When Mr. Ripley left Brook Farm he was poor. The experiment had cost
him money, years of toil and made debts for which he felt responsible.
He determined to pay them. As yet the way was not open. The
_Harbinger_ was changed in form and lived less than two years in
its new location, and during a temporary illness of the editor its
publication was suspended. Mr. Ripley and wife taught school at
Flatbush, L.I.
At the termination of the _Harbinger_ he immediately commenced
writing for the New York _Tribune_. Its pay roll indicates what he
received May 5, 1849; it was $5 for the previous week's work. In July,
same year, he was paid $10 per week; April 6, 1850, $15; Sept. 21,
1851, $25 per week. He wrote articles on all the living topics of the
day, from the arrival of the last new singer to the death of the last
criminal. Things trivial and non-important, grave and gay, of lasting
import and the most ephemeral, all came under his pen.
He also wrote, either occasionally or regularly, for a dozen other
periodicals. He was an early contributor to _Putnam's_ and from
its commencement wrote for _Harper's New Monthly_. As editor
associated with Mr. C.A. Dana he gave his time and best thought to the
New American Cyclopedia, and the first two or three volumes of the
series were edited solely by them.
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