Milford chronicle., 1885-05-08
NEW YORa LETTER.

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who can aifoni &c talk ofgellna out Of town. a.,
" there is not afashionable minister. from NJ ~
q terry to Harlem Bridge but has tour laid out fr
X the melting days Of summer which win cost an,
IN where from $1,000 to 5000. In this respoe n
~ brooklyn clergy are not whit behind our own
"a inc hef. Dr. Cuyler goes to Europe with his ,rifs
Ihe heF' Dewitt Ialmage goes with his eutir
u family. hr. Beecher would no morn hint !,
e breathing the atmosphere or BROOKLYN in Jnlv An
e. gust and September than be would of VOTING n
Mr. Blaine Il seems to be pretty well settled ne
the air OF New York or Brooklyn is fatal 10 ,lrst
e class minister in the two last months Of summe
ana ihe hrst month OF the fall and it Is somewhat
singular that the richer the congregation the more
p aneerous It heeomfs for the Clergy often won.
aer how editors live through it; no summer vsea.
Non iof tnen' walk down by the great news.
paiet onaees night after night or rather morning
at twelve, one and two o'elocl,
see the men coming out looking over-,,orso "a 81
weary, and don't wonder tbot me-, ss. - '''.,'
y-nFe' forty and forty-ive not many Of them
reaching fifty or over Now that an no ,,-s.,
uauies are publishing Sunday edition tbero Is ~
respite Tor them. Toil,har and nnreJentfrg from,
one years end to the other. This is tbe fato of
'ne scfloes-the Pharisees fare better. Wbe, ne
summer comes, instead Of having to pav tbei, oy,n
iaie'as an editor does the congregation makes
.He" up good fat purse and for three rnontbe
lney nave nothing to do but enjoy tbemselvss
Take, for instance, Mr.. Beecher In ~ onIto =
Gently his salary was $4,000 wear. and az ro,,,s
ters 60 he was worth it. But for three ynoDtbs ha
never goes near his church, and for the other ni1o
months 1t is safe to say that he will be abser, f-
ms pulpit three months more-so that he receives
or ala receive, $4,000 for which he rendered no
equivalent except his name; and during that psr.
iod oil ms absence he usually fills M his finn, lsc.
TERMS being frem $500 to $500 per night
Du' 'ne congregauon'w which pays the piper. don't
s'ailoie' aoh see why should, only when the
y isiieouon FORCES tself upon me at times think
.us' perhaps nave mistaken my calling, and II 7
s,.'.a1eu my talents in another direction.
think that might have had a better time
A case occurred here last week v,biol, -
scarcely expect to hear outside OF a hand ~ sa.
ages In Brooklyn lives a woman bv tbe nsr,o 81
Doia b. Eaton or Frances. Now, I have neve I
seen tne ID never expect to see him T cerr
Ahy aoh want to see him, but this Eaton vror,o,
comes as near hend as it Is possible for human Y
'eins 70 oe' woman, by the name OF Revnoids e
lAu nttie gr'named Sarah Nelson the child NJ h
former husband. On leaving the CITY, Mrs Rev
lolds entrusted her child to the care Of Mrs Eo,o,,
Rno was prominent member of the lobpeoD o. n
W. T. Church--aclass leader and a sunday scbooi
eaeher. The child was very young; but her holm. :,
essness did not touch the stony heart Of tbis ,e p
male monster. She tied the little ereatpro 10 a h
mar time and again and with thick leather str., b,
"u sometimes with rope literally cut her LITTLE u,
ehuor oack to pieces. Her screams were heard an 3
yer the neigh6oFhood, yet nobody seems 10 have ~
-ietshed out hand to save her. At last the cbu5,
ioluer came 70 town. ard at first little Sarah was ce
, terrified by her torturer, that she dorcd no. IN,
uuh fhn
g IN strips on her back The moth.r fool, h. ov
ome aNd undressed herand then for tho rst 80 tr;
aizea the sickening horror. She hasteDed IN tho a
gent OF the Society for the Prevention Of r,r.o,.
children, and he had the woman arrested M uI'
d back was exhibited in court. and the siobt SUI
lea the judge with such horror and ipdiqnation r
At on her conviction, he dared not trust himself y
sentence her; several Gays elapsed before tho
lge iet sumciendy calm to administer i,stico De
PaIuaily' IN the meantime all the members NJ in
ehurch were bnsy tryiHg to influence the iua Kill
TO sentence her to prison but to let her off win
me- but he was infexibe, and he sent bor 70 vi
SON ana imposed fine Of one hundred dollars wei
ought TO have been imprisoned for life bro
he sale of the effects of the gigantic swindlor heo
ull'aha ward, brought together an immense .i,o
wa. Everybody seemed anxious to oet .on,o '"O
no OF one Of the biggest rascas of the century T
was injurious scoundrel, and before the bYb of Fl
burst Jared sumpuously. The furniture was -.
~ Ou' the ehars the tablesthe sofas, the bfie
represented other peoples money. Evervar lhol
represented Theft in fact, they were stolen suit
suppose that Is what made the people soan,. of n
to get them. qua ~. ~ -
e investigation Of the Buddensoik William, Ia 9'VO
the very serious question I'M Rnddas. 94y DE- first
.ed fifteen hundred buildings in New York in by a
as H., ''.S were 'hey not all of the same thro
ireds of them were west side tepemort In
ss-they are perfect human hives-son,atir,os Ored
iou NJ hundred and hity people live in town
~, poas rose axe It in quarters inhab for Il
ninoh tning TO find two or three families in n
room. Buddenseik built many of these ne eli
iies' and if one Ofthem shond tumble. hun disco
Be Iao, oes "ouiu DC saerihcedi perhaps this It no
ity. but we so5 T Tan az 'Ie NEW worst kind Of Balti
''''''u III 'ia' and Il
denseik was in such bad odor with the build tured
ito nr s'' s 'ngy would not grant him the Cit
iol OF uuinmies-about one hundred and eei
every of which was compelled Cu to c"u auu held
Jury oeiore he could get his building per IN
ractor like Bnddepso I'9. bea ., INSPECTION tive C
%. As he puts up the buildings tbcre - matte
@ Ioat OF ss5'ooO This can only be done by by the
sbins a,o 'g a., ollialng Inspector These in. ments
,tractor knowiog his MAJ, aI i1'l'l service for thf
II $1,000, and the result is that the bpjldna ssts Of
l ea with no inspection at ALL This system Repre-.
IIa-a .v"a'us mas always prevailed in New irdel
~. p.o''a.nieu that immortal senti lie su,
To the victors belongs the spoils;u " eher eY8
hat tneJve. may theorize-but until A4ns.
ans will echo ;hs ana men do ju ga ,d;ia- 5a.- n.
F ofV B. r. Col