Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-11
Prominent New Workers..


No one is more prominent than the
Rev. Morgan Disc, Rector Of Trinity
parish and son of the late Governor
Disc. At heart be sympathises with
the ritualists, but his natural bent OF
mind is jesuiticaI and therefore what
encouragement he gives to the limo
vators Just mentioned is rather covert
than open. If he were to go TO ex.
tremes, his vestry though 'high
church" might bring him up short,
and thus he might lose position
which besides yielding neat ten
thousand year, gives him great
influence and enables him in many
ways to extend aid and comfort to
more open partisans of the new doc
trines. So he trims his sails and like
the skilled pilot that he is, avoids
difficulties, and steers his bark safely
among besettirg theological shoals
and quickssnds. He is tall and thin
a nervous looking man; his face
clean shaver, complexion sallow, eyes
gray and set deep in his head, nose
medium size, but far from classical,
his lips thin and compressed, hair
originally dark, now turning gray
Expression that of a man who has
much to revolve in his own mind,
which outsiders are not to know any.
thing about. A face not illumiued
by broad sunshiny look-a look in
sympathy with human nature and
mankind in general Yet he is pc
lite and courteous gentleman, but
this is of course result of education.
One might have supposed that by
this time, the influence of his hand.
some young wife, would have pro.
duced some modifying results, but
however this might be at home, to
the world at large there is still the
same jesuitical, ascetic appearance.
st Thomas (episcopaD is par ear
celle'ace the fashionable church of the
city; having somewhat outstripped
Grace which used to carry off the
palm. No greater contrast could be
found than that which exists between
Rev. VIM. F. Morgan, the Rector,
and the worthy individual of whom
/ have just endeavored TO give you
some idea. DIR. Morgan's face is
filed with sunshine, his manners
though extremely elegant, yet SO
kindly sympathetic that one fees in.
stantly at ease. He is above medium
hight, rather broad, his complexion
clear, side whiskers and hair a pure
white. His features are irregular.
but he is so eminently gifted with
the rather inexplicable something
that we call "presence," that one is
astonished afterwards on a critical
survey, 70 find some imperiections.-l
His voice is remarkably good and
fills from end to end the spacious edi.
flee where on Sundays he lays down
the law to listening sinners.
IT'S wide jump between doctors
of divinity and newspaper men, but
you see / write these little sketches
as the spirit moves me, and without
any set plan or special study. Just
at this moment happen TO think of
Charles A. Dana, the well known ed
itor of the San. His face hardly
shows that bitterness of resentment
which causes him to pursue so relent.
lessly those unlucky individuals who
may have offended him. Like all
ceremonious people he has plenty of
enemies, but the positiyeness of his
nature has caused friends also to rally
around him. He is commanding
looking man; tall, rather spare, hav-
ing quite regular features, and search.
ing eyes; apparently between fifty
and sixty; with long gray beard. He
is restless and quick in his move
meuts and gives you a Eyes" or a
mo" answer with such look of
sharp decisiveness, that you know |
instinctively there is no use contend.
ing the matter against so imperious
will
James Gordon Bennett Of the
Herald is also tall man. His figure
ia good but his face is long and out
of all proportion and thus he is de-
barred from winning the prize for
beauty Ills eyes are blue, his hair
light, and his complexion florid.
Mlss Mary Booth, the editress of
Haper's Boar > not SO much
woman of positive talent, as of excel
lent judgment, and entire reliability.
Her father was professional man of
Brooklyn, and che therefore comes i.