The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-06

Auaertca. This Dr.. Hall did IN ttms. and
To-Day ne ~ the leading pulpit orator al THO
G.!y, WITH an income ranging anywhere from
$4,000 to 800, 900; 500, 900 10 paid him
as PASTOR OF the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Bonner. or rather his sous, for a weekly con.
ulDutlon to their story paper. His wealthy
congregation gives him $40. 600 a wear more
IN gifts, and the wealthy young men.
tan cne wealthy .papas of the upper
zen IN New York pay him mag
their sons and daughters He has manarsd
py Investment to accumulate a million dol
lars, yet he gives literally to the poor. and
supports numerous charities. There is per
maps no preacher in the United States who
Is 30 independent as he. Like all true Irish
men ne loves plenty Of outdoor exercise, lie
things of this life. With MI. Bonner he fire.
qnently bowls through Central Park. and he
knows q good horse nearly as we'll as that
expert He lives in a gorgeous house sur
rounded by every luxury and a retinue of
servants. His library is a revelation even to
necKed Dutier who admits you at tho door to
Ghe smallest AMI most unimportant persons
IN Ine mousse there liz evidence of eolidity and
Wealtn that Is encouraging to young men
wno wish to grow up in the ministry.
mere Ia one man in New York who has
SS~oSos VI oAouIO nave T0aSOn. 10 T0QfcG 0lS
large circle OF friends. It is Bob Ingersoll.
De Is the most pers;stently lied about man
mere. IL does seem as though eyerv news
paper writer thinks it necessary to manu-
!acture lies about the great %agnostic. II it
IS not one story it's another. s many ridicu-
ious Gales nave been told about himself and
Ms family that 1t would require volumes to
reproduce them. The most senseless of
these perhaps is that which is eyerv now
and then circulated to tho effect that Mr..
ingersoll always leaves a pocketbook
nlled with money where his children can
get at 1t, help themselves, spend what
they like. and never a question asked.
People who repeat this story do not know
what they are talking about MI Ingersoll
is nberality, kindness and friendship person.
lhed, but he Is not q fool. HE children have
an abundance and to spare. but they do not
waste their fathers substance in foolishness.
he making more money to-day than he ever
made before. Those who know say that
$1GO, zoe a wear is about the figure, and he
Is one or the busiest men in this busy city.
de is %devoting himself ~assiduously to the
Jaw. When he settled down here it was
thought that he would g. in for the class of
law business that would require july-meltlng
speeches, and he would use his eloquence
and ability to paint word pictures. to squeeze
verdicts in favor Of his clients, but ne did
nothing of the kind. He knew a trick
worth a dozen of that financially. He is
OASoSou " u large eXGenG IN COnStlCuClOual
law, and the work of great corporations,
vast trust companies. and big concerns
where fees are ten, twenty and sometimes
thirty thousand dollars. He has given up
lecturing for a time only. He will be on the
platform again when he finds time. He
keeps open house, and on Sunday night all
his friends are welcome. He found it neces-
sary last winter to do what he never did be-
fore. He sent out cards of invitation for his
Sunday night receptions. Previously he
simply said to his friends my house
Is open on Sunday night, come and
see me and bring your friends" SO
many came to see him that be found it i'm
possible to entertain those whom he loved,
honored and respected, and SO many slran-
gers whom he had never seen before visited
his drawing room, imposed on his hospital
1ty, and expected entertainment and sub
stanttal cheer from his wife and daughters,
that he was compelledto station q servant at
the door, and now only those whom he knows
and likes find their way into the great
agnostic's house. There is always plenty Of
music, some good readings, poems, singing
and supper, and best of all a word or two
with O delightful host. But there is no
poker playing in the back parlor as an
imaginative correspondent made it ap-
pear last week. There is q time for all things,
even in Ingersoll's house, and it has not yet
been turned into a gambling den. He is fond
of reporters. and is the most approachable of
men by interviewers He always insists upon
the questions being written out and handed
HIM, and no matter how busy he always
finds time 10 reply to them in his own bold,
round hand.