Ben Holladay's Farm

Noarly evory ono has heard of this wondertul domain, that enibraoes inile ftur niilo of tho raoat fertilo country of ;he great uloping meado ws and rolling lill slopes of Wtistchoster (Jounty, and any ono who ban passed along the Dorhostor turupike, froin White Plains to he Sound, has noticed tho magnificeut mansión of granite that looins up over he t'orrsts, and is seen from the sea on he south to the Hudson on the west. Within the wiill that inclusas this great arm aro ineloBud over one thousand acres of the choicest and most iVrtile and that can bo fouud east of the M isissippi River. Grreat pastures, smooth, loping moadow lamls, clustering woodands and Bymmetrically rolling kuolls and romantic dulus and hiddou valieys are soen on evory side from the maguiiioent chateau of blue granite that stands on the highest hill in the centro of the estáte. Aside from the groat family uiiiisiuii aro many farm houses, whioh are occupied by tenants of the Ophir 'arm, and there aro farui buildings and )reodiug stübles, and a iuultitude of Hmall outhousoB usod for a hundrod dif'brent purposes. On the east aide is a jreat stono building that is eutirely devotod to tho use of the fiuest breeding nares, and within a stont's throw is a arge farm house, the occupants of which lave nothing to do except to attend to ;he demands of the stables. Still furhur to tho east is a stone edifico, with pables and poaks and spires, and surrounded by a park of glossy turf that is ilmost uncqualed for beauty and symnetrical slope. Around the whole domain extendí tho great wall, solid as a mttress, cappud and cemented, that reaches almost from the town of Harrison to tha outskirts of Whito Plains.