"I cannot tell what you say, green leaves, But I know that, in you a spirit doth live Is it not a message of courage and patriot ism which lives on in the descendants of the Hasbroucks, the Belknaps, the Williamses, the Fowlers, the Deyos, the Townsends, the Carpenters, the Weigands ana others whose CHARLES DOWNING. records embla zon the pages of Newburgh's history? In this last century not only material wealth has come to Newburgh, but the richest treasures of the town have been brought hither by its idealists, men to whom has been granted the gift of vision. Among these are numbered preachers, poets, artists, historians, novelists, physicians, lawyers and philanthropists, and on this roll of honor are written the names of the Reverend John Forsythe, N. P. Willis, H. K. Brown, A. J. Downing, S. W. Eager, E. M. Ruttenber, J. T. Headley, E. P. Roe, Carroll Dunham, E. A. Brewster and Charles Downing. TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON ITS HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS AND LEGENDARY LORE TAR BY HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE ARRYTOWN-ON-THE-HUDSON is interesting from many points of view. It is beautiful in itself, with a touch of that ripe, old-world beauty which is the rich deposit of a long association of man with nature; a beauty which reveals its depth in the fulness of foliage, the girth of ancient trees, the texture of the grass, and that atmosphere of ancient and familiar use which, although invisible and impalpable, lends a peculiar charm to settled. towns and countries. For Tarrytown has a long history as history is reckoned in this new world-and an ancient date. It wears the air of a locality which was in full life in Colonial times. The old houses are few, but |
