The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-10

their gambling business to benevolent
work
They DO the same with the lottery
"hlch Is another public institution
backed by the government 1T is
knpWn a. the lottery OF the Hospital
OF charity and its receipts are enor-
nous Within thirty years. from 1871
= 1903. it brought in more II $14-
100000 10 charity, and his repre-
SCENTS 70 per cent OF the earnings Of
the balance - per cent goes 10 the
administration and the pay Of the
commission OF charity In 1909 the
receipts were $500 .
But ! must not leave the pleasure
parks Of Montevideo without j de-
Scrlptlon of its geological garden. This.
Is called the Villa Dolores. and il be-
longs TO a rich citizen who charges
admission except on certain DAYS Of
the week, the money going to charity.
The garden is beyond the Wild Bou-
leVard of Genera ArticaS. in what
might be called the villa section Of
MOntevideO. 1t covers perhaps ten or
fifteen acres which IS cut up into wide
walks along which the quaint houses
and cages of the animals stand. At
the entrance are rome statues of ami
mails and there are lions. tigers and
wolves in metal scattered about here
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a stone sheep apparently feeds upon
the green grass near lambs that bleat
at them and there a stone log site on
a rock in the bed of a lake while
stone and iron birds are scattered
around among their live fellows of
the animal kind. The zoo has many
ostriches brought from the pampas
and African ostriches in cages beside
them. 1t has lions and tigers and ele-
plants ana also cows. goats, sheep
and dogs.
The live animals are. however. com
paratively few in number for a large
city institution OF his kind. But
there is one respect in which this zoo
is different from any others in The
world This is in its cemetery for
dead animals. The owner is so much
in love with his beasts that when a
faVorite one dies he puts up a monu-
l ment to it and ne has one part of the
garden shut off from the rest by &
wrought iron fence inside Of which
/ lie his faVorite dead. Each beast ha:
its own grave and many of the grave!
have baskets of flowers and wreath
of flowers lying upon them. Owe
j some of the graves are monuments o
t the dear departed. one. for instance
g represents two monkeys cut out o
stone. They are dressed in the clothe
r of men and women and they stan
e upon a granite pedestal. apparent
e discussing the future. At the foot G
this is a wreath of lmmOI
o telleS and it rises out of a garden {
h roses. Behind it on another pedeSt5
Of white marble is the bronze Statu
6 of a poodle dog. with its name. Al
and the date of it's death carved j
e the stone. A little further over is tn
d grave of a parrot whose name VIZ
le evidently Pedro. for hat is the il
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likeness Of the bird is shown by
r stone parrot, which stands on the to-
IS Among other monuments I notice
r, those of a tiger, of a lion, and of dee
% bears and wolves. There are mar
Or monuments to the favOrite dogs
lie the owner. n of these representt
L a bulldog and the others were tt
~ stone images Of two little black ar
Ks tan terriers. Their grave was su
s. mounted by a pedestal of bronze ar
S. a marble dunn broken in half sto(
ne at the rear. On the pedestal | res
is the words: ITO our PERT Mignon. n
ye vember l, 1900" and under the i
as scription I saw five baskets Of flON
We ers. Nearby was a hound which di'
in in 1908, and next it a great marb
slab commemorative the death of
rooster. This last was carved with Il
has relief of a growing cock, whi'
made me think Of the play Chan
to cleer," and it evidently resemOled t
n. game bird which lies buried belo
4 The cemetery has also a statute
ut Brer Rabbit. 1t represents the Gu
at ming animal in stone standing on
IT. block and pointing to a slab at !
back upon which is engraved t
ne word "Silencio." The rabbit stan
m with his fingers on his nose and
Us ears towards the skies. The bun
so whose life he commentaries is burr
Al below and | see by the inscripti
that he died just fifteen years fro
the date of my writing.
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he In addition to these resorts is t
he Prado, a great park on the Outshi
le- of the town. 1t has extensive law
tie and trees. with beds Of flowers a
les shady walks and drives. This park
IA rolling and the landscape garden
he have taken advantage of the 81
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