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Title: American bee journal
Identifier: americanbeejourn431903hami (find matches)
Year: 1861 (1860s)
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Subjects: Bee culture; Bees
Publisher: (Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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April 23, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 267 ^ wnal Yon yonson Tliinks Vel, my goodeuess, ay feel kine of sorry for Peter Peterson, coz he is struck wid pros- perity plenty bad. Mebby it's cause he jrot too much confidence. Hebeanvork for Ole Peterson for 40 days, an he grit 40 dollar, an he haven plenty mony, an now he tank he iss yust som smart somnobody, an he yust lurn to talk merican like nutting. It corns yust so natural for Peter to lurn merican som to ete cabbage. My goodeness, Peter say ven he only been in Unity State for tree monls he could talk merican in tree different langvige, and he tank he iss a dandy feller. He say to Ole Peterson, he don't goan to milk his cows any more, so if Ole vont dom cows milkt he can yust do it self. Vel, Ole he don't lak das, so he say, " My goodeness, Peter, he say, '* ef you don't goan to do da vork, den ay goan to turn you off." But Peter he don't care; he say if Ole Peterson turn him off den he goan to quvit. An he don't goan to vork for him any more. Dat's vot Peter sed. An he say he vont for Yon Yonson to lurn him how to keep bees. Vel. Peter iss som purty smart feller, so mebby ay hire Peter to 'help drive da bees das summer. Peter vil be youst da feller for brush-svarming, only ay iss kine of frade dat mebby eider da bees or Peter is liable to abscond; but if ay can keep Peter an'da bees togedder long nuff den if Peter don't ketch on, mebby da bees ketch on to Peter. An Peter is good for bout 500 revo- lutions per minit, in case oxidant. Peter he say he vont to keep von svarm on share, an he goant to sho me how to git lots of hunny. " Vel," ay say, " if you promis not to hide behine da potatis box agin, den you can have von svarm on share. Ay got von colony of kine of black bees, dom is kine of kross, so mebby you git more dan your share; but ay vill give dom new quveen so dom soon vil bee all clover bees, ay say, "an' dom vill all have long tungs." Vel, Peter say he don't kare vot kine of lungs dom got, or if dom is tung-tied, or even got glas eyes, but he don't vont dom shal hav any longer stings dan issab.soluteIy nesses- sary. Now, Peter, he don't vas married yet, but he got awful nice girl vat live along da tele- phone line. Ay tel Peter if he don't votch out he soon goan to be ole batch, an dom say ole batchlers don't live so long som married mans. Vel, Peter he say he don't believe da married mans live any longer, but mebby it seems lots longer, he say, cause dom have more trubble. But Peter he tank it is fun to call up his girl on da telephone an kine of mak love. New, it iss gainst da rules to du any sparken on da telephone, cause you know da souns kine of silly; but ven da boys along da line listen to Peter, dom has more fun don Peter, so ve don't vas enforce da rules on Peter yet. Now, Peter's girl, Christina, she live on different line, so he hav to call up Central. Vel, da boys along da line dom kine of put up job on Peter, an ven Peter call up Central an say, " Give me Christena, please," den Cen- tral girl she ring up da hotel to da nigger cook, so purty soon she say, " Hello, sah !" "Hello, Christena!" Peter say, "How is you feeling das evening?"' "Oh, fine, fine," she say, "Is yo Sambo?" she say. "No it don't vas any rainbow in vinter," Peter say, " but mebby ve goan to hav som more snow," he say, " an mebby ay goan to com roun to- morrow nite an' tak you slay ride, an ve go to church." he say, " Bles yodea'hart!" she say. " Yo is de bestes nigger in town," "My goodeness," Peter say, " ay don't vas any nager. Seems to me your voice don't vas soun natural," Peter say; " you musta hav bad cole, ay hope you don't vas sick," "Hooisyo?" she say, " Is you Sammy <" " No, ay don't vas Santa," Peter say, " It don't vas time to hang up yours stocken now," he say, "Santa Claus is vay up in Alaska now," Peter say, "Do ay taU: lak Santa Claus<■' he say, "Santa dont vas got his phone connected yet," Peter say. "but ven THoiisands ot Hives = Millions oi Sections Ready for Prompt Shiptnent. We are not sellinfr goods on NAME ONLY, but on their quality. In addition to the many car-loads we are shipping- to all parts of the United States, we have just made one shipment of five car-loads to England. G. B. LEWIS CO., Watertown, Wisconsin, U. S. A. Please mention Bee Joixrnal -when ■writina,
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FOR THE BEST Hires, SMOKERS, EXXRAC'l'ORS, FOUr«l>AXIOI^ AND ALL BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPEIES, 2415 Ernest Ave., Alta Sita, East St. Louis, 111. TO BE GIVEN AWAY. For Next 30 Days Only, we will mail our fine valuable Poultry Book FRtE. Tells you all aboiitpoultry, how to make big money with poultry and epRs. contains colored plate of fowls in JoVh BAUSCHER. JR.. B:i 94. FREEPORT.ILl Please mention Bee Journal when -wntine

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