New-York tribune., 1901-12-01

hair and pulled her along through the 'ee' ~
he came a big rock 49,
Il will give you something to feHeinoei' ~
said as he cut switch a timber one lor 'he'
sting harder than others 49,
After he had whipped her. he pointeo 10 III
north side of the rock on which the word AL
bany'' was carved Then he took her arouho u
the south side of the rock and showed her 'he
word '-Fsopus" Then he whipped her again
You will remember when 1 am dead ana gone
that | was a great man. he said TO heI
will remember that / was flag bearer. ana "a'
this is the line between Albany and Esopus, =,
dispute she -ernembered and told ner story ,a3 20
the judges. which was Just what tfad hsf her so
There is another story of Kingston Dutcnn1nan man
the Fero tale. 1t does with Dirck SchepiogS g Fso
us war in which the Indians were badly badly 6 5ea5en fben
of Dutch farmers. Others squatted on wnaIe'eS sI
land they could eR md bo and Fse Tro or three families
built camp land belonging to sehepms9eS fas eenq adq
before upon scheme for dTiyng the teI inG1anS fond
in nrnnouncing his name-"Shopmo' was as near
as they could com" to it, So ne went u 0
Some nights dream terrible dreams and sStneR when
dreaming am m9St @ fe1rIDX ter sle mug I'D YOU must
call me by my name -, .,.o,,ns
Indian camp armed with rawhide whip. ne ran
them. slashing right ana ieIS aIu shnn
mo- until they were tired. and at last fed in dis
may >. ,,r, +,., r,sx+ cav and complained
about HIS behavior, and he answered: $40 10 ma,
why did you not call me by name ana Wah me;
I told you that the only way TO do with man
I'VE did! We didi" cried the Indians in chorus.
I'VE called 'Shopmo many times .,s tho
NO wonder you c9pIdnt wake wax nv me- name 5io 1t W is
And the Indians knowing they could never pro
nounce 1T the Dutchman did, moved their camp
to another farm
Among the houses which were burned was the
famous old Hoffman homestead, the interior OF
which entirely destroyed. This house had neen
for many wears the southwest fort of the fortified
part of kinston. 1t had resisted many assaults
of the Indians and was bullet proof The walls
which were more than three feet thick. We're not
affected by the fire. and were rooted over and the
interior was made hahtable- by its owner. Martin
Hoffman 1t is still occupied by his descendants
and has been in the same family for two hundred
years A few years the only daughter OF the
house was married in the same room in which
nine preceding generations of her foreoears had
been married Kingston has always been known
for the beauty of its women. and it was at the
Hoffman house that General Washington met a
Dutch girl who wrung from his admiring lips an
exclamation which, in spite of its profanity mas
never been forgotten in Kingston.
The General had dlned with Judge Drck Nyn-
kopp and was strolling about the town in the at
ternoon with of his officers AS he ap-
preached the Hoffman mansion the beautiful Molly
came out and started toward him, but. on noticing
who approaching. she turned quickly ana
wfisked around the of the house. display
ing a neatly turned ankle 10 the smiling oiicers
Washington placed his hand upon the shoulder OF
a young aid and said:
by God. Isn't she handsome?
And so the reputation of Molly was made. Pres
emily her fame reached the ears of Colonel Aaron
Burr who promptly came Kingston to see the
woman who had caused Washington to forget nm
self No more popular with the women
of the day than this same Burr and he paid court
to Molly with a violence that would nave won
many another. Evidence of this was recently fouhd
in discovery of bundle of letters in Kingston
garret which Burr had written TO Major y an
Steenberg a prominent OF the period Most
of them related TO BurrS schemes for political ad-
vancement, but in of them he referred 10 his
love.
Assure Mistress Molly Eat her hold upon my my
heart is unreaxed." he WHtes IN one letter. ana
tell her that shall nave the honor OF waiting
upon her the occasions of my next visit TO
kingston which now exIeect will be or the 10th
OF the coming month
It was this visit that Burr proposed an elope-
ment. but the daughter of Kingston Dutchrlan.
ile willing receive the fiaJteTinG attentions of
the great colonel, declined compromise herself
by going away with him Yet they remained
friends as iong she lived and among the treas
ures of her great-granddaughter, herself belle
OF the Kingston of to-day, is q package OF love