EDITOR'S CORNER. 



CONSULT THE RECORDS. 



I have before me a letter written by the 

 Marlin Arms Co., January 21, 1902, to 

 L. O. Ashbury, Auburn, N. Y., in which 

 they say, "You never find an article which 

 is not advertised in Recreation recom- 

 mended in its reading columns." 



To show the glaring falsehood of this 

 statement it is only necessary to look on 

 pages 50 and 51 of January Recreation, 

 where you will find an article of more than 

 a page, recommending the Peters' car- 

 tridges in strong terms. These goods are 

 not advertised in Recreation, and prob- 

 ably never will be. The reader can also 

 prove Marlin a liar by reading the second 

 article on page 51 , of January Recreation, 

 in which the Mauser rifle is strongly recom- 

 mended, and this weapon is not adver- 

 tised in Recreation. 



The reader can pass on over to page 53, 

 and find an article endorsing the Greener 

 gun, which is not advertised in Recrea- 

 tion. 



Then if he will take up a copy' of Febru- 

 ary Recreation and turn to page 129 he 

 will find the Stevens' goods strongly com- 

 mended. They are not advertised in 

 Recreation, and it is not likely they will 

 ever be. 



The reader can easily involve Paddy 

 Marlin in another falsehood by turning to 

 page 130 of February Recreation, and 

 reading there a strong endorsement of 

 King's semi-smokeless powder, which is , 

 not advertised in Recreation. 



Then on page 133 is another recommend- 

 ation of Peters' goods, and this puts 

 another brand on Paddy Marlin. He 

 knew he was lying when he wrote this 

 letter to Mr. Ashbury, but he did not 

 know that Mr. Ashbury would send the let- 

 ter to me. 



Every honest reader of Recreation 

 knows I never deny anyone the privilege 

 of commending in my reading columns 

 any article he is using, unless it happens 

 that the maker thereof is fighting Recrea- 

 tion and trying to destroy it, as Paddy 

 Marlin is. It makes no difference to me 

 whether a manufacturer of sportsmen's 

 goods advertises in Recreation or not. 

 He has a perfect right to stay out if he 

 chooses to do so, and I never criticise him 

 for it ; but when a man undertakes the 

 dirty, disreputable methods of attacking 

 me that Marlin has adopted, he will find he 

 has plenty of trouble on his hands. 



ANOTHER OLD GUN MAKER GONE. 



Charles Parker, founder and president 

 of the Parker Brothers Gun Company, 

 Meriden, Conn., died Jan. 31st, at the 



age of 93 . He was a poor boy, and worked 

 on a farm from the time he was 12 years 

 old until he was 18, at wages varying 

 from $5 to $12 a month. Then he 

 served an apprenticeship in a button 

 factory. He then engaged in mercan- 

 tile pursuits for several years, and finally 

 established the gun factory which has 

 made his name known all over the civil- 

 ized world. 



Mr Parker retired from active business 

 years ago, but his energy and his ability 

 as a financier were felt in various enter- 

 prises in which he was interested until 

 the day of his death. Besides the gun 

 business, Mr. Parker was president of 

 the Charles Parker Company and the 

 Meriden Curtain Fixture Company. While 

 Mr. Parker's loss will be keenly felt by 

 thousands of friends and acquaintances, 

 his heirs and associates will conduct the 

 various lines of business as heretofore. 



A Pasadena correspondent who signs 

 his communication "The Meddler" is 

 hereby informed that his letter went 

 promptly into the waste basket, as do 

 hundreds of other anonymous letters that 

 come to this office. A man who has not 

 enough courage to sign his name to a 

 personal letter, written to an editor or to 

 any other man, should not waste his time 

 and postage in writing. It is a rule in all 

 editorial offices that letters which do not 

 bear the real name and address of the 

 writer, go into the waste basket. Sig- 

 natures are always withheld from publi- 

 cation if desired. 



R. H. Travis, of Montague township, 

 Sussex County, N.J., shot a quail, February 

 9th, in violation of law. He was arrested 

 by Game Warden Hcndershot, taken 

 before Justice Fuller, of Sandyston, and 

 sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or serve 

 90 days in jail. At last account Travis 

 was trying to borrow the money, but there 

 seemed little show of his being able to get 

 it. I trust he .may have failed and that 

 the sheriff may have the pleasure of 

 feeding him for 3 months. 



Rev. Joshua Cooke, known and loved 

 by all reading sportsmen as Boone, has 

 written a delightful story of the battle of 

 Queenston Heights, which was fought 

 Oct. 12th, 1 81 2, near Niagara Falls. 

 Boone's father was in the battle and the 

 son recounts the story as it was told to 

 him in the days of his youth. The little 

 book sells at 25 cents, and can be had by 

 addressing the author at Lewiston, New 

 York. 



3** 



