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n^e ", bearing the family crest, " Boutez en avant" 

 recalling some of his former readings, it reminded him, 

 of a gentilhomme, of the era of Louis XIV. 



MADAME DE BERCY. 



Amelie Panet (Madame Von Moll de Bercy), eldest 

 daughter of the Hon. Louis Antoine Panet, a Justice 

 of the Court of Queen's Bench, at Montreal, was born 

 at Quebec, on the 27th January, 1789. 



Educated at the Ursulines Convent, of that city, she 

 perfected her knowledge of literature, under the eye of 

 her learned father, who in addition to French, taught 

 her Italian, Latin and Greek, together with mathe- 

 matics, with an insight in philosophical works. The 

 charm of Miss Panet's conversation, her accomplish- 

 ments, her musical talents and kindly disposition 

 endeared her to a large circle of friends. Several of 

 them leaders in the social circles of the day. We may 

 mention the antiquary Jacques Viger — the Hon. Denis 

 Benjamin Viger, Chevalier de Estimonville, Sir James 

 Stuart, his talented brother Andrew, Hon. Louis Joseph 

 Papineau, the learned Henri Heney ; in recent years, 

 Judge Baby, himself a ripe scholar. 



Miss Panet selected as her partner for life, a man, 

 in every respect, worthy of her ; William Von Moll de 

 Bercy. She followed his fortunes and resided a short 

 time, at Amherstburg, previous to their taking posses- 

 sion of the Seignorial Manor, near Montreal, — a wild 

 spot at that period, but which her harp, her books and 

 her literary tastes soon transformed into a gay, attrac- 

 tive salon. Par away from social circles, but not forgotten ; 

 there, she spent long and useful days ; there she died, 

 on the 24th March, 1862, at the advanced age of 

 73 years, much regretted. This many-sided, gifted 

 woman, by her conciliatory manners had won the heart 

 of her husband's tenants in their daily intercourse at 

 the Manor. Amidst household duties, at times tolerably 



