New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-05

.sr,,s mama was given we are tod. in former days
BY the good housewives of the adjacent country
from the propensity Of their husbands 10
linger about the village tavern on market Gays.
Be that as It may. do not vouch for the fact out
mercy advert to it for sake OF being precise and
authentic"
Tarrytown lies at the northern extreme OF the
township, one part extending across the Andre
Brook into the township of Mount Peasant These
two village, la have each their own village gov
eminent They are both known Tarrytown ana
still there two postofices the one IN Mount
Pleasant township being known as North larry
town and the other. in Greenburg. as Tarrytown.
The postmast rs at these respective offices are
James NJ Swift and y. II. Odell The Hudson
beautiful at anv point. is particularly so at this
point where the majestic stream attains its great
est width The broad cxpanse OF water when les
at the base of the terraces upon which Iarr!town
is built Is known at the Tappan Zee. The SHORE
rises abruptly from the waters edge TO height OF
about seventy feet and the second terrace. on
which the Old Albany Post Road is built, is still
higher.
The pos; road. beautiful highway. by which
most OF the mansions IN the county are reached Is
laid out here between the Hudson and the valley Of
the Nepperhan. and along this we,.-kep; road with
fits abundant shade. its firm and massive retain
ing walls Its hedges and artistic gateways the
Traveller that part OF the county which lies
between Tarrytown and Dobbs Ferry to It's best ad-
vantage. The village Itself IS not unlike hundreds
which one not fail 10 see and the legends and
stories which must hear make Ii more inter
esting than most places. In this county which
Is full, Of the historical and the romantic. IL was
the skirmish line Of the British and the American
forces in the War Of the Revolution and landmarks
still exist which tell OF the encounters Of those days
WHERE THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN RODE.
Hero u.s. at the north end of the village the bridge
over the Pocantico where once the headiess horse
man rode and OF which Irving wrote: over deep
black part OF the stream, not far from the church
formerly thrown a wooden bridge; the road that
led 10 It and the bridge Itself thicky shaded
by overhanging trees. which cast gloom about II
even IN the daytime. but occasoned a fearful. dark
ness a; night. Such one OF the fayorite haunts
OF the headless horseman. and the place where he
was most frequently encountered. The tale was
ghosts. how he met the horseman returning from
his foray into Sleepy Hollow. and obliged to
get up behind him; how hey gaoped over bush and
brake. over hill and swamp. unit, they reached the
bridge. when the horseman suddenly turned into
skeleton, threw Old Brouwer into the brook, and
sprang away the tree-tors with a cap Of
thunder"
There still stands the Old church Of which the poet
said: at stands a knoll surrounded by locust
trees and lofty elms from among which its decent.
whitewashed walls shine modestly forth. like Chris
tan purity, beamng through the shades Of retire
nent. gentle slope descends from it to a silver
sheet Of water. bordered by high trees. between
which peeps may be caught at the blue hills of the