, 1879-01-11
BEEC1IER STILL POPULAR.

Pfymouth's pews NJ Aurtton-A Larro in.
crense In tho Aggregate Amount Of tho
rroinlunas slnoe Lat Year-4om~ OF the
pfices l'nld.
f<.s York 7tsnts FIN. H.
The annual auction sale Ut paws al Plymouth
Church took place last evening. The hour for
beginning tho sale had been 1zed nt O'Clock.
A. that hour the seats wcro wcre not Ill fiiled,
hut soon after o'clock tho church was crowded.
The total amount realized by the sale was
S40,72l, including the axaessrd rental Of the
pews. which amounted to S12,7i1 The pre-
intums formed m aggregate Of f97,01s, an tn-
create ovcr tho premiums obtained last Sear OF
nearly 1900, and about $50o0 less than In 1s7;.
In 1876 tho rents aud premiums amounted to
eg3 $50; In 1875 10 81, ,1G5; in 1874, go, 49, Tho
highest premium paid lust year rms by II. ".
pew bo got last night tor e5o0 premium. sir.
u. B. Clatln paid premium of &50O for tho
same ucw which he obtained last year for $30u.
At q lew minutes past O'Clock there was a
punetu.lity vas Desirable. aud shortly atter-
warti Mr. beccher stepped 10 tue frpnt OF tho
platform. lie valid that hc had not been tn-
struetcd BY the Trustees TO make socecl1, NOR
was the twenty-ntnth on which the pcws had
becn rcntcd. md tho gcptclnen rsotent wrru
thoroughly familiar With thu methud. lie dc.
slred TO say. However, that FROM tue beginning
AMI principle, irco 70 bidders" There VAS nj,
moral lien On any OF them, and, II anst,ody
wanlod Sir. Clnnin'A pcw, thcro waB u way
tu whici, tacy could get It, and he would quar-
antec them agatukt Mr. Clallln'x temper.
md II anybodY wanted to grt posschsou Of Mr.
essc's rcw they werr at llt'rrty to take 1t In tho
lawful way Of 6tdding more than Mr.. sauc jill.
Continuing, Mr. isoe,ller enid: IL am able to
mike \ statement tonight tlat IL without a
| parallel OIL tho globe. know that there Is moi
In the City oG New York Ill institution that .an
show business With such minimum, Ut lnss ns
NC call. You viii be Is nasci, surprised " AZ,
to know that tho rclttlilg os Tho pcws for tho
| laet twenty-five years amounts to aho,,t fl,0W !.
nU; that IL the rertsls mil the prclniu,us. ur 10
bp sxort, *Ri,,Da, and the lD*s In tho collection
amounts to only $8tlss." What the perecntage
OF loss-St, Is8-~us to l,Nk', ,tGO, atr. WhIta
could tell quicker thnn l'o. could. Mr.
Dccehcr said 'l,c thought that II showed "a
appreciation VI tho privileges vi rclixiun, aud
i remarkable fidelity to obligations In reEsnl to
the c!l,lrrll-n fidelity vh!c,, II carried u1lt III
every othur part Of thu meals bltsinoss. would
make them .ctnintntly mch OF integrity ana
honesty" At any rate It was good fruit for
| Of near!y Sl,0sp,0U, to hare only sd,Hn. in
round numbers, ut loss. Mr. uoerner con-
cludcd hr Introducing tue auctt0necr, a1r. +. +.
lioyt, a IN gcnttcman not sktfui Us MI orn-
| tor ;" who was des!rous OF making q few IT.
| marks." Mr. l1oyt read tho "trrms OF the
"trom thuse III arrears" and tho pe1s must le
occupied ut icnst l0 minutes bcforc the bcun-
ming OF any services, OF thoy would no assigned
| TO stranrcrs. The bidding then commenced,
| Tho first call bo!nE 800. Mr.. Il. y. Clatn got
| tho arst choice It psetnlunl Ot 3aJ0, aHd chuse
| dozen seats IRON thu platform. Thu llss ol
/ &{,rr, hhnxn $1$l fullDW6{