The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-27
in which dire ction to fnl tho church,

asked:
"By the way you're member Of the
church. Can you tell me is Father Butler
there2' Ter
.'Father Eutler is not there" was tue
prompt reply, "nor has he been there
see by the SUNDAY TATTLER Of Jersey City,
that he's eloped," continued the man.
81 guess that's straight. too, said the
reporter
ssHas he gone off wish some O. your
| folks ?" asked the now thoroughly interest
ed townman, who, after being informed
that none of the reporters family was
missing, continued 81 know who can tell
yer all about him, Billy Louanstein, the
livery stable keeper, right over yonder OF
course, he mayn't know nothin' bout his
Looping, or where he is, but he went to col
lege with him, and. as he's great blower,
if you jest get him talkin' onced he'll
never stop till he's told yer all.
so off the reporter started to find Billy
Louanstein. The other man had described
Louanstein's talkaiive powers to nicely.
Nor did it take more than q moment for
the newspaper man to "jest git i'm a
talkin' onced." Louanstein is man of
about twenty His father had kept
livery stable on the spot where the inter-
view took place for twenty-three years,
when, two years ago, Billy by dint of
means he had accumulated Though, ac-
cordIng to his own admissions, he had not
earned it, from his father in shape of sal
airy, he bought the old man out for mere
song. W
ssYes, I know Father Butler" he said.
sI was at Seton Hall College for three
years while he was studying for the priest
hood. This was from 1874 to 1871"
'ss:f What kind of a man did you find him
to be?"
'sAs nice fellow as ever walked in shoe
leather" d rs
"Did he go much on the gi1ls?"
"Not so far as know. In fact, he
couldn't there l did not see a girl in two
years. No, he was a rather quiet young
fellow" iH
ssDo you know anything about his assign
ment to the Church of the Assumption
here 2"
8 "Yesl know all about it. In the first
place know he WAS assigned to this church,
and / know further that he never came.
He was to have come last Saturday week,
but he didn't show up, and, as Father
Flynn had to hold mass up at the other
church in town, we had to have another
priest SO I sent one of iuy men down with
buggy to Seton Hall, in Orange, on Satur-
day AFTERNOON to bring up one for the oc-
casion"
you seem to know all about it, Mr.
Louansteip," continued the reporter
"Wasn't Father Butler assigned to Nor
ristown because of his intimacy with any
of his female Pensioners in Jersey City1"
mo, not in any sense; there was no
woman at the bottom of 1t all. can swear
to that, because know why he was as
signed here"
"But how do you know and why was
it %
"Well, / am an intimate friend of Father
Farrell, who was assigned to change places
with Butler, but / am not at liberty to tell
why the change was made"
Being pressed, however, to tell, Mr.
Louanstein- it ives quite evident was
nos going to stop till he had told it all
said
well I might as we'll tell you. Father
Flynn and Father Farrell could not agree,
SO it was decided that the change should be
made. But they have since made up and
Father Farrell Gas Butler didn't show up)
is here again.
The reporter then asked his loquacious
informant when he had last seen his rever-
end friend and college mate
81 met him about two weeks ago-on
the day Bishop Vigger sailed for Rome-in
Hoboken. 1t was in the morning he was
walking up and down in front of the rail
road depot, just outside of the ferry gates.
had not seen him in several years but re-
cognized him at ONCE Istepped up TO him
and said, This is Father Butler believe"
He didn't remember me at first, but when
told him my name he said 'Oh, yes
r.
Whyl how are you? / asked him where
he kept himself nowadays, and he told me
atSt, Rrldget's Church in Jersey City, and
asked me to come and see him. asked him
where he was going and he said he was
going to see the Bishop before he started
for Rome. This was all that passed be-
tween us. He was alone"
Mr.. Louanstein further said that probably
not more than three of the parishioners
knew that Father Butler was to become an
assistant to Father Flynn, so bis failure to
put in an appearance had caused no COM
ment there. He did not know it himself
till he was so informed by Father Farrell a
couple Of days after he had net Butler in
By this time Mr.. Lonanstein had
told all he knew, SO the reporter, hav.
ing no further use fer him, thanked him
and babe him good-b bye
The reporter then went to the parson-
age. He was asked in by the servant, and
presently good-looking, rather stout
priest, with q wonderfully brilliant black
eye, and handsome face, ushered himself
into the parlor as Father Flynn. Father
Flynn is as pleasant as he is good-looking,
but he would not give any information.
Finally, with merry twinkle in his eye,
he venture to say, "All know is that
and that be has never came Here" He
then stated that Father Farrell, who was
sent to this city the same day that Father
Butler was supposed TO have gone to Nor
ristown, had been reassigned to his old po-
ition. The Church of the Assumption, in
Morristown, is one of the finest Catholic
churches in the State, and has al the way
from l, 500 to 1000 parishioners.