Although being much exposed (the family being patriotic) to the depredations of British soldiens, and especially of the ' cow-boys ' -- those notorious brigands of the period, so well described in Cooper's 'Spy ' and Bolton's ' Historj- of Westchester County " -- this farm-house escaped both the torch and their pillage, and the dark cellar at the dawn of peace, true to its trust, delivered up the remarkable volume as good ii3 ever, to be the household companion of subsequent generations, whose names are registered therein. This ancient Emjlish Bible is a large folio, with thick embossed lids, fitted originally with clasps, and bears the date 1715 on the title page, but not the name of the place where it was published. Strangely, too,

SCARSDALE.

Just below the Varian cottage, and close by the roadside, stands an ancient mile-stone, dating many years back, and being one of the •few antiquities of the town. Its inscription, still (juito legible, is as follows:

"XXI Miles to N. York,

177a."

A short distance southwest of the Episcopal Church stands a spacious stone mansion, formerly the residence of (Jeorge Nelson, supervisor of the town in the year 1867, now occupied by Henry W. Bates. This mansion was built about a quarter of a century ago by the father of the Rev. Dr. Olssen, for many years rector of the parish, and is one of the two stone residences in the town. The only other one is the former residence of the late PMward Nelson, brother of the preceding, and is now occupied by Charles P. Crane, a lawyer practicing in New York City. The mansion is a spacious structure, with turreted tower on the southeast corner and broad verandas on the south and west, and stands among a number of handsome trees, on the north side of the back road to Scarsdalc Station, at some distance from the road.