=Vassar College.=—­This institution, founded by Matthew Vassar, and situated two miles east of the city, maintains its prestige not only as the first woman’s college in point of time, but also first in excellence and influence.  The grounds are beautiful and graced by noble buildings which have been erected year by year to meet the continued demands of its patrons.  The college is not seen from the river but is of easy access by trolley from the steamboat landing.

=Eastman College= is also one of the fixed and solid institutions of Poughkeepsie, located in the very heart of the city.  It has accomplished good work in preparing young men for business, and has made Poughkeepsie a familiar word in every household throughout the land.  It was fortunate for the city that the energetic founder of this college selected the central point of the Hudson as the place of all others most suited for his enterprise, and equally fortunate for the thousands of young men who yearly graduate from this institution, as the city is charmingly located and set like a picture amid picturesque scenery.

Among many successful public institutions of Poughkeepsie are the Vassar Hospital, the Vassar Old Men’s Home, the Old Ladies’ Home, the State Hospital and the Vassar Institute of Arts and Sciences.

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    I went three times up the Hudson; and if I lived in
    New York should be tempted to ascend it three times a
    week during the summer.

    Harriet Martineau.

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The opera house is one of the pleasantest in the country and received a high comment, still remembered, from Joseph Jefferson, for its perfect acoustic quality.  The armory, the Adriance Memorial Library to the memory of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Adriance, and the historic Clinton House on Main Street purchased in 1898 by the Daughters of the Revolution, also claim the attention of the visitor.  Several factories are here located, the best known being that of Adriance, Platt & Co., whose Buckeye mowers and reapers have been awarded the highest honors in Germany, Holland, France, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, and the United States, and are sold in every part of the civilized globe.  The Phoenix Horseshoe Co., the Knitting-Goods Establishment, and various shoe, shirt and silk thread factories contribute to the material prosperity of the town.  The drives about Poughkeepsie are delightful.  Perhaps the best known in the United States is the Hyde Park road, six miles in extent, with many palatial homes and charming pictures of park and river scenery.  This is a part of the Old Post Road and reminds one by its perfect finish of the roadways of England.  Returning one can take a road to the left leading by and up to