 | Eli Perkins (at large) |  |
FALL OF ANOTHER CLERGYMAN.
It is with sorrow that I am compelled to chronicle
the fall of another clergyman, and that, too, in Saratoga.
The unfortunate man is the Rev. Dr. Corey, who has
been, with Dr. Deems, for many years the spiritualistic
co-adviser of Commodore Vanderbilt We all know that
for many years Dr. Corey has driven fast horses with
the Commodore, but his friends were not prepared to
hear of his fall like a good many other clergymen,
through the influence of woman.
The scandalous story being told by Dr. Corey's
brother clergymen at the “States” to-day, is as follows:
For several weeks Dr. Corey has been noticed at intervals
to be engaged in talking with a beautiful young
lady on the balcony. No other strange conduct was
noticed, and nothing serious has been thought of the
matter till to-day, when the full particulars of the clergyman's
fall became known. It seems that last evening
about dusk the doctor was seen talking still more
earnestly with the same young lady, when another
young lady, a friend of the first, hurriedly joined the
two. Both young ladies are highly connected, but
their names are withheld from the public for the present.
As the second lady appeared, words ensued, and
Dr. Corey seemed to be surprised about something.
Stepping back a moment toward the edge of the balcony,
fell over the edge and down into a water-sprinkler,
totally ruining the sprinkler, and tearing a fearful rent
in his Gersh Lockwood pantaloons. Before the doctor's
fall became publicly known, he fled to New York,
where he is now keeping his room while his family
tailor is trying to patch up the difficulty and mend the
unfortunate affair.
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