman resided at Mo- 49 Hudson street, where she had lived alone for many years. She had seen none of her relatives for twenty-five years and did not know whether she had any alive Her husband was sailor and she had not seen or heard from him for twenty five years.
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WILLIAM w CAMP

The funeral of William w. Camp of Southington took place at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon from his late home on West street. Rev. c. B. F. Pease was the officiating clergyman. Burial was in Quinnipiac cemetery.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09
KEEPER OF L1RHy PRISON

Captain Richard R. Turner keeper of the famous Libby prison at Richmond, dropped dead a day or two ago in Isle of Wight county, Virginia, aged sixty three. At the time of his death he was democratic county chairman and suc- cessful lumber dealer.
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cess Brighteyes got married, and he hit her with a chair, and she would not give him any money to pay his debts and keep up his string of horses. And so they got a divorce, and lived happily ever after.-Baltimore American.
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FUNERAL OF PETER CANNON.

FUNERAL OF PETER CANNON.
 Peter Cannon was buried from sol emn requiem high mass at St. Patrick's church Saturday morning at o'clock MT. Cannon came to New Haven from Ireland in 1S47 when fourteen years old, and resided here continuously ever since He was well known in the lower portion of the city, where he was in the grocery business for over twenty years, He was associated with William Geary Thomas Cunningham, Captain McCartin and the late lamented Colonel Thomas Cahill.in organizing the Wash ington Erina Guards which was dis banded by Governor Minor during the troublesome Knownothingism times previous to the civil war. The pallbear- CTS were Sergeant John MoGrath, Cap tain McCarten. William ]. Rohan, Ber- nard Judge, Charles Cannon, and Dan iel Corrill. The Rev. Father John Rus sell off1ciated at the grave. The inter- ment was in St. Bernard's cemetery.
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FUNERAL OF PRESTON AMMAN.
 The funeral of Preston Hinman of Quaker Farms, who was frozen to death on Tuesday evening In Seymour, was held from his late residence Sat urday afternoon at o'clock. Rev MT. Schaeffer officiated The interment was in the Quaker Farms cemetery. w. l.. Ward was in charge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09

State Auditors Walter A. Riley of this city and Senator James P. Bree of this city are making the annual exam ination at the capitol of the accounts of the Connecticut Agricultural college
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09

The West Haven Methodist chj will hold fair in the West IT.
 town hall all this week beginning night. ss|
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09
YACHT CLUB INCORPORATED.

Greenwich has filed certificate of in corporation with the secretary of state.
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MAJ M BRITISH SPi-S BONES.
TIE Hanging ef Lieut.. Daniel Taylor in
the Ne, o~iutienary Wal Recalled

CHESTER. y. I, aug II lh" nhuihg
a. Hurley Of whs, II believed 10 he part Il
the skeleton Of Lieut., Daniel Taylor. who
Wa hanged n a British spy at that place
In hi. recalls an interesting incidcn; ~
the Revolution. II was first recorded by
LOSING In his Field Book of m. Revolu-
ton a. it was related Ia him by MAJOR
Bartlett, AT Little Britain. In this county.
IN 1880 The Major was a survivor ~ the
Revolution and then nearly oo.
II happened In October. M. when Gov
,ieorg. C1intun's command was encamJed
at Little Britain. and the British Gen
Clinton was ~endeavoring To make n Juno
ton with Burgovne and relieve that Of
f,er's desperate straits. On the night Of
Oct 10. I'LL. - the story h. Lieut. Brow n
of the American Army. captur~i within
the lines a suspicious rrr-on. who proved
to H. Iieut Daniel TavIor 10 the enemv'-
forces TAYLOR was taken before GOV
Clinton. whose name had deceived him
into thinking he was In the hands Of friends
When he discovered HE mistake he quickly
removed some object from his pocket.
placed It in his mouth and swallowed IT.
This aroused the suspicion Of Gov chin
ton. who orieret a powerful emrtic 10 he
forced into the British officers stomach.
the effect Of which was tho reappe arance
Of the swallowed object IL was found to
BE- n silver globe. evidently hollow The
r-moval Of a screw permitted II TO separate
into two parts. within which a piece 81
paper. folded up into small compass. was
discovered. This paper was a me-sag"
Of importance from Gen. Clinton TO Gen
Burgoyne
Lieu, TAYLOR was tried by court martial
and Condemned 70 la hanged a. a spy
The order came To- Gov Clinton lust AT thst
time 10 move against the British. who were
at Kingston, and his movement post
poned the hanging Of the British Lieutenant
When C%inton's command arrived AZ King
ton. Oct 10. IN. the British had burned that
placc and rctreatsd &c Rondout. where they
embarked in their ships on the Hudson
The American forces went into camp AZ
Hurley, and there. an Oct ~, tho cnn-
demned spy was hanged
For many years after the Revolution
and until . date within the memory Of
MANY still wins thereabout. the tree upon
whiCli Lieut.. Taylor was hanged stood At
Hurley. and was known ~ the Spy Tree
although few knew why. That the IN.
fortunate oficsI was buried benesth the tree
on which he was hanged had bcen entirely
forgotten until the finding 81 the bones
the other day by labor-rS ~eScavating on
the Ellenville and Kingston Railroad at
Hurley, Then the tradition was revived
by n Kingston antiquarian.
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CtrN HaLL - ms OWN CREU
slngie-Iianded voyages Of an ss-Ton.
so-Senr-Oh Yankee schooner.

BANGOR, Me. Aug II something new
and daring In seamanship j. heing tried just
now on the New England coast, and all
tho sailors from QuoSldy Mead 70 kittcry
Point are waiting To -ce what comes ~ II.
Cant Parker Hall - owner and master
OF the eighty -eiRh'-ton for'y-nine-yc ar-old
schooner Angler. and he ought hv good
ights and the customs Of Coasting 10 have
NJ least three ucr 20 help him sail her
But Cap'n Hal - a Ntlc queer and very
spunky. and lately when. being ready to
sail from Quincy. Mas. 10 Csl,as, Me
10 get q cargo of humber. he found himself
unable 10 get any snilor~ he said
We'll. let EN- slide. an III sail this hooker
down Fast mvSen
He then ordered himself 20 &C. mp tho
main~ail. which he did then tho forrsail..
and after thai he hove the anchor short.
pa, the wheel In a beckett white he got the
~ on her and away sh. went. with csp'n
Hall ~ the wheel and IN" coffee pot a-Soling
In the stove down below.
When the Angler put In NJ various places
along the coast ~ Maine and ur ole saw
that she had only one man, there was nue.
talk, and the general Opinion Was tht IA"
rchooner's skipper Wa u little on his 'eck-
oning. But the Angler got down To Calais
all right, n after she had taken II.po
feet 81 lumlsr II occurred TO Cap'n Hall
that he might as we'll ship a couple Of men.
% THAT be could GET some sleep on the pas
sage Ia Boston. lie did after n long hunt
ecare up Two green hands, but they de-
SER ed the same night. and he made up his
mind 10 20 IL alone once noTe.
People along the wharNs- laughed NJ
Cap'n Hall when he said that be- was going
without any crew. but he gnnned hack a.
them. saving crew. Huh SONY one
man in a hunneri s'anv good, anyway,
nh ain't alters To be- got CAM CIT I'm
nov. least WAYS. N ] ain't A-guin' to bet
thi- we're chooner hang UP To tho wharf
ell summer a-wnitin' fer help ] brought
her down here. an | kin fetch her out as m y"
And he did. When the Angler had got
underway something happened that came
near ending the one-man trip right there
In the river At Calni Some how or other
Iap'n Hall fell overheard, and as he can
not swim a stroke he would have drowned
but for n tugboat that came along The
tugs crew hshed the lone mariner out
aud after hc got dried and rested a bit he
took the wheel again, headed her down
the river and away she went for Boston.
Whether or no, she will get there L.
another question. Captain tnate-cook-and
crew Hall saws she will Peg along all
right with the lyc@t Of them. and maybe
she will. II il supposed that the lone
skipper will heave her TO, Dago style, az
night. and thus he able To get some sleep
Hes got good grit. hut hang his judg-
meni." saw the coast sailors.
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BACILLUS POISON FOR RATS.
Dr. Roseaau'sT Test of q Disease Developed
To NH the Pc>ts.

Since II became known that the bubonic
plague was spread by rats. the question
of means 81 DESTROYING them has assumed
greater importance. The discovery Of a
perfect rat destroyer would bc Of vast
benefit tn tho public health.
VI J Ro>enau. director 81 the Hygienic
Laboratory Of the United States Marine
Hospital service. has reCently investigated
a new method for destroying rats by mean'
Of cultures Of a certain bacillus. This
method was develaysd nv J DanyZ. h
virus which he obtained. While far from
lring a CERTAIN means Of cN'erminstins
rats in a particular plaor, NAV be used a.
one weapon in the hgh, against them.
A culture Of a bacillus isolated from
a Spontaneous epidemic among harvest
m,cr was -rl.ct.d. and grown IN bouillon
"a acCustom n "a an existence without oNy-
g-n. This Vas accomplished 10y growing
M" culturr in fask- aS completely hllcd
~ possible. The tasks VIEW placd IN an
incubator until thu cultur Developed,
and then KEEP, al an ordinary temperature
until a iryo-i, FORMED and IA" bouillon
lrcamc PERFECTLY ClraT.
Prom the ra-kS the Cul'urC vas passed
into a collodinn sack, which va kept Tor
from n day to n dgv AMI a hall In the alb
domibsl cavity of n RAJ, then kept anew
IN ordinary bouillon and thence again ~
TASKS rhis srrt~s of operations Wa ~
p-atCd several ,lu,'s. aud NJ tho fourth or
fnh r-ps-tition . d~~id~f iucrra-- N Virl-
n~r Tor miss Nas noted
Micv ~rrr then rrpla~-i IN The cNTcu-
m"uts hv vuung rate = nuu'h or ia weeks
old Next Older rats view u~-d Fro
~.ding h. thu wav the culture va Spr~ial-
lid and ilanyE finally -uc~-~t-d ~ rcnd"r-
ing u regularly N~irulvut lot gray rst-.
llack rats and Whit rate, wh@rras y ~ns
originally only slightly Nlruh-ut Tor tho
gtay a. and eniir.lV ineffective fof tho
uah-rs.
d. Ro-,nAu fei us rats NrN the ~ttitur~-
duung q cpur-~ q Narluus eNTrumsnts
with "a. virus Df th~-r onlN turtN-sis
dissi Ths INSULTS serm ~ drts~ud largely
upun the amount - oulture ings-i~i w
starving tho rss tuf q csiIlie ~ dANs AMI
ti,-n giving them all tirry ~ouki 81 q NerV
i~s@ititv r-aH Nas utasiit~i Twenty
s.,sn "a. - f~d ~ died ~thn = ~~ss
NJ 80 rats ~. onlv q small aHlnlui. bus
ever. uui uuly - iiur eH~rs uno~ftain. tat
ths surKINof~ lssssuln tmmufs" atd go
fsssl ufsHu thr suuurss tn fhsif traffs
onfsui aud H. nfars 80 wur- fH 81
4 sHstki --~fu thai tirr VIM b 49, unlths
iiis iaslts uui 81 = rts-iuirai taa~rh. %"
I-uhiug a. b de-. NIvln thH annfsuui 90
ss~ief hut. ~tulr NH ~ni0 pasafn
lee th~ adN autss~ ~ ns pHsaaursfS 90
l-antuuufk slE stfsss 80 ~ y~n a-aard
aafsutsGs a t-ats g. Ia - 70 tnueh.
4 l@futs- o. us=n sira ausss-ts saius@2
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0TEBEC As 4 GRAIN PORT.
Shipper Said q nc satisfied with Their
Experiment so Far.

QUEBEc. Aug 1.-THE LeylAnd Steam
ship Company and the American capital
lists who are associated with u In it's efforts
Ca divert IN. export shipments 81 Western
grain from New York. Boston and Port
land To Quebec are more than satisfied
with the result Of their frrt shipments
from this port II II Melville Of Boston
and Col James Mcknight 81 New York,
who are heavy Stockholders In IA. Great
Northern Railway 81 Canada. 10y which
rad the grain L. shiptsrd over the shortest
existing route from the Great Lakes to
ne ocean steamships. are authority for
tho statement that immediate STEPS arr
to 10 taken for more than doubling both
tho sailing 81 grain shiT~ from this ror,
and tho criminal facilities 81 tho railway
here
In htle more than ,~o months. the Great
Northern has alr~sdy shipped nearly a
million and n quarter bushels ~ grain
from Qu-t--c, while tori.s" month - August
'hr lsvanG Stuamship Company has de-
c-dsd e. run tour grain-cerryins steam
shhi- To- thi- rssrt instead - two. one -
which aid H. the nes c~argo-curn-r king
stonsan g pon tons p~Iacity. nov on i.sr
mAisi-n Vovaer how.
Ito Doubling of tho railway terminal.
a. 0Ueisc g. accommodate the iucrua.~f
sliIsusrnis 1i grain frum tho N.si hus
- large and oth-r v~--rls having oarF -
- Ne-ien grain, Nv mean- 80 the manr
sr 81 the neN ELEVATOR equtlan-uf l.lnng
as 20 no Sr~ai Nurth~m Railway. b. eulfs
"a ocalcnlfrruilv ~ffh he ~lvNailrg Z
graih fnsm tho cArs
Ito ~noftnou. srur ~h,oh So cin
tanfs of-rsitss havo siVuu o. 49, hus
us- ~ fhts ftau s uusi rsissi ~ thf fsU
'lai All thr auAuslar ,verag sossrnm.sia
700 ulsN thn ~harNs Las i.ssu "a l
un u~s--itatiut ~ b. us late oHl-fuHr
'tfn - us tsrtsf CO. uur=i as. "a . aHs
~ .eN slu~is SOD A. f.-l lsI.a anf e.
So uHt utH ~ 81 go has hlrradt irsH.
HNihHs1 ~ fnIulssiur b. tis lnfsl.r.
urflf Hi ftis fnaar thai lnfEr nHpr..tr
rsffs sN tsafa mad fH ftr ualfsr HI
SO fans~f g. "isaiar D. ta ulssH tir farr
arTaznas uIssn D Ne nuafH. uf 80.
49, t-arf uaf - sFHad difIrHn rslrtss
sua Ntst~s ars h-sRu tais e.. s-as
taa Ntsfrfsr tsusssa..
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can't understand English. They can all
right. and thcy know they are doing wrong
and nexlectine their duty n breaking
the heart Of the good man who. owns them
I'm reading them the htter- In the hope
that IL will touch their wicked bee hearts
and lead them back 90 paths Of rectitude
sBut The more Uncle Harvey tried to
reform the bees. the lazier they seemed TO
get Finally he won out n morning
and said To them. almost with a sou IN MS
VOICE. .
Arc you lost to all sense OF shame'
Don't you ever mean 10 see your duty a.
American bees and do III
According to Uncie Harvey's sworn
abatement. every be- Just buzse-d. IN n
lazy wsy. 'Manana. mansna, manana
THAT settled IL for Uncle Harvey. When
his bees got 80 that thcy buzzed 'to-moI-
row at him in Spanish he decided II was
time to sfnke the long pike leading hacs
10 Iowa. No he boxed up his bees ana
cent them home.
but his troubles weren't NJ an end then.
The winter In tho tropical cllmes se-rmcd
90 rave ruined the bees, When spring
came, instead OF turning In and working
hard, they loafed around. not gaihcnng
half the honey they hao the preceding
season. And they weren't content to
gather honey from clover and ordinary
flowers, but kep. searching for big, bright
colored blossoms, such ~ they had De
cons accustomed TO In Cuba. The re-
suit was tina the little honey they did make
was OF inferior quality and brought a low
pnce In the end Uncle Harvey sold his
once prized swarms. The man who bought
ihe b+-.a insisted I've was cheated. and brought
s,it, and the case h In the courts 10 thiS
day
5Of cour-e, Uncle Harvey wouldn't adj
init that IL was his fault, but laid the blame
Of The failure Of his winter-honey
producing plan partly on tho hees anu
partly ON the Government. He sent in
a demand for compensation, but they
wouldn't paw any attention to n at wash
ingtun. then Uncle Harvey was dig
nant
citizen and q taxpayer, and a man
who has voted the straight party ticket
all his life he used 10 say mournfully, ana
when venture my capital. and valued
lees. and energy IN an attempt 10 lmproV"
condition IN our new possessions. how does
the Government protect mef sits calmly
by and sep- NV hess lose their moral char
acter and then refuses to settle. But I'm
done with II now. IN vote tho Populisi
ticket. and listen To the speeches OF Their
orators. and read Populis' EDITORIAL, ~
Il lands me Ia the insane ASYLUM. After
the way I've been treated I'd he wiling
10 leave tho country. " the railroads would
furnish free transportation
But I didn't give him much sympaihy.
You brought " on yourself ] told hin
impressively. There wasn't n better be
haved. more industrious lot OF bees In the
State % Iowa until YOU tried 70 double
cross them by cheating them out 81 their
well earned winters rest