Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-25
ECCENTRIC PARSONS A RS. N s:
STORIES or ENGLISH clERGYMEM
WITH ODD WAYS.


List Forty-rhEee Years Rensrka-
4ie Savings From iiesSSE Incomes.
Many stories are told of all eight
zenith Century Leicestershire pur5on,
tile Rev MIR. HaseInore of Caithorn,
Who had mania for collecting, says
the London Tit-Bits When lie died he
left behind him 80 gowns and cassocks,
100 pairs OF boots. 400 pairs of shoes,
Gu wigs quot one of which he had ever
WORM and 100 pairs of brooches. In
addition to this extensive wardrobe lie
had accumulated 80 wheelbarrows, 200
pickaxes. 200 spades. a ladders, SO
dogs. 80 wagons and carts 80 plows
(he never used one of them), 240 razors
und an enormous number Of walking
sticks, for which toy man gladly Of.
fered fS.
MIR. Hagemore had two servants, ole
of each sex. both of whom he locked iD
their bedrooms every night, and 1t was
through this precautionary measure
that he lost his life. AS he was walk
ing IN his garden very early one morn
ing his dogs lenped on him and threw
hin Into pond. The servants heard
their masters cries for help, but as
they were locked In they could not go
TO his assistance. and the reverend gen.
tleman was drowned, his hoardings GO
ing TO his next Of Kin, u London porter.
Ii Is good many years now since
the Rev. John Trueman Of Daveptry
departed this life. leaving behind him
the snug fortune OF 100000, the accu.
mutation OF nigga MIy lifetime Some
remarkable stories IRE told of Mr.
Trueman's misery habits - how he
would take turnini from his parish
toner's fields and then beg pieces or
bacon 10 boil with his purlolned veg
etables and how he would invite him.
self as guest to the houses OF his flock
In turn and pull ths worsted out of the
corners Of the blankets to darn his
stockings
more remarkable clerical miser
still was the Rev. Morgan Jones,
Berkshire curate Of q century or So
ago. During the whole Of MIR. Jones'
forty three years curacy of BlewburP
Ii Is said, a single coat aud hat served
him. When hIs coat showed too pat
pabie signs Of wear he would cut out
piece of Its tails and patch the torn or
worn part with Ii until in process of
time the tails vanished altogether, and
the Quondan coat was converted into
jacket, with patch for almost every
day in the year. When his hat similar
ly showed the ravages of time he up.
or hal nDv arit,
crow and used It for repairing the dam-
age His one and only shirt underwent
the. same patching and renovation, its
tails following those of the coat, while
the curate's stockings underwent 60
many processes of dalning that not q
vestige Of The original and only pair
remained by the time he had no further
use for them.
For the Inst twenty years of his life
Mr. Jones' household expenses never
exceeded half a crown week. He In
variahly retired at sunset to save tue
cost of caD1les. and In the coolest
weather nevhr allowed himself the luz
ury OF fro except on Sundays. and
then the fri: was made from sticks
picked lip In the ronds and church
yard. His lI,enu was limited TO breiid
and bacon aud tea, and hnif:quartern
loaf lasted YIN week. Fol. little
short of half a century this old clergy
man lived OH hsfees and saved his in.
come of ,fs0iM yenr. while subscribing
liberally to religious societies and Civ
Ing MANY pul;hd to his needy parish
toner's. "t>, ~. $50, t-,,
In p "a
misery small iacome was shown by
one time curnte of Thulkeld, In Cum
berland. AleSnhder Naughley, whose
entire income was f8 los. year. Mr.
Naughley lived absolutely alone, slept
on bed Of stlaw and cooked his own
scanty food, Int he never failed to
present n respectable appearance to the
world, while not word Of complaint
ever passed his llps
A very eccentric parson was the Rev.
Ianston freeman, an old time rector
of Billion, in Warwickshire, who left
the following strange instructions for
his funeral: FOR four or five days
after my dec,use ! would not be re
moved out Of tue place OF bed shall
die on. and then would be carried or
laid In the slina bed In the summer
house In my garden, to be laid in the
same bed there aud to be wrapped In a
strong double winding sheet, the door
and windows to he locked and bolted
the building TO be planted around with
evergreen plants and fenced Off with
iron OF oak pales and painted Of dark
blue color, and for the due perform
ance Of this and for keeping the build
Ing, etc. always In repair give to my
nephew. Thomas Freeman, the manor
Of Whilton," etc
Shortly before Dr.. Donne's death he
gave Instructions for q large wooden