The Owls Have Ever Been To Me A Deep
Subject Of Study, Their Defiant Aspect, Thoughtful Countenances, In
Which Lurks A Soupcon Of Rapacity, Remind Me Of A Mayor And
Town Council Bent On Imposing New Taxes Without Raising Too Much Of A
Row.
A gaudy and sleek bird of Paradise had been donated by Miss Caron, of
the adjoining chateau.
There was also a newly-patented bird-
trap, sent by a New York firm, in the days of Boss Tweed, Conolly,
Field and other birds of prey I noticed boxes for sparrows to build
in, designed by Col W Rhodes. On the floor lay a curious sample of an
Old World man-trap, not sent from New York, but direct from England, a
terror to poachers and apple stealers, French swords and venomous
looking bayonets, of very ancient design, a rusty, long Indian musket
barrel together with tibiae and tarsi, labelled 1759-60, presents
from H. J. Chouinard, Esq., the owner in 1865 of the site of the
battlefield at St. Foye, where stands Le Monument des Braves. A
bristling-fretful porcupine, a ferocious-looking lynx, and several
well-mounted specimens of game had been donated by McPherson Le Moyne,
Esq., the President of the "Montreal Fish and Game Protection Club,"
also several other contributions from the same.
Who had sent the colossal St. Bernard dog, like another Maida,
talking over the lawn, we had not an opportunity of asking. We patted
him, all trembling.
The flower garden is laid out in the modern landscape style.
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