A New York walking club recently
made a visit to Tappautown, w hich is
invested with a melancholy historical
nterest, from having been the scene of
the imprisonment, trial and execution
of Major Andre. They paused long be
fore the old house, built of the red
sandstone of that region, facing the
main street in which Andre was con
fined. It is now unoccupied and dilap
idated, and its wood work Is sadly de-
ayed. but then It w as a bustling tav
ern, well patronized and doing a nour
ishing business. The present inscrip
tion above itsdocris"OM Stone House,
C." A little further on is a brick
church, with a white wooden tower.
