, 1879-03-26

tHlhI HoftHy.0l Il "lsu 11G.
W untters wcr'1 m t.iil l'sslmp Purcell was
mas1u ArchhtEhup IN 1Hl0. T1n only clIanES
thht clcvntlo1l silus.e IN t1'u life nf this nohc-
minded, earnest. md tc!f.sncrilc!,,E nsIn WIS
rrsasc i1s weiRi,l oi 1is responsibilities. Tic
tlan slmtItcity ,Hf bis ilto was ln nj degree NJ
frstc'!. [nstcn,l ot assaung tue In'tnp mn! CIR
Cllih'ancc peculiarly supposed tO h,trro,tf,a tho
aways Ind, lived the ut,oatenta&ioua atld cco-
noUlicll ilfu Of
A rARisH PRIEST.
When valuable presrnts wrrc rnntle to HIM, In
catlse1 l'c TO- ''c disposed Ut f"r the ''sncf't nf
thu orphan nsy:uns. Tor years ho refused 10
rcccfye hfs cnthctlrattcllm nr dues froIt1 ttte
churches III his uroy|nee, lrst their payment
might press lnrd3y upon AnIno struggling par.
forec.l npon lin, l!c stimulated that the sums
ai!l should he fur less tflnn ho was by precedent
altl custofn entitled to, and. WHOM thsy were
received, hc Always eavn then, 10 charitable In
crty stntnt recorded III l,s T1at1te hut not po
sQliarc Inch ot ground was nctnafly a,s. ~
werc simply held IN trust by lm III hia official
capacfty Tor the Church. Even those which hr
has recently conveyed by decd. Il, order that
they ueht BE- osstgngtl fnr t1e SECURING q tle
clain,s aya!nst him, werc only ronstrctscIY h's,
nhs their assignment H., In I'ons III iart merely
soI,o eaecr creditors, who would otherwise have
| taken advantage Of his n0tn[na! ownership to
Iorcu tl,cn to 6ac. by this means It Is believed
they tan be protected until The tnoncy Ii raisct
| to 1ay the taets. -...
Father Edward accumulated as little Of this
wortd's rootts ms Ills l,rol!er. Much as he re.
ccccfycd AMI much III lie pall out,
NONE STUCK TO His plSuEns.
fIu got the same salnry rs the other pricsts at.
tached to tic cathedral nltl tc episcopal resi-
t1c1cc, sfoO y year. ltc hnd n room, in thu
e1srUpai residence litttc, II anY. better tlG tic
| average thrd-st1ry back rout VI IL acrDnl-ratc
Ncw York boardt1'g.l!oshe. lie pulled through
ing institutions tint wcro threatening eulIapxc,
| tor the people, frlglt.nel BY tllc lall.lrcs ulf
about them. rus!lul to him to deposit thrlr
nancy. lilo never troubled himself tO keel, any
| was owing to hItlt. Going up0n tlle
wildly .fai1ac|ous, theory that eycrybmly
nca''t honestly, : ~: he scarcely more more th,nslt
to whom hn lent nso,1cy, than he did Of giving
SECURITY to thosH who uatlc dcposlts will, linl.
When 4 deposEtor brought HIN 1noslry l,c
anaicseti np thy mll!!est % M scran a. Of paMr on is
,Iamc, nihl that scrip was held rs t!iu utposlt-
nr's certificate. Wien such acrap wns preae,1t-
cd for payment !'c unqucsttohIriyly, paid, and
w}ict, II wns Offered as tt rYlilrnvu of claim
for Interest, Ii Tho party producing It dit. not
want the ntot,cy, hn just dotted down, wherever
there WIS Glenn slot on the paper, the amount
Df interest due. When 1noru Muncy wns aopos-
,itcti, he narkel It duwn as much "'patd ill.,"
entry rs 50 tlil,ct, unf1 u,,t II upon tue same
scrap Of paper. In course of tfMe these cntrca
would come to c0ycr tllc panpr with xlG.-zag,
rrirs-rross tD-atl-tuwn, tangled lines Of words
| and figures III
ALMOST 1SExTHsCAnLE CONFUSION.
Ills handwriting wns very Irregular IN its DR..
Erecs vi ilIcEthlllty, but ut eithcr It's bust Or
worst could castly l'avc been forged, nlll he.
having neither books nor memory, Wtllll hnyc
paltl ,,',lies:tatgly " lorycd tn well as Ec,ll-
iuc certificate. II ", Indeed, believed That he
tlas lost considerable slirila In that way. rcH
years ny0 lnost OF tlr older paper scrap certttl-
covered by cutrlcs tllut tlltre WIS 10 room on
them for any more, le mnde n selRs,lc, figuring
accounts up to dnte. nnl to mnlsy of the de-
pok'tors In gave such little hooks M savings
banks furnish to their patrons. That stlsln Of
SYSTEM has plnycd the mischief with MI llope NJ
ever dlAclltangfng Its n1Frs fur enough 10 tlnti
nut what money liz autnhlty ukl receive, nn,l
how ,u.lel OF tile yast en titiw tIua IL lii notnt
Ut fuct accumulated md eon,nou1,1t1 Interest.
1t must br remembered that ho hna ulroady
been gnIns Oh about thirty years, tn which tflng
the oldest deposits Ind, moro than uOubatl
themselves twtee over. But fs'' tho new Issue ol
certificates thcra was nothing to show when
thu original deposit was made, nr It's amount.
All tliut appeared vas the amount sup
posed to lc oil delosit to tlla credit Ut Tic
holder Of It as in uggregatc. Il'ra,. npor
that bass ho would erect II new H,ass Vi c'ilra
graphic tauglcs. Tic expert accountants wiM
Einro for weeks past bean wrestling with lltS af
t4lfS4 lis bF LII
the trustees for nlitt, mukc out '!at csssitlcr
ably OVER s5N, ,0U0 Of the tutn debt represent;
i1turest Which llaa accrued tpoIl dcpostts, MiR
has been co,npUllntslnG III thu ten years snrl
| tho ncw certificates were Issued. 1tcBpcctlnS oil
bclihd that, itcrn can ba nothing but conjcc
tlru; hut practical men. who ayr devoted tscpl
| unti careul study TO Tic 1nattcr, cxprpss TIT
, UrInl0n tint
NOT OVER OHE'uALF
| u{ the Elli1l represented III tiKe present tOta
s3at,t fnt FIflt
Edward. n1 tlut he hls, III very 1nn,y instances
where interest WAS llot left to compound, nhlt
| tn tl.e icpositors MS Interest ,ntlr. muru that
tllu u,uol,lt Ut their original ttcposits. o
course tlat fact docs not rel|eyn him frun ILL
? obligation to pny the principal also: tut TIL
Z knowledge Of It cannot Tut mitigate tic seem
{, ing severity Of tle ,9ss Of such t'cnosltorA
9 who uskci, for ALL Il 1lsc party soliciting
+ loan from HIN uro!lcrcd II nsortEagc hc woul'
8 takr 1t. but II ulIu WIS not Forthcoming. h
! would acecpt Mcre ntAe of hunt.
!, Ottu 1Dnn who borrowed 2l5U00 from li
I simply snvc III rutnrt,, y Ngcelrch ri Fathe
9 Etlwntd Purcell sl5,tJ0,' signing lis ,,unn 10 /,
!, Anll tat wAs tliito snt!st tactOry. 1t l. 1!EmG
e shat not less than sso,Wn wuro oahc,l by l,sn
u sl,50D, for whith ho received nothing more tin
Is verbal acknowledgements md nronl'ses to pn,
And ~ for worthless t!otus, lln has, tori ~!
&c over le collected on tllcni, untl h,ltlrcds I'll
10 rc'slun uptn which thu Assignee Inns sotfl
d yaguu InEea Ut getting buck II HIllall rercentng
# Tie wils particularly wax TN lelpnghss frlcn.l
II among business men, nut Ut Their llnnnciIl tsl
1t lmrr,lsslnelts, and III tIsat why iaY Got rid
/ SONG very 1ar!.,, slnlF. liz th,. iai11rb nj u,
as Eig dty.euds llollse, fur tt.sa,cc, ha lost SIT
ID tkit, nti by anuIlcr bankruptcy S's0,0OI II,
t. tase arc hut sapes of numbers OF ms hnEtlrs
nr transactions in that ltar. SO hu went ,ncrrl
ii smiling nloI;g, like sl,u fablca cnrtfcl pot foa
s. lut; sInon. The brass Ones
IL MOUND TO GU To SMASH IN THE END.
M Meanwhile tho Archbishop, not n,tspcctfng M
e tlltns Of tl,Is, Ind continued NIL those yra
II drawing upon him for 1nuneY to uId church
u ami i1,stitntluns Ut various anrts throughout Il
$. tuersc and sug tsdluus 'awr,stls werc sostis
III htu prctty lIcnyy, DHp Patrick Culsfttlue,
~ ylE, lett largc farn, OIL Mo,lnt Adnlna IL u
!e .ArcsiUisN,p for drIumInatf1nnt uses. u. unt
o. ral heirs contested thu will. sa thr liii!ath
~ fhrrclIpOn IuSte4l fnany years. costing the Are
oe bsll0p SAi, ,LAU Iefnru It wan tllallr sCtt'ctl
u When tu llartl liIcs ca,nu aud aeposlts It
utr, thu t'c.nn,ldsuron Father Edwards treasu
wcr9 tlot ct,rrcslasMngty diminished, hshl th'
,d !Iu found tt necessary TO 70 out as,a rnsu snu
ii, by morteagl,lE the fea, catntu tu which he n
II elm. 60 many years, airl by hspothttNt'ng 4
dy n,ara Or lrss worthless parrr whtc! sio Ind Gu
ul tldlnElY taken III exchange fHr good 1liunoy
H'hntt ful rnnnr}s nr nj 1DhHsS fy tIu