New Toulouse

Mr. Jack Mondieu suggested that I explain the visit of Dr. Augustus Boffin and his crates, and address the unfounded and foolish concerns of some of our more gullible citizens.

Dr. Boffin is a well-known purveyor of scientific supplies to the collector and educational communities. His microscopes and slide sets and mineral samples can be found in nearly every school in the country.

Dr. Boffin contacted me some time ago, and I have invited him to visit our fair lands and collect new samples to his heart’s delight. His “mysterious” boxes contain parts to fix the ice plant, except for the empty ones intended to help him transport his collected samples back to his laboratories—certainly not to deliver parts for any nefarious machinery in the upstairs back room of the New Toulouse City Hall That Has Always Been There.

If you should see Dr. Boffin about town, please extend to him the courtesy for which our fair city is known. If he asks to collect samples from your homes and farms, please allow him to do so. And if you have any scientific curiosities, show them to him—he may be interested in purchasing them!

Henri Godenot
Mayor
City of New Toulouse