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THE MUSEUM. 



THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, Mollusca, Echinodermata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



Sciences. 



Walter F. Webb, Editor and Pub'r, 

 Albion, N. Y. 



Correspondence and items of interest on above top- 

 ics, as well as notes on the various Museums of the 

 World— views from same, discoveries relative to the 

 handling and keeping of Natural History material, 

 descriptive habits of various species, are solicited 

 from all. 



Make articles as brief as possible and as free from 

 technical terms as the subjects will allow. All letters 

 will be promptly answered. 



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NOTES. 



We regret to be obliged to warn col- 

 lectors against having anything what- 

 ever to do with one F. H. Carpenter, 

 whose home was formerly in East 

 Providence, R. I., for several months 

 past at Plymouth, Mass., and who is 

 liable to pop up most anywhere in the 

 future. 



We have no hesitancy in pronounc- 

 ing him an all around rascal. He is 

 smart, writes a good'Jletter and is of 

 good address. Rascals nearly always 

 are, who evade the law as long as he 

 evidently has. Although he has been 

 arrested several times, he has succeed- 

 ed through his honorable parents and 

 relatives, in getting out. For three or 

 four years he has been laying low, so 

 to speak, not having brought himself 



forward as he did some eight or ten 

 years ago. but we have abundance of 

 evidence to prove, that he has been 

 quietly defrauding scores of collectors, 

 and has thereby made a neat little 

 sum outside of the work he has found 

 to do. We write what we are prepar- 

 ed to prove, having already spent 

 nearly $ioo in looking up his pedi- 

 gree and intend to follow the matter 

 up until he is put in the proper place 

 for characters of his repute. Any col- 

 lectors that have been defrauded by 

 him within one year past, or know of 

 any one who has, write us with par- 

 ticulars. 



We may be obliged to report anoth- 

 er case, somewhat different from that 

 of Carpenter, which has repeatedly 

 within the last few months come to 

 our notice. We have written him 

 twice and failed to get any response, 

 although have positive proof that the 

 letters were received by him. Possi- 

 bly this notice will bring him to a rea- 

 lization of the fact that the using of 

 the mails for such purposes as he has 

 been carrying on, is a serious offense. 



It is not our design or purpose to 

 make this a regular feature of the Mu- 

 seum, but we said at the outset that 

 we should endeavor to keep all par- 

 ties of doubtful repute from using the 

 columns of the Museum, and as the 

 two parties we have in mindrhave us- 

 ed our columns, with an evident inten- 

 tion to defraud, we feel it our duty to 

 inform our subscribers as to their true 

 character. 



It is a gratifying sensation to be 

 aware that your subscription to the 

 Museum is paid up for a year ahead 

 and you can rest assured of receiving 

 it regularly. Sent your dollar yet.' 



