New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-27
BATH BEACH PASTOR
A LAKEWOOD RECLUSE
The Rev. 0rviIIe Earl Fisher
ArOuSes Sympathy by Mys-
FERROUS Loneliness.
HAPPY WEDDING RECALLED
Minister and His Wife Were
Popular Couple in Society
When She Suddenly
Left Him.

Down among the pines i'm Lakewood
y J.. az the Oak Court Hotel sombre
looking young man i'm clerical dress sits
quietly or the veranda in the daytime,
talking 10 no one and apparently wish
ing 10 hear no sound except it be the
drowsy murmuring of the lofty pines as
the wind blows. When night falls the
young minister retires 20 the privacy Of
his room. there 10 read and TO he alone
with his thoughts. None in the hotel
has succeeded in drawing him into con-
versation beyond a word or two. and
perhaps none knows what il is that
brought him there.
The name signed on the hotel register
shows the young minister to be the Rev
Orville Earl Fisher. pastor of the New
Utrecht Reformed Church. OF Bath
Beach That is all that is known of his
identity by those who see him every day
AT the Lakewood hotel
Six or seven years ago the Rev. Or.
A. II. Brush. then pastor of the New
Utrecht church. selected as his assistant
in the church Orville Earl Fisher. then
a bout twenty eight years old and grad
uate of Rutgers Theological Seminary.
The young minister at once became a
favorite with the congregation and met
the best families in the social set
After he had been in the Bath Beach
church for several months Mr.. Fisher
came to the parsonage one day with
young woman OF attractive appearance.
He showed her over the parsonage and is
I said 10 have asked her how she would
l.
the young people We're engaged. They
were married shortly afterward, and when
DR.. Brush rendered his resignation his
young assistant was selected 10 NIL his
place.
Mrs. Fisher was almost as popular as
her husband at first Then cloud
seemed to enter the little church, and
vague rumors were heard of discomfort
on the part of the young wife She did
not seem 70 take kindly to the church
. life. on June /, 1912, Mrs. Fisher went 10
visit friends and relatives in England.
with the intention, ii is said, Of returning
in September. September came and went
and october passed, but the young pas
tors wife did not return. Then a letter
came addressed to Mr.. Fisher.
\ few days later, in November. 1912, the
Rev. Orville Fisher called the members OF
the church consistory into his office ana
read them the letter ne had received from
his wife. The letter said Mrs. Fisher had
decided rot to return TO America and her
husband, because she felt she was not Of
such temperament as would fit the wife
OF a minister. Other things Were written
in 1he letter and when the young pastor
finished reading the eyes of every man in
the room were wet with tears
When ne gained some control over his
feelings the pastor told the little gather
ing he wished 10 tender his resignation.
This was a shock 10 the cOnsistory. ana
they argued with him for many hours be
lore they could persuade him 10 recon
slider his decision.
Recently Mr. Fisher went 10 the Bay
Ridge Sanatorium. at No. AZ Oyington
avenue. Bay Ridge, with a severe attack
ot grip. When he regained some OF his
strength he left for the hotel among the
pines in Lakewood to recuperate further.
Seen there last night, the minister, with
evident emotion, said he did not wish TO
discuss the case again. as the incident
had been closed months before Finally
he said.
Yes. il is true my wife is in England.
There is only one explanation 10 offer.
and that is incompatability of tempera-
ment. In this the separation Is not ar
ferent from that of many other people.
There is TO other reason at all