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Pride of ancient days Now. But of use to grace a rural scene, Or bound our vistas.
The history of the tower, if tower it may be styled, is briefly this. During the era of Spanish rule in this region, before its cession to France half a century since, this structure was erected as a martlet-tower or magazine. Subsequently it was dismantled, and partially fell to ruins, when the novel project was started to plant a windmill upon the foundation. This was done; but either the wind was too high or too low, too frequent or too rare, or neither; or there was no corn to grind, or the projector despaired of success, or some other of the fifty untoward circumstances which suggest themselves came to pass the windmill ere long fell to pieces, and left the old ruin to the tender mercies of time and tempest, a monument of chance and change.
The evening of my arrival at St. Charles I' strolled off at about sunset, and, ascending the bluffs, approached the old ruin. The walls of rough lime stone are massively deep, and the altitude cannot now be less than twenty feet. The view from the spot is noble, and peculiarly impressive at the sun set hour. Directly at your feet lies the village, from the midst of which come up the rural sounds of evening; the gladsome laugh of children at their Sports the whistle of the home-plodding labourer; the quiet hum of gossips around the open doors.
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Pride of ancient days Now. But of use to grace a rural scene, Or bound our vistas.
The history of the tower, if tower it may be styled, is briefly this. During the era of Spanish rule in this region, before its cession to France half a century since, this structure was erected as a martlet-tower or magazine. Subsequently it was dismantled, and partially fell to ruins, when the novel project was started to plant a windmill upon the foundation. This was done; but either the wind was too high or too low, too frequent or too rare, or neither; or there was no corn to grind, or the projector despaired of success, or some other of the fifty untoward circumstances which suggest themselves came to pass the windmill ere long fell to pieces, and left the old ruin to the tender mercies of time and tempest, a monument of chance and change.
The evening of my arrival at St. Charles I' strolled off at about sunset, and, ascending the bluffs, approached the old ruin. The walls of rough lime stone are massively deep, and the altitude cannot now be less than twenty feet. The view from the spot is noble, and peculiarly impressive at the sun set hour. Directly at your feet lies the village, from the midst of which come up the rural sounds of evening; the gladsome laugh of children at their Sports the whistle of the home-plodding labourer; the quiet hum of gossips around the open doors.
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