It is a large gothic edifice of stone, fifty by ninety, -with a low embattled tower of the same material, costing about $39,000. It was designed by the well known architect, William F. Martin, a resident of this village; and dedicated in December, 1870. To it, is attached a small parsonage of wood and six acres of land, valued at $6,000. The interior of the church is neatly finished in bbck-walnut trimming, while the windows are filled mth stained glass quarryings of lead work. The desk Bible contains the foUomng : --

"Cextf.xaby Methodist EnscoPAL Chteoh, Shrub Oak, October, 1S70."

The bell weighs 1,950 pounds, and cost $1,000. The burying-ground opposite the church, contains memorials to the Hyatt's, Fowler's, Lounsburgh's, Hall's, Conklin's, Horton's, Crawford's, Halleck's, Smith's, Wilde/s, and Townsend's, &c.

The Methodist Episcopal Church, it is said, was first organized here about one hundred years ago; but be this as it may, we have already seen that John Paulding, sometime before 1817, had deeded to the "Methodist Meeting House" a small portion of his property. The old church stands a short distance only from the present structure, and is now used by the Roman Catholics for their senices.

The present pastor of the Methodibt Episcopal Church is the Rev. G. D. Gillespie, who reports 260 communicants.

Near Shrub Oak, a short distance only from the PeekskiU turnpike, is situated ■' Lake Mohegan," a charming sheet of water covering an area of three hundred acres and one eighth in length. An analysis of its waters gives the two following ingredients as held in solution -- \iz : Sixty per cent, of hme, and thirty per cent, of magnesia. Many fine bass and pickerel are taken here, (some of the former weighing five lbs) as well as white and yellow perch. Five years ago an attempt was made to stock the lake ■intli 10,000 salmon trout; but since then the black bass have been introduced with better success.