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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 84, 20 November 1872, Page 4

A compmy has been formed in Adelaide under I tho management of Mr. M. C. Davis, for the manufacture and export of soda crystals, and Mr. Gentles, from Victoria, has (Icon engaged. It is expected that fifty tons weekly will be produced. The sporting correspondent of the Temps has n good word for tho rabbit, and notices the dictum ol Louis XIV. : "Considering the damage done to your land by rabbits, we advise you to kill them, more especially as excellent sauces can be lmulo of their llrsh." In this guise, a; cording to his friend of the Temps, he triumphed over the asceticism of a friar of tlie Chartreuse. This dignitary, being invited to dinner by the vice-legate of Avignon, had accepted, on condition that nothing unsuitable to a fast-da^ bliould uppear ut table. After tho soup came a lniignilicient trout, tho sauce of which was most agreeable to the senses of smell and sight. The prior was about to begin upon it with visible satisfaction, when a small monk in his train whimpered to him, "Do not touch it, my father; I saw t hut sauce being made. Two rabbits and a large piece of ham were put into it. I shudder at the recollection!" "My brother," replied the prior, "will you always ia 1 into your besetting sin ? I have told you a hundred times, you aro too cuiious. The kitchen was not 3 our place. Besides, you are short-sighted and took onions for labbits and a carrot for ham." The young monk thought ho really must have been mistaken, and the good prior resolutely disposed of the trout, sauce, and all.— Fall Mall Gazette.