. Health and pleasure resorts and summer homes accessible by the picturesque Harlem Railroad : containing descriptive masster and an extensive list of s . to entire population wasbut one to eighty-six, comparing most favorably and strikinglywith the New York City mortality statistics of one to forty,and proving Mount Kisco to be more than twice as healthyas the great metropolis. After leaving Mount Kisco, the nextapplication of air-brakes brings us to a standstill at Bedford, just an even forty miles from New York is a beautiful village situated at the base of a rockyeminence, in
. Health and pleasure resorts and summer homes accessible by the picturesque Harlem Railroad : containing descriptive masster and an extensive list of s . to entire population wasbut one to eighty-six, comparing most favorably and strikinglywith the New York City mortality statistics of one to forty,and proving Mount Kisco to be more than twice as healthyas the great metropolis. After leaving Mount Kisco, the nextapplication of air-brakes brings us to a standstill at Bedford, just an even forty miles from New York is a beautiful village situated at the base of a rockyeminence, in one of the most romantic and picturesque partsof Westchester County. The drives and rambles through andalong the valley in which this town is situated, and over thesurrounding slopes and hills, are of the most charming to bemet with in this section of country. Lying about one mile to the northwest is Croton Lake,studded with green islands, and hemmed in with bold androcky shores; it abounds with fish of the most gamy sort,offering fine sport to the angler, its waters being frequented byall kinds of water fowl, including black and canvas-back ducks,. THE HARLEM RAILROAD The natural drainage of this village is perfect. There areno miasmatic swamps hereabout; the water is the mostwholesome to be met with in Nature, and intermittent fever isunknown here. A line of stages connects this village with thehistoric village of the same name, situated about four milesdistant, once a half-stone town, and destroyed by Tarleton andhis rangers during the Revolution. The town is also suppliedwith a line of stores among the best to be met with along theentire road ; in addition, a first-class hotel and livery large number of the most inviting private boarding-housesfor summer boarders are located in this vicinity to meet thedemand of those wishing to avail themselves of the advan-tages offered by this beautiful hamlet. Speeding on, we sooncome to a stop at Katonah, a romantic village na
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