The Lamar register., 1907-01-23
Railroad Gear Was Aiee 1 at
TIE Start ty Young Stuy-
Cesant F sh, Whom Lo ter
He Eeo, SD from High
Position.
GRAPHIC PEN PICTURE
OF FINANCIAL Kl.,C
ssifishness Is the Trait That Seems to
stand Out eoldest In the Man
For Hartman First and All the
Time-onc Charity That May Be
Said to Be Near His Heart.

New York.-Fifty-nine years ago
this time st. Georges church was
looking out on Hampstead and the
rolling acres of Long Island for miles
around. as 1t had been doing since
dag nearly century and half be-
fore when the first Episcopal services
were held there and duplication was
made to God to preserve and succor
IA king of England and 'Hys Gouvenor
OF thys Colony" 1t stood with that
pltcidness OF quaintness amid Its sur
r1nnding that IL wears to-day. and
at out its old rectory was an air of
peace which BODIED well for those 1t
sh Filtered.
Gut In this month OF January, 1S4S.
there was one within the shelter OF
St Georges rectory whose peace was
sorely troubled. He was st. Georges
minister. the Rev. Orlando Hartman.
Jr For seven years he had been buff
feted around from one charge to an
other. with a wife and n growing fam
fly on his hands. Living had been a
sefious problem. Among those to
whom he had preached the Gospel the
thought never seemed to have OBJ
trided itself that ministers must eat
and have clothes to wear Just as other
mortals
After Four Years at Hampstead.
Now he found himself beset by the
same poverty-stricken condition that
he had known in all his former rector
at IS. lie had expected better from
st. Georges. but in this month OF
January he awoke to ind that his sal
arr was far in arrears and also to the
nnmistakable fact that In few weeks
there would be one more member OF
the family to feed and clothe and nj
ways take into consideration.
The Rev. Orlando Hartman had not
Long TO wait for the addition to his
family. On February % son was
born to him and he named him Ed
w-rd Henry Hartman.
Edward Henry Hartman could not
have entered the world at a more in
opportune time in his fathers affairs.
but II he had been born earlier or
later. as the records would indicate.
he would not have found the family
any better on In the things of the
earth. A year after Edward Henrys
birth the Rev Orlando Hartman Jr.,
Georges see the absolute necessity OF
paying Its rector his salary. turned
his back upon Hampstead forever.
The year after that found him and
his family in Castlctou. Staten Island.
lie became the assistant rector of st.
Paul's there and twelvemonth later
he was moving again.
A Noble Woman.
Mrs. Hartman was woman OF
sterling character. and the pride that
was in her was a bulwark against the
worlds unkindness. She was patient
and she bore 1t all without a word to
any beyond her threshold She could
not hide II from the children The
children. too. must have drunk deeply
at the family well OF self.restraint, but
none OF them more than the boy called
Edward Henry Hartman. the third
son. Besides him there were two
elder brothers. Nelson and Orlando,
and younger named William. There
were two sisters to make up the cir.
Gle. Lily and Annie.
II was when Edward Henry Harri.
man had just turned into his eleventh
year that the Rev. Orlando Hartman
and hts family set themselves and
their few household goods down in
West Hoboken n. j.. and the minis.
ter entered upon the rectorate of st.
Johns church. It was his first per-
manent charge. since leaving Hemp
stead. and he engaged himself at the
munificent salary OF 5000 year.
Most OF the six years which lay be-
tween the beginning of the residence
In Hoboken and the departure from
Castleton. Staten Island. had been
spent in Jersey City. with the head of
the family going here and there wher-
ever he could be n rector's assistant
or fill pulpit.
1t is said that while he was at West
Hoboken-seven years. all told-the
Rev. Orlando filled other pulpits when.
ever the opportunity offered to add a
mite to his meager income All the
while. however, he was doing the best
he could. giving the boys and girls the
education that his poor purse could