New-York tribune., 1895-09-30
UNWILLING OF THE BRONZE STATUE FATHER DRUMGOoLE

Esq. Decd. April 3D. $780, in the 39th year Of his
age" The Inscription the other stone reads:
Here lies Eugenia. ye wife of Thomas Biopp
aged % years, deed. November ye 23d, 1885"
These stones saved when the family grave
yard near the old house brokn into and de-
stroyed at the time the property passed into the
hands OF the Asplnwalls. The old stones are valu-
able because they are the indsputablc proof links
In the genealogy Of the Bopps.
In the kitchen of the old house, II is said the In
tervew between Lord Howe and John Adams. Ben
jamin Franklin and Edward Rutcdge took place
shortly after the battle OF Long Island. II
this Interview that Howe attempted to dictate terms
of peace to the Commissioners appointed by the
Continental Congress.
The terms were rejected The historian has this to
say Of the meeting:
The momentous interview at the old Blllopp
House between the old World and the New was an
event regarded with extreme solicitude by the peo
pie OF both at that day. With the developments Of
time 1t rises into the grandeur Of great battle
point and monument Of history. The interview
brief There was agreement reconciliation.
Its independence was maintained. The result was
limned by the hand OF God. and il seen in the
progress OF a continent and the achievements OF u
century all the world"
The resident of Tottenville, while he likes TO
fer 10 the antiquities in and the pretty village,
does not mention them the chief attraction OF
the place The fine situation of the village. its con-
nection with Amboy by ferry, its advantages as a
place Of residence and the prosperity of its mer-
camille enterprises are the points on which the
average citizen of the place grows enthusiastic.
Tottenvilie IS in Wcstield township, and like
other points in it's neighborhood its prosperity
more to the oyster than to anything else For a
number OF years 1t has been a headquarters for
oyster planters and dealers. There Is no
featuring done in the place, which has now popu-
lation Of about three thousand The village In.
corporated recently. with the following as board
Of officers:
David G. Butler, president; +. l.. HOdkins. An
drew Abrams and H. Ellis. trustees a. NJ. Donald
son, clerk One OF the leading business men said:
They are all young and energetic men; they have
the interests OF the place at heart and Will boom
the place"
One OF the contemplated Improvements IS an ex-
tension of the Staten Island Rapid Transit road
through to Bentey-s. which Will serve TO develop
that part Of the place The police force In charge Of
Sergeant Joseph Cobb. has neat brick headquarters
the station. but the community is quiet AMI
orderly that police force H. only matter OF form.
The Commissioner Is Benjamin L. Warford.
THE MODERN DIsPLACING THE ANTIQUE
A short distance from the station stands low
white frame building. which for nearly a century
was the farmhouse on the Johnson estate The
house was erected In 1884. and then and a
half stories high, with ow-cc!ed. comfortable
rooms and all the convcnlences found In the home
OF a well-to-do farmer OF that day. The house has
changed In many ways since then. and 1t is now a
public house What once the parlor is "A
barroom. The house attracts attention because II
was In the room which Is now a public bar that
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt married Miss
Sophia Johnson. In December. 1881. Miss JohnsOn's
father owned the place then.
Abraham Johnson was the last OF his family to