In Memory of Acadie

Did you know that there are 35 streets in France named in the memory of the Acadians?

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Archigny, France - Avenue Des Acadiens and Rue Memramcook

Authie, France (near Caen) - Rue des Acadiens, Reu de la Nouvelle-Écosse

Belle-Île-en-Mer, France - Quai de l'Acadie

Bény-sur-Mer, France (near Saint-Aubin-au-Mer) - Rue des Acadiens

Bruay-la-Buissière, France (near Lille)- Rue de l'Acadie

Caen, France - Rue des Acadiens

Cancalle, France (near St. Malo) - Allée D'acadie

Châteauroux, France (near Tours)- Rue d'Acadie

Châtellerault, France - Rue des Acadiens, Rue du Nouveau-Brunswick, Place de Grand Pré

Cholet, France (near Nantes)- Rue de L'Acadie

Civray, France (Poitou)- Chemin d'Acadie

Cormelles-les-Royales, France (near Caen)Rue de l'Acadie

Dieppe, France - Rue des Acadiens

Jonzac, France - Rue de l'Acadie

La Chaussée, France - Rue des Acadiens

La-Croix-en-Touraine, France (near Tours) - Rue de l'Acadie

La Rochelle, France - Rue d'Acadie

Laon, France (near Reims) Rue d'Acadie

Les Ulis, France (near Versailles) - Rue de l'Acadie

Loudun, France - Place Shippagan, Re de l'Acadie

Marennes, France (south of La Rochelle) Rue de l'Acadie

Mennetou-sur-Chere, France (near Blois)- Rue de Gaudet

Nantes, France - Rue des Acadiens

Orléans, France - Twinned with New Orleans, Louisiana

Paris, France - Place de l'Acadie, Rue Boudreau, Rue LeBlanc

Poitiers, France - Rue de l'Acadie

Saint Aubin-sur-Mer, France - LaBreche des Acadiens

Saint-Malo, France - Rue des Acadiens

Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, France (near Nantes - Rue de l'Acadie

Saint-Servan, France - Rue des Acadiens

Saint-Suliac, France - Passage de l'Acadie, Rue Jardins de l'Acadie

Sciecq, France (near Niort) - Impasse de l'Acadie

The Kiss of a Serpent

Augustin Lambasse (Lombas) and his son BiBi of Canary Island descent both died of a rattlesnake bite on the same day. The following account was taken from an article originally posted in the Houma Courier.

A correspondent in Lafourche Parish guarantees the truth of the following details:

Near the "Cut-off," Mr. Lambasse and his son both fell a victim to snake bite, under the following circumstances:

Lambasse and his son Bibi were serpent charmers, who cared as little for rattlesnakes as they would for turtle doves. They were constantly surrounded by their venomous pets, serpents of the most deadly species with which they played fearlessly.

Last Sunday Bibi, who had a magnificent rattlesnake, tried to sell it to one of his Friends. For this purpose he took it out of ta barrel where it was kept, and in order to show his skill, tired to make the reptile "kiss him." The serpent, unwilling to grant the caress desired, ended by becoming so enraged that he bit his charmer's tongue and also his left arm. Immediately afterward, Bibi's father took the serpent in his hands and tried to show those present that his son had acted clumsily, or was a charmer of a much inferior character to himself. So, saying, he put the head of the hideous creature in his mouth. The serpent bit him also. Father and son were both attacked with frightful pains soon after, and their bodies became horribly swollen. They died in excruciating tortures.