Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-12-24
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10 the bones that haze ucen lately ,u.
up at Big Bone Lick, T, one couu,i
Kentucky. We have seen two skcl,.
tons ot the mamn ith, the skelct u, of In,
Whale, aud the Elephant, beside. n,,-
merous living whales, and a number %
liv'ng Elephants bu, the sight of nei
ther OF them created any Of those sensa-
tons OF the mind which we felt at be-
noio'ng these wonderful productions
OF nature. 10 reflect, for moment.
upon the appearance oil living animal,
which, from the skeleton, is proved al
least sixty feet in ieugth, upwards of
twenty-five in height, 81 twelve across
the hips; the upper bone of whose
mead weighs six hundred, aud grinders
eleven pounds each, aud this sfier hav-
ing undergone the decay of manv CEN
tar'ei--must ill the mind with aston
'shment and reverence for that beiny
| who SAID "lct there be light, aud there
was i'ght This AN NAL as much sur
passed the mammoth in size rs the
elephant does the OK, and was of the
carnlvcrous species.
With the bones Of this non 6escr;pt
were found the bones of several other
| animals, some of which were of the
heroaceous species, as is easy to prove
ny their teeth, of which there are a
number and to add to the singula.i,y
oi the discovery of the bones, amongst
them are two of the foot of the horse.
which those skilled in comparative anat-
ohy pronounce athird larger than those
~ the present race of horses. The pe-
| ,Aiiarity OF this circumstance Consists
III the fact, that horses were not known
IN tins continent at the time Of tia dis
covery by Columbus; nor was there
any tradition among the Indians of
such an animal ever hrviEg existed.
we shall conclude our remarks up
on thu subject by stating, the bones
we're found embedded in black mud.
upwards OF twenty fee, below the sur
face. The first eighteen inches allu-
wal, then yellow clay to the depth of
twelve or hiteen feet, aud then the
black mud in which the bones were
contained. The proprietor has brought
large quantiy OF them t. this CITY.
among winch are the head aud tusks
oi the non-descript. the latter medsur-
Ing twelve feet ~ lecgth il being i'm
possible to erect the entire skeleton
without building for the purpose.
lie intends taking them from this to
New York, from thence to Europe
GIN irladti .aaU0caie.
Captain Standish, the Plymouth W.
teran after his wife's- death, wished to
obtain the hand oil Mss Priscilla Mol
Inns, and deputed Capt. John Alden.
ancestor OF the many respectable men
OF that name, and then young man.
to make it known. Alden parfor.
med his errand TO the daughter. The
young lady paused. looked for some
time deliberately at him, and then plea
sanity said. "Why do you not speak
for yourself joint" The young man
blushed, bowed and departed; but
soon renewed the visit, and obta,ne.i
the hand and heart which he had before
sought Cor l,is friend.
The Philadelphia Price Cure. 4 saws.
there are persons in that city ready to
contrac, for the delivery of anthracite
coal next year at the residence of the
citizens, at four dollars per toh.-It
speaks of the establishment Of a line
Of packets to- Havre, one object of
which would be the carrying of Coal to
France.
The Editor Of an Albany paper, in
commenting to the attention of his
readers the benefi, Of a PLAYER who had
formerly been a Printer, says" We
believe it is needless tn hint Ia onr
brethren Of the Rounce and Com
posing Slick in this city, aud Troy, 10
bestow helping hand upon their dis.
tressed brother, for we know they are
always ready to Justify the form OF the
unfortunate, with The Quoins Of the
needfu.
The Missouri leffersonian snys-
"Mr. AsaheI Lomax has dscov cred
quarry Of burr stone about rs miles
from Boonville, on one Of the tribnta-
rIes to the Usage River. The Quality
ofthe stone is said TO be superior to
the French burr;
Extraordinary IIonesty-The follow
ing story is from the Bristol Ne4cury !:
A person not far from StoD iugion,
called on buot maker, intimatAng his
| want of new pair-The tradhsman
was sitting at dinnf and kindly Invited
his new customer to partake THE re-
past being ended, The stranger was
about to depart, but was reminded by
the kind host that he had not been
measured "Nor do intend it," was