The village of tSomers Flai?!, commonly so called, "is the principal market of lean stock of cattle ni:d sheep, brought hither from various and distant parts of the country to supply the wants occasioned by the sales of fattened cattle and sheep to the butchers of INew York. The farmers of this county carry on an extensive traffic in this way, and droves are annually and almost constantly arriving from the inland regions, some from 100, 200, and 300 miles, to replace the consumption."^'^ It is computed that over 5000 head of horned stock are annually fatted in this district alone.

A bank has been for many years established in this village, under the name of ^^ the Farmers and Drovers Bank of >S'omers.^' This institution was first organized under the general banking law of 1839, with a capital of $111,000. First president, Horace Bailey, Esq. It deserves notice that the money of the Farmers and Drovers Bank has always been redeemable at par. The present board of directors, consist of .,y

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Horace Bailey, Esq. Lewis Doane,

:'. . Leonard D. Clift, Epenetus Howe,

' ; • Edwin Crosby, Stephen Brown,

:'■ : John Titus, Charles Wright,

■■ . / Gerard Crane, Daniel Kent, V, .. ■ / Thaddeus Crane, Lewis Brown,

- ' J- . Solomon Bailey.

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Horace Bailey, Esq., President. Egbert Rowland, Cashier. Near the centre of the village, and directly opposite the junction of the Pines bridge and Peekskiil turnpike road, stands the Elej)ha7it Hotel, a very commodious and handsome brick edifice, under the superintendence of Horace Bailey, Esq.