[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He was a justice of the peace nearly thirty years. His exploits became known to the public through the Astor trials and the publication and dramatization of Cooper's novel. When it was produced at the Lafayette Theatre, Laurens Street, N. Y., he was induced to sit in a stage box. The crowd rose and cheered him with great enthusiasm, to which he responded with a bow. He was so modest that the world would never have known from him of his services to his coun-try. Near Croton Falls, and about two miles northeast of the village, is the large, handsome residence and productive farm of Gilbert F. Bailey. This estate has been in the family since the early settlement of the town, and different members of the family have been prominent residents of the town and active in its councils. The present owner was supervisor in 1859. His great-grandfather was one of the officers elected at the first town-meeting in 1790. His father, Solomon Bailey, was at one time the heaviest tax-payer in the town. Mr. Bailey is a plain, unassuming farmer, about fifty -two years of age, warm-hearted, generous and a public-spirited citizen. He is a graduate of Yale, of the class of '56, and numbers among his class-mates some of the bright lights of the time, in literary and political life. He is one of the earnest members of the Baptist Church at Croton Falls and prominent in its councils. With all his accomplishments, not the least of which is a genuine poetical taste, Mr.