In the immediate vicinity of the village are located two wellknown seminaries, viz ihe Oak Grove Female Seminary, Mr. and Mrs. Foote, principals ; and a large boarding school for boys, G. W. Francis, principal. Both of these institutions are delightfully situated upon high ground, overlooking the magnificent scenery of the river. A new building for the district school has recently been erected at an expense of nearly $3000. It is of brick 32 feet by 42, and one of the best arranged in the county.

North-west of the village is Wild Boar Hill,^ so called from the animal that once frequented the solitudes of its ancient fores.s. So troublesome and numerous had this animal become at one period that the Provincial Government was compelled to pass laws for its destruction.

Up to a late era, Indians occupied this hill in great numbers. From here they are all said to have taken their departure in one night. The scarcity of the wild game, together with the encroachments of the white man, may in some measure account lor this sudden removal.

During one period of the Revolution it was the site of the American encampment. Its summit commands fine views of the surrounding country and the noble Hudson, stretching in one long reach to Jersey City.

Somewhere near this spot there formerly stood a peculiar shaped tree, as if adapted by nature to receive the body of a man. In this rustic couch the illustrious Washington, wearied with his toils, slept for two hours; his trusty guide Martin Post watching^