Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-24

years instead OF avery' year DO" yon
see the p'intT'
Il seem to. but femme see how that
pie is comm on. Now go ahead ag'in.
Why not make an eight story hive, and
then they wouldn't swarm but once in
four years:'
1T would have to be as big as
house for that" answered the man
with an idea. I'll start with a four
story and see how that works"
What, Are you goin' into beesF'
II am, Hammer. I'll set to work this
very day on four story hive and be-
fore shutdown tomorrer I'll have two
swarms of bees into 1t. By thunder.
but I've hit it,
Now. pa.'
Il amt swearin': I'm jest leetle ex-
cited. How on earth Christopher Co
lumbus, George Washington and Napo-
leon Bonaparte passed over the idea L
can't understand. It's the biggest thing
mortal man ever thunk out, and III
see about havin' 1t patented next week.
Meanwhile don't you lisp word. On
your life. don't mention Ii TO Single
person. If they ask what the four sto-
nv beehive is. tell 'em it's henhouse.
The wife promised, and the husband
went TO the barn and began his work
at once. 1t was two days before he had
the hive in place. Each swarm had
| two full floors TO itself, and when they
got too large the first could move up
| into the second and the third into the
| fourth. Each swarm had its own front
and back doors, and If they didn't get
along in a neighborly way Ii was not
| the builders fault. A farmer six miles
away had swarms to sell. and when
| the big hive was ready Mr.. Perkins
got horse and wagon and went after
| inmates The farmer wanted 20 talk
about bees. their habits. their little idf-
oms. and TO give his customer some
POINTERS, but Mr. Perkins was on his
guard. Not word did he say to
give his secret away. He brought the
bees home AT night and arranged the
hives so that they must leave them In
the morning for the larger affair. and
when he went to bed he rubbed his
Hands and said to his wife:
| Hammer. | can't comprehend how L
ever got that idea. but it's goin' 10
bring us in bar'ls and bar'ls Of money
| When you are rollin in diamonds you'll
know who to hc thankful TO.
| The sun came up hot and red next
| morning. and as soon as it burned up
The mist the bees were heard from.
Each swarm was willing 10 occupy the
new hive. bat each wanted IT all for
itself 1t didn't take long TO start Il
scrap and three minutes after il start
| al il took in all the insects. After Il
beautiful old row they suddenly made
I'D their minds that the man higher
up was responsible for the whole
thing and they went after him. In
ridentally they Jabbed Aunt Hammer
about Il dozen times Incidentally also
they went for the neiGhbors on either
| ;iGc ana then continued Oh into town
ard the number Of victims finally tai
lied I'D about 80. There was mourn
ing and lamentation galore and when
the mob finally reached the Perkins
house to wreak its vengeance they
found the hens trying to take posses
sion of the big hive and Pa Perkins
so swathed in handages that they could
not even see an cyclash as he feebly
explained:
Them bees ought TO have gone In
there and behaved themselves. but they
wouldn't do II and here I've lost a
good as three days and them squasheS
won't amount TO shucks."
NJ. QUAD.