The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-03
MATRIMONIAL MYSTERY.
A Young Man Finds Himself in .
Strange DIlemms

The following announcement ap
peared in the Saugerties Telegraph of
June "a last. and greatly surprised the
friends o: both the parties said to
have been united in matrimony:
Married. the Reform church
parsonage. Upper Red Hook, March
-. by the Rev. f. L. Scudsier. Les.
Ser Burton of Pine Grove and Anna
Schoonmaker Of Blue Mountain.
Ii Is certain that, SD tar ~ good
looks are concerned. Lester Burton
and Anna Schoonmaker would have
been extremely well mated. The
Young man - about 26 years Of age,
six feet All. aud ii a fine muscular
development. lie is unsuestionsbly
good-lOOkiny. and not many Of the
young men OF Ulster or Dutchess
counties can boast of a finer figure.
Miss SchOOnmaker IL twe0ty years
old, Of medium height. and is an ex-
tremely pretty young woman. The
young people live On adjoining farms.
some ten or twelve miles from au-
yerties. at tLe foot 1T the Catskill
mountains. They have been acquaint-
ed with each other from chilihood,
and when. in December last. Mr..
Burton began to he \ very regular
visitor mt Mr.. SchoOnmaker's farm,
aud continued so until March, MANY
persons believed that they were eDSas-
ed. Mr. Burton says that once, when
his friends We're charging him with
intending to abandon bachelors life
and marry Miss Schouomaker, he io-
kingly admitted that he was engaged
to her, but he insists that he dill 80 in
such way rs to leave no doubt in
the minds Of his hearsrs that no such
engagement really existed. To his
mother, who questioned him about
the matter. he cmphaiicslly denied it.
Of all the persons who were surpris-
ed BY the Tstyuph;s announcement,
MIR. Burton says that DO one was more
completely astouhded than himself.
Three times. in kind Of stupe6ed
Amusement. he read the announcement
concerning his alleged matrimonial
contract. Then he rubbed his ewes,
and. in glow Of Indignation. read it
again. 1t Was very evident to him
that the editor of the Saugerties Tile
graph required looking after. and
though he was then visiting q farm,
owned by q Mr.. Lssher, some distance
further up the Hudson, he at once
for Saugeriies and FASTENED to
the office Of the Telegraph.
But the editoI of that Journal was
not caught mapping. Miss Schoonm.-
ker has for wears been devout men,
Der OF the Reformed Church at Blue
Mountain aud her pastor. the Rev. |
Mr. lie Bau. had written letter to
The 7e'egra6s editor, enclosing the
written notice Of the marriage, and
'tiering to vouch tor ITS correctness.
VIZ. Burton is not . church member,
1ut he has great respect for Mr.. LIE |
Bau, and ON seeing this letter be
'aised his Est toward the clouds and
declared that his brsin tottered. There
vas nothing left Tor him to 10 except
~ adopt the theory that the Rev. Mr..
1e Bau had played . somewhat uncler.
cal joke upon Miss Schoonm.ker and
.imself.
He went at Once to the Schoooma-
Ter farm. and was ushered into q room
coupled BY the young woman and
ome other members Of her family.
lie had gone With the intention of
ternly demanding an explanation,
ut the warmth Of his reception dis.
oncerted him little. Miss Schoou-
maker threw herself intn his arms.
allied him her darling husband, and
fter gently Gliding him for staying
way ID long. renewed her kisses until
is breath vas taken sway He did
ut entirely lnse his presence Of mind
zen then. With some difficulty be
'rced himself from her embraces. and
'ked her What she meant BY calling