The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-05-28
PAY EDITORS AND PREACHERS
INREW YORK

PAI Or EDII ORS AND PRe ACHeR RS
IN NEW YORK
There is a mistaken idea abroad that
the press centres of the metropolis are
better paid than any profession except
the lawyers. have recently investiga-
ted the matter, aud | find that there is
more money in prayer than in the cdi-
tarial quill and paste pot. Take, for in
stance, the managing editors Of the lead
ing dailies and compare their salaries
with those of the ''chicf engineers" of
our fashionable churches, and we will
find religion pays better than journal
ism The salary of Mr.. Jennings, OF the
Times, is only fouI thousand five hun
dred; that of Whitelaw Reid, of the
Tribune, only five thousand three hun
dred dollars; that of Stetson, of the
World, but three thousand dollars; that
of Connrry, OF the HeTdid, but three
thousand nine hundred dollars; that of
Crolcy, of the GrGyhic, but two thou
sand five hundTel dollars. Then the
''heavy writer's" come in for salaries us
follows: John II. Young, of the HeFdid,
eighty dollars per week; ChaIuberlin, of
the HoTg!{I, FORTY i've dollars per week;
Hurlburt, of the World, forty five dol
lars per week; Dana, of the sun, seven
ty dollars per week; l.Oypin, ofthe Hcr-
aiei, forty dollars per week; Seithamer,
VI the HarGtd, thirty five dollars; Cole, of
the Times, sixty doIIarE; Oliver Dyer, of
the sun, forty dollars; DIR. Wallace, of
the HeTGid, thirty five dollars; John
Hay, of the Tribune, forty dollars; and
Mr.. Hazard, of the TjiJHhe, forty dol
lars
Now irt Us iufu TO the church, and we
will see that it is far ahead ul the Ganc-
tum. The salaries Of somo Of our lead
img diyines teNelusive of a parsonage in
many oasrs) are as follows:
Rev. DR. Tyng, six thousand dollars;
Rev. Stephen Tying, Jr., six Thousand
dollars; Rev. Morgan niN, ten Thousand
dGiinrs; nr. John Cotton Smith, five
thousand dollars; Rr. Cuak, eight thon-
sand doiIafs; Dr. Bellows, eight tl:Ou-
sand dollars; Rev. Mr.. HepwOrth, eight
thousand five hundred dollars; DIR. John
Hall, ten Thousand in gold; Rev. Or.
Thompson and ID. Hastings, six thou
sand l"iiars each; hrs. Northrup, Bur
cilard. Hitchcock aud Paxton, Hive thou
sand dollars enclI. DR. Elder, of the
Baptist church, receives the largest sal
AIRY in that denomination, viz: six
ihlnsand dollars. DrS. hrlnitaga, Kind
rick aud kirHAyl, OF the baptist church,
yeariYe thousand dollars each, aud six
Others receive as low as aI'e thousand
dollars EACH hrs. Chambers, OrInstot-
tan and Dewitt, of the Reform Dutch
church, receive eight Thousand dollars
each. Drs. Rogers and Thompson, Of
the same denominalio Jon, six thousand
dollars each, and nrs. Mandomnile and
Hutton, five thousand dollars each. DIR.
Chaplin (UniverSalisJ receives five thou
sand dollars. DR. Sweitzer and Poliman
CUniversalist) three thousand dollars
each. DR. Deems (Nanderbilt's parSOn)
receives five thousand five hundred dol
las, and Rev, Chauncey Giles Sweden
borgian) three Thousand i've hundred
dollars. Only one Methodist preacher
receives five thousand dollars; two are
paid three Thousand dollars each, and
ten more than two thousand dollars, the
entire salary list Of the Episcopal Church
is three hundred thousand dollars, that
OF the Presbyterian about two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, the Metho-
dist about fifty thousand dollars, and
the Reform Dutch church about one
| hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
and the Lutheran church about fifty
thousand dollars. The highest salary
/ paid by that denomination is six thou
sand dollars. These statistics are not a.
full as they might be made had / til,
time to make further inv estigation
They will show however, that rcligior
in this city pays better than any othe
profession, if | except law and perlIap
civil engineering. Ministers general.
grow rich, or at least acquire property
while the poor journalist, Oh thirty dol
lars to fifty dollars per week, usuaII
dies and leaves poverty and ii goO'
maine rs the only legacy for his children
THE FALLING TEAR R-Au old woma
sat on bench in the Grand Trunk depo
yesterday, wiping her eyes with her hand
kerchief, when a portiy man, full {
sympathy, said TO another
''"ris sad to see the falling tear.
always makes my heart ache to see a
aged person in trouble"
Walking up to her he kindly asked:
MY good woman, why these tears-
why do you weepT
She took down the handkerchief, Loo
ed up in surprise, and Eluntly answere'
Give got the wust cold in my hea
I've had for forty-six years. = DetTo
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