Evening star., 1909-07-14
he poet. author of "woodman, Spare

the poet. author of "Woodman, Spare
That Tree and other familiar lines, who
was associated with n. P. Willis for many
years in the management of the Home
Journal. is still preserved, and is called
Undercliff. just north of Cold Spring.
DR.. Brandreth. the pill man. and Robert
Hoe, the manufacturer of printing press
es, both have attractive places, and AL
and occupied one of the loveliest little
castles you could imagine, but. unfortu-
nately, it burned down several years
ago.
Gen. Hoyt. a New York broker, has a
small but exquisite place just above
Staatsburg-one that would tempt a saint
to commit the sin of covetousness. l
notice that New York brokers are plenti-
full along the river. but their customers
seem to live elsewhere. A pile of glaring
white walls is now rising above the tree
tops opposite West Point, to show where
Mr.. Charles Dick of the firm of Dick
Brothers, another tired broker, is pro-
viding himself place of rest, and a
tower on top of hill above him, which
may be seen for miles around. is the
temporal abiding place of another broker
named Osborne.
Next in Glory to Hyde Park.
Next in glory to Hyde Park. the home
of Frederick Vanderbilt, which l described
yesterday, and with an even more beauti-
full and more extensive lawn, Is the coun-
try place of Mr.. Ogden Mills. which was
| inherited by his wife, who was the daugh-
ter of Maturin Livingston and grand
niece of the great Chancellor Livingston,
the most important man. think, who ever
lived on the banks of the Hudson river,
unless it be Alexander Hamilton. Her
ancestors lie thick in ST. James church
yard few miles below, and If their cpl
taphs are truthful they were excellent
men and valuable citizens.
/ have never seen a more beautiful lawn
than that which stretched from the Mills
mansion to the bank of the Hudson. 1t
is velvety as any you can see in Eng
land, and, being fringed with trees on
either side, furnishes a perspective for a
stately white mansion of noble proper
tions and simple. dignified lines that is
said TO have cost S4OO.O1O. 1t suggests
Hatfield House. the seat of. the late Lord
Salisbury. in England, but surpasses 1t
and every other English seat l know In
the beauty of the prospect from the win
dows, the portico and the lawn, which
includes panorama of the Catskills, with
the Hudson river flowing at their feet.
Two Places Nearly Alike.
The late William B. Dinsmore, presi-
dent of the Adams Express Company, was
the next-door neighbor of Mr. Mills,
and the two places come together and are
so nearly alike that they might pass FOR
the same. The woodlands join, the drives
connect and, as | have already told you,
both estates have contributed to furnish
golf links for the whole community. The
Dinsmore place is called The Locusts and
the reason is obvious. The air is heavy
today with the perfume of great clusters
of blossoms that hang from the limbs of
the trees. Mr.. Dinsmore died some years
ago and left three children who live here
noU-Mr. W. 3. Dinsmore. jr., Mrs. Hunt
ington, wife of a former golf champion,
and Miss Madelane Dinsmore.
Next above The LoCuSts is a very pre-
tentious house which makes YOU wish
that il was only half as big and half as
| bold In its outlines, belonging TO Jacob
Rupert. the New York brewer. He has
a poultry farm which is said to repre-
sent an investment of $4,000. and herd
Of fancy cattle which represents a great
deal more. 1t is the fashion in these
parts to have the family mansion and
Its demesne on the cliff overhanging the
| river. and the farm and stables on the
| other side of the post road which runs
between New York and Albany-an ar
ransement which is not without its
merits.
Dates Back to Early Times.
Rhineclir is the railway station for the
| village OF Rhinebeck. two miles and a
half inland, and there is a ferry from
| the former place across the river 10 the
| ancient burg of Kingston, the most i'm
portant city between New York and AL
bany
| Rhinebeck dates back TO the early par,
/ OF the eighteenth century. and is sleepy
| but prosperous town. having two good
| hotels, hundreds of boarding houses and
J a prosperous community of farmers In