THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 49.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1857. [Price 1 d. 
YOUNG BARNES. 
Our friend Barnes was happily un- 
conscious of the conversation that was 
taking place between Fanny Whehlon 
and Fred Allgreen reported in our last 
number, and “ where ignorance is bliss, 
’tis folly to he wise.” If we knew all 
that is said of us, our self-love would 
receive a rude lesson. 
Young Barnes had begun to think 
it very slow work having only the 
‘Zoologist’ to start from in claiming 
acquaintance with “ the beginners he 
was so fond of helping,” as he had 
always completely exhausted the new 
contributors by the end of the first 
week in the month, and during the 
remainder of the month the time hung 
rather heavily on his hands. Besides 
sometimes the ‘Zoologist’ would ap- 
pear with no entomological communi- 
cations, the space being (as he thought) 
most unprofitably taken up by a long 
paper by Dr. Knocks or some other 
shining light. It was with no small 
glee therefore that young Barnes 
saw an announcement of a forth- 
coming weekly periodical, specially de- 
voted to the interests of Entomology, — 
‘ The Butterfly Collector’s Saturday 
Messenger,’ and the following season 
the ‘Messenger’ made its appearance, 
and he then found occupation for his 
time. 
It was remarked when our friend 
entered upon his mercantile career that 
“he evinced a business-like turn of 
mind ; he was always punctual, very 
neat and tidy, wrote a good hand, and 
was quick at accounts.” 
All these good points in his cha- 
racter appeared to great advantage when 
the ‘Messenger’ had fairly started on 
its weekly career. As soon as he had 
cut open the new number, he would 
take up his pen and write to each of 
the contributors who had met with any- 
thing he wanted, aud indite some epistle 
similar to that which he had sent to 
Frederick Allgreen ; sometimes he would 
succeed in persuading them to send at 
once to him what they had which he 
wanted, but, after a time, it was aston- 
ishing how frequently his correspondents 
were just out of boxes, and that, though 
they would gladly send him such and 
such things, they hadn’t got a box left at 
home ; perhaps he would forward what 
he had to offer, and then they could 
return what he wanted in his own box. 
Of course young Barnes was obliged to 
send a better selection than he would 
have done had he had to send the in- 
sects after having received what he 
wanted ; but eveu then it not unfre- 
quently happened that what he called 
a fine specimen had lost one of the 
2 A 
