Year: 1875

stamping down the garden walk with my
head using my ears for handles.


Then I yelled and some more bees came to
her assistance and stung me all over the face.


She was still giving me darby, under the
impression that was the cause of all her pain.


1t was love among the roses, or something
of that nature.


In the meantime, the neighbors were shout.
ing and getting awfully excited over the
show, while our servant, supposing US fight
ing, opened the street door and admitted a
policeman, who at once proceeded to 60 be.
tween man and wife.


The bees hadn't got to Mrs. BIS tongue
yet, and she proceeded to show the policeman
that had abused her in the most shameful
manner, and that had bought hive of
bees on purpose to torment her into the grave.


tried to explain, but just then bee stung
the officer on the nose, and he understood it
all in less than minute.


He got mad; actually lost his temper.


He rubbed his nose and did some official
swearing. But as this didn't help matters, he
drew his staff and proceeded to demolish the
patent beehive.


The bees failed to notice his badge of Office,
and swarmed on him.


They stung him wherever he had no cloth
ing, and some places where be did have it.


Then he howled and commenced acting af-
ter the manner of the cat and its mistress.
He rolled on the ground for moment, and
then got up and made straight line for the
street, shouting fire.


Then the bees turnad to the people who
had climbed upon the fence to see the fun.


The excitement increased.


Windows went down, and some of the
neighbors acted as though they thought
twenty. y.inch shell was about to explode.


By this time fire engine had arrived, and
line of hose was taken through the house
into the garden.


One Of the 6remen asked where the fire
was, but just then one of these honey mosqui-
toes bit him behind the ear and he knew di.
rectly.


They turned stream upon the halfruined
beehive and began to "play away" with one
hand, while they fought the bees with the
other. But the water had the desired effect,
and those bees we're soon among the things
that we're.


A terrible crowd had gathered in the mean.
time in front of the house, but large por-
ton of it followed the flying policeman, who
was rubbing his affected parts and making
straight for the station house and surgeon.


The little adventure somehow dampenec
our enthusiasm regarding the felicity of rails
ing our own honey.


During the next week we wore bread and
milk poultices pretty ardently, but not
word was said about honey, and now Mrs.
B. has gone to stay week with her mother,
leaving me and the convalescent Tom cat,
and the tickled neighbors, to enjoy our own
felicity, but not with bees-ob, no


EVIL misunderstanding evil of others
is one of the most unamiable habits that can
be acquired, and one that leads to infinite
mischief It is not always easy to avoid it,
for there are great many people in the world
who are not what they ought to be, who do
many things that they ought not to do. It's
hard for blunt, generous mind to refrain
from expressing itself about mean people and
mean acts. There is something in meanness
! and dishonesty that-reaeee the luxury Of do
nouncing them in bold and unsparing terms.
But the practice, as practice, is a trouble
some and dangerous one There are occa-
sions when it is our duty to speak out in ex-
! pOSuEe VI HiouS' ouV IL Sohe1NA ~ 20 os's w
abstain from evil speaking, even of evil per-
sons. We are not made judges Of others &C.
tions. No one has the right to assume the
character of arbiter and censor. Even the
best of US have our faults, and if every one
should presume to denounce the vices and
misconduct of others, the world would be
given up to defamation. We may see and
hear much that we do not admire and cannot
like; We may become cognizant Of the many
evil deeds done by evil persons; but it is
part of wisdom and discretion to pass them
by without notice, except when to speak of
them cautiously may be necessary as warn
ing to friends. We all have enough of ene-
mics in this world, without provoking others
by ill-tempered comments The enmity of
evil men is the thing to be avoided, for while
it can do us no good, it may do us much harm.
Besides, we may make mistakes in the haste
of honest indignation, and speak evil Of good
men for acts we do not understand. Such
mistake is worse than the other, for while it
is imprudent to promiscuously denounce evil
men, it is a cruel wrong to defame good
one.