Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-11-15

particular, he goes ON to recommend all those
whose neighbors keep fowls, and who have also
the good luck to have laurel bushes to put old
bucket or hamper with little straw at the bot
tom under them, by which mears they will al
ways sbe sure of a double supply of eggs, as NJ.
Gau,hier, much to his own deectation aud emou- /
ment, has for long while demonstrated by actual
| experiment.
/ This keen efusion NJ. G. signs with his own
name. and sticks next Sunday on the church
door; besides having it proclaimed in the COM
munc OF Pontlevoy, by beat of drum Now NJ
Gauthicr had no objection to Mr.. Gai3n murder
ing abe Kings French, aud massacreing grammar
as much as he pleased; but thought il father too
mich that he should also a.sassinate his reputa-
tiop, and hold him up to the world as poacher,
especiaily Of eggs, = sSerefore CITED him before
"0eal Tl'snsa, ,,. ign !.s surprised Used
the address Ta guess. might be Q little strong,
but .deuicd that il amounted IN ow'to defamation.
aud offered TO prove the roth OF his allegation,
yiZ-tha, fowls would addict themselves to laying
Eeggs under laurel bushes, especially il buckets
with straw. in them were laid for their accommo-
dauen, appealing TO the Testimony Of the Com
missioner of the Commfne himself to verify tine
fact NJ Gauthier.r in lreply, son,epded that tho
defence was an aggravatinn Of the original defam-
alton, and that in order To- identity the hen which
flew in Mr.. Gaigns face to be his own property,
1t would be necessary 10 have all that gentlemans
fowls brought into Court, which would be turning
grave tribunal into poultry market-The
Court dismissed the case, adiudging each partyto
pay his own expenses This virtual tri-
umph to nj. Gaign, who quite satisfied with
the decision not so NJ. Gauthicr, and he accord
ingly lodged an appeal to the Conr Royal at Or
| leans, where it came on for trial on the 2ist of
| last month, when NJ. Gaigu was finally cast in
% francs damages, and all costs, with recon-
| mendation to be cautious in future how he exas-
perated the characters of his neighbors in these
productions, which, from the distinguished litera-
| ry talent displayed it was by no means the wish
of the Court to discourage when exercised on
| themes OF more innocuous nature.
Fossu REMAINS 1t will be remembered that
the Rev. MIR Buckland distinguished himself a
| few years ago 10y discovering cave at Kirkdale,
which he proved to he the dining room of ante
diluvian hyenas, that had in the retreat toasted
upon elephants and water rats, and left nothing
but the teeth of these t-b;s, Just as records Of
their good living, and bones of contention To-, l-
| ture naturalists and cosmogonist,. The same in
genIeus gentleman has lately had the good fortune
to lind piece OF red sandstone. bearing on it the
trace Of an antediIuvan tortoise's footsteps. The
Whole geological world has been in rapturcs at
this discovery; and in order to make of tho
fact, that the steps traced in the stone were tho
steps OF a tortoise, meeting Of the society was
held, and some soft chalk was prepared, on which
| a modern tortoise might make his mark and thus
authenticate, as it were, the signature of his
cestor. Every thing being ready for demonstra-
ton, and the interest Of the scientific company
wound up with the highest pitch, the tortoise was
f'iucod 80. Abe ol,--II, -.iy f. ~, i fatty
fused to stir STEP The members, upon this,
very properly waxed impatient got in rage, and
begun kicking and banging him about, and MALE
dieting him in very moving manner They had
much better, however have RETAINED from these
stimuants. for when the tortoise was at last pre-
| yn led tn he ms cd
straight as an arrow, whereas the antediuyian
tortoise's march was crookedas rams horn.
The society were aghast at the discrepancy Va
rious arguments, however, were used to console
them. 1t was suggested that the tortoise might
have forgotten the true manner Of walking while
confined in the ark and that owing to this cir
cumstancc, the proper step might have been lost
by Its descendants Or it might be, that, chas-
tened by the deluge, his slow race had returned to
the path of rectiudc, which they had, the
universal degeneracy, wilfuy deserted for devious
ways Or, perhaps they had one way of walking
manner in private, and another before scientific
behoIders London Magazine
Formidable NUMBER OF RATS IN PARIS. The
report of a commission recently appointed to in
qulre respecting the imaense swarms and depre-
dations Of rats at Montfaucon, is not little
rious We shall extract few particulars from
the report. the details of which will be given in
the KnteidoScope. One Of the chief obstacles to
the removal OF the horse slaughter house grea-
ter distance from Paris is the fear ef the conse-
quences OF depriving these voracous yermn Of
their accustomed sustenance, they picking bare
to the bone the Of the horses Slaughter
ed during the day. though, these frequently amount
to thlry-hve. The proprietor of one Of the
saughter-houses oon,rived to stop up the holes
lett Tor the Ingress and egrcss Of the rats in
Epart Of his establishment. which is inclosed by
solid walls, having previously put into the inclo-
sure the carcasscs of two or three horses, and
given the rats time to assemble. He then, ac-.
comPanled by several Of his men, armed with,
sticks and torches, entered the place and com-.
menced an indiscrirnInate slaughter. BY re-
cunence of this expedient, at intervals OF few
| days. he killed, within month, I6,050 rats.
Alter one nights massacre the dead amounted to-
$3.50, and the result Of four battles was 9l0I.
Even this can give but an imperfect idea of the