Rand . tsego Railroad has been completed to Bloom-mile, about nine miles beyond, and trains run to that Kovtriglit is an intermediate station, four miles south-west of Hobart. From Bloomville a stage goes daily on toDelhi, eight miles farther (fare, 75 cents), giving a very pleasantride. A stage also runs to Bovina Center, six miles fromBloomville (fare, 50 cents). The Delhi stage connects with the ?morning train from Rondout, on Sundays. It is possible to drive across from here to West Davenport, the terminus of theCooperstown & Charlotte Railroad, and go by rail to Cooperstown; I
Rand . tsego Railroad has been completed to Bloom-mile, about nine miles beyond, and trains run to that Kovtriglit is an intermediate station, four miles south-west of Hobart. From Bloomville a stage goes daily on toDelhi, eight miles farther (fare, 75 cents), giving a very pleasantride. A stage also runs to Bovina Center, six miles fromBloomville (fare, 50 cents). The Delhi stage connects with the ?morning train from Rondout, on Sundays. It is possible to drive across from here to West Davenport, the terminus of theCooperstown & Charlotte Railroad, and go by rail to Cooperstown; Ibut a better road and a more interesting country are seen by driv-ing or taking the stage down the Charlotte River Valley fromStamford, and the distance is little, if any, longer. FromCooperstown it is an easy matter to go down the lake and on toRichfield Springs, or over to the New York Central Railroad andback to Albany, and so make an interesting round-trip. This rounds out the Catskill tour. V. KINGSTON TO CATSKILL AND TO THE MOUNT-AIN RESORTS. Rhinecliff, opposite Rondout, is the landing and railroad sta-tion for Rhinebeck, 2% miles inland; stage fare, 25 cents. Theday-line boats no longer stop here, but this is the terminus of thePhiladelphia^ Reading & New England Railroad. Rhinebeck is an ancient, pleasant, and prosperous town onthe old post road, now numbering some 2,000 inhabitants, andhaving two hotels. These, several village boarding-houses, andmany of the long-setlled surrounding farms, are filled with sum-mer residents from the city. Its first-comer and the Patroon ofthe region was William Beekman, whose low-eaved stone houseis still standing on the high ground near the station, and is nowoccupied (with additions) by the Hermance family. It was builtprior to 1700, and is an excellent example of the Dutch architect-ure of that period. The round port-holes under the eaves,whence an attack of Indians might be resisted, are still visible;and the fact that here were
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