The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-23


w hume. II was built
by DR.. Herrick. OF
patent medicine
fame. and has passed through a mum
Der OF hands since then. remaining In
the possession OF none for any great |
length OF time, until now II Is occupied |
by Miss c. Il. Matson as a school for !
young women.
When Il was first erected all tho |
except the one who designed |
It. declared the building TO be an archi- /
tectural imposslbility II was all a
matter Of envy, perhaps. and the castle |
did not mind what they said about H.
but II kept right on growing more and
more picturesque for every year that
passed over It's gray walls. Some OF
the successive owners into whose hands
the castle fell made alterations IN the
original building. and built additions
thereto. mainly on the east side. but 4
is doubtful II any addition or alteration
has been an Improvement from an ar
tistic polni Of view. and the west side.
that faces the river. which 10 practi-
cally as II was originally designed,
still remains lts most striking and im-
posing point OF view
Upon entering the castle and pass
ing through It's spacious apartments.
one Is not disappointed, but finds Il as
stately and interesting within as IL Is
without The principal room Is the
parlor or drawing room, which occu-
pies the main tower OF the building
The room Is circular and has a highly
ornamental yauuod ceiling. which Is
supported In the center by a cluster
column that rises from the middle OF
OF the apartment The dining room IL
a handsome apartment. with a high
Walnscotlng OF dark-oolorcd wood, and
rafterel ceiling decorated 10 gold.
The room Is lighted By nn immense
window looking 10 the northwest.
The view from this window is ono
OF the finest In the Hudson valley To
the west. overlooking the Tappan Zee
and Nyack. the Ramapo mountains. Ia
the center Of Rockland county. can be
/ plainly seem while to the north in sue
cesslon Tarrytown. North Tarrylown,
/ Crotdn Point, lIaycrslraw bay, Yer
planck's point, Stony point. and In the
distance the blue peaks VI the Cats
kills From all the windows on the
north and west sides this view can be
repeated. while Il Is made more inn
pressive when seen from the battle
menta Looking south. Il Is said that
New York city can be seen from The
top OF the smallcs, and hIghCs, tower
on a Cloa- dny
As might be expected in a building
constructed as the castle Is. there ar,
many oid-shspei apartments within
lts long corridors. dark hooks
winding s,alrways. and darlene.
rooms. but the majority " the room.
arc well-llgh,od, bright and homelikr
or course. there are stories conncctc,
with the place that ago cultivated liEi
the ivy and lIchen upon lis walls, be-
cause they naturally hClong to q cas-
tie: for who ever heard oi q castl'
. that was not olergrown with Ivy. o
that belonged TO the same calegor.
with Canulng'1 kniiesrindcr, and ha'
/ no story. There Is the tale OF The oil
housekoopcr who declared that IN on
Of her nightly tours OF he castle sh
r entered an apartment IN one u th
, corridors which she did not remcmbc
B noticing before. Once within the room
b eycrytl Ing was 20 strange and thcr
I secmcu such a queer influence there
] that she quickly rctroated The nois
I OF a violently closed Goor followed DE
3 return to tho corridor. down which sh
, ICED. calling for assistance. From tina
time until the present day the "lci
D room" as u is oallod. has lcea searche
, for In vain.
The experience OF two teachers
also cited as proof that the castle
up-to-datc In all the mystery that sue
n structure should possess. The teach
ers In question, two women OF ycraci.,
. we're seated one evening in the Chris
mas vacation In the apartment calle
the music room. Tho weather Ia
been cold. the ground outside the cast
wns frozen hard. and no snow had II
ecutly fallen. Presently they hcaE
the sound Of a carriage approachin
the castle that grew louder until q
noise OF the wheels upon the gray
and the sound OF the horses hoe
could be plainly distinguished. m
eoulpacc scented TO the listeners
draw up to tic main entrance, whe
{, stopped.
As guests were not unexpected, o.
Of the teachers won't 20 the doog az
opened Il. intending TO greet lhc ne
comers. when. to her surprise. 81
found neither guests, horses. nor ca
riagc. nothing but the empty driy
way. across which she could look
the leaacss trees that tringed the pat
whose gaunt limbs swaying In q
wlntry wind seemed to noel. her In b
g surprise. Whether the people th
no have been leaving the castle on the
r. years In the body had taken TO relur
G. ing to It In the rpirit ehostly oagrlal
n horses. and diver thrown into tho b.
~ gain. was something the teacher "
" not prepared TO an5wor. Certainly I
" place Is one OF many buried hop
~ perhaps these at tlUcs bocomc uuca
aud make themselves apparent
I" strange manifestations.