. The Tiernan and other families. g was drivento Verneuil by Monsieur Louis de Lasteyrie, after twodays of kindness and hospitality, for which he willever be grateful. La trrange is a noble property, comprising 400hectares, that is nearly a thousand acres, requiring thelabor of forty persons and twenty-five horses. The Chateau dates back eight hundred years, andis a Chateau Fort. It is of cut stone and had six largetowers, between two of which was the drawbridge overthe moat, where is now the principal Thecentre tower was taken down upwards of a hundredyears ago, to open up the cour
. The Tiernan and other families. g was drivento Verneuil by Monsieur Louis de Lasteyrie, after twodays of kindness and hospitality, for which he willever be grateful. La trrange is a noble property, comprising 400hectares, that is nearly a thousand acres, requiring thelabor of forty persons and twenty-five horses. The Chateau dates back eight hundred years, andis a Chateau Fort. It is of cut stone and had six largetowers, between two of which was the drawbridge overthe moat, where is now the principal Thecentre tower was taken down upwards of a hundredyears ago, to open up the court yard, which is thepresent drive. AVhat is left of the moat is stocked with carj), andthere is a little island in it which has a bower and sev-eral hundred varieties of roses planted on it. Among the outbuildings is a church, which hadbeen disused before the Eevolution, and is now used asa barn for hay; there is a clock on the face of it whichhas a remarkably loud and clear tone. On the ground floor are the Hall and Dining /^*j,x-rt »*^«. - c/^tj^^x/^-ycf^
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