The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-02
A Preacher who Handles Pitch
and got--Stuck.

New York, December bit has
been the misfortune of the Rev. Stephen
Ii. Tying, Jr., that for the last Ave or six
years his prominent appearance in the
newspapers has been in connection with
some scandal which no amount OF DENIAL
on the part of friends and relatives
would set at rest. First, some years ago.
we had a story of Mr.. Tyng's Wall street
operations, in which the reverend gentle
man was made to figure as a gambler
who refused to pay when he had lost, one
Of his brokers suing him for margins.
Then came trouble in which a womaa's
name was introduced. Then Mrs. Tying
went to live with her father in-law, and
Mr.. Tying resigned his pulpit upon the
plea that he wanted more moLey to do
good with than he could obtain by preach
ing. He went to Paris as the agent of
the Equitable Insurance Company. but
did not prosper, and came back to find
another scandal brewing He had scarcely
fed back to Europe before this attack
upon the Rev. Mr.. Bache, one Of his
most Intimate friends, has brought the
facts of this last affair to the surface. If
Mr.. Tying had not put or the airs 81 a
slinted martyr during the last lev years
Of his rectorship it is possible that his
congregation would tell fewer tales about
him.
Last week the community was startled
by the robbery of Mr.. Bache, who was
set upon in the street at night 1t turned
out upon investigation that a long story
was connected with the affair, and that
Mr.. Bache was really suffering for the
clerical scapegrace now 10 Paris. Accor
ding to the newspapers the gist of the
story is that soBc years ago a lady of
wealth, who wished to speculate in Wall
street without her husbands knowledge.
asked Mr.. Tying to act between her and
the brokers. This the reverend gentle
man agreed to do, with the following
pleasant results: The lady's husband
became suspicious of the relations be-
tween pastor and fair parishioner aud.
not wishing another Beecher trial killed
himself. Mrs. Tying seems to have been
50 displeased with the business her hus-
b,nd WAS engaged in that she left him.
The Wall street speculation resulted in a
net loss Of 800, 900, all of which Mr..
Tyng's client was not able to pay. Lastly
gossip In the congregation grew so I'm.
pleasant that Mr.. Tying was fain 70 give
up and go away under the pretext above
mentioned. The moral of all this is
Justly obvious, that clergymen are not
wise in carrying on business with fair
Pensioners without the knowledge of
husbands; also that clergymen are not
good stock spectators. | believe that
Mr.. lying attempts some justification Of
the whole affair by pretending that what
ever gains were derived from the specu-
lation were to be devoted by the lady to
building an orphanage. The husband
had often expressed a wish that he was
abe to build an orphanagc; he was to
have been kept in ignorance OF the whole
affair until the bnildln. was ready for
opening when his wife aud pastor would
ovcrwhelm him with Joy b. presenting
him with The deed Perhaps it vas Just
a. well tina; the old fellow (he wa, much
older than his wife got out of the way.
as matters turned out. Mr.. Tying and
his fair pari~hioner night have built aD
orphaDage ha they made a IN Lien dol
lars out Of the Wall street shan ks, but
again they m;gt; not, an | "A cold and sus.
piclCu, world will continue to doubt.
The Whole affair is one of the NEST dis
gtacc'ui IN which 4 New TX clergyman
has I, cen engaged fr some me-, and it is
not probably that Mr.. Tyug will show
his face here again for some years.-Ex.