The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-03

g., o*eo married nor even engaged.
d" seemed to strike her a. q some.
1nat uatimely piece OF humor ON Mr..
bortons part. and, not without embsr,
r.ssmeot. said she vac always up 10
h,s Jokes, and attempted to caress him
nat Mr. Burton stopped ner by saw.
ing that he never Was less inclined to
joke. protested that he was not her
husband md challenged her to produce
any ProdR&hat he had married her.
IhereuPOD. Miss Schoonmaker wen, %
u drawer and took thence ri,able
marriage certificate. signed by the Rev.
f. Z. scudder. Of Upper Red Hook.
aud ParPo,ting to show iha, on March
- that minister had married Lester
Burton. Of Pine Grove, to Anna
Schoonmaker. of Blue Mountain.
The tolls were falling fast around
MIR. Burton, but he made another ef.
tort to clear himself. Rushing from
the house. without so much As wish
ing his alleged wife gOod-by. he hasten
I'd to Red Hook and confronted the
Rev. +. &. Scdd.ier. and here he
found = grain Of comfort. The min
'ster could net identify him ~ the man
whom he had married three mouths
before to Miss Schoonmaker. lie re-
Dembered the fact Of the marriage,
and knew that Miss SchoOnmaker was
one ut the parties to it. and the bride
groom gave his name Is Lester Burton:
but NJ he had not seen either Of them
before, be could not remember the
mans appearance sufficiently well to
know hun again. The clergyman had
neglected at the time Of the ceremony
To give any certificate. but two weeks
afterwards. when Miss Schoonmaker
returned to him alone. and, reminded
him Of her marriage, asked tor the
document, he made it out aud gave j,
to her without communicating with
Mr. Burton; and this was the paper
which she subsequently, showed to her
alleged husband.
Armed with this Information. Nj. Bur-
ton pot his case into the hands Of Mr..
Carroll Whitaker, Of Saugerties, who
wrote to Mr.. Scudier asking for iurth-
er information; but tine clergy man had
already regretted having said any thing
about the matter to Mr.. Burton, ami
he now replied, through his counsel,
that he would say nothing more upon
the subject until he was compelled tO
do 81 by the courts. Miss Schoonma-
kers relatives are determined that Mr..
Burton shall acknowledge her a. his
wife. and the young mans friends saw
that he shall not. Ex-Att'y Gen.
SchO0nmaker has been retained in be-
half of the young woman, and j, is
likely that the case will come up in a
few months for trial.
Mr.. Burton admits that at one time
he had some. intentions of asking Miss
Schoonmaker to be MS wife. but he
RETAINED from doing 50 because he
was largely dependent on his father
for support. Like most Of the farm
ers sons in his part Of the country, he
did not stay much ut home, but learn
ed his business BY working tor q stran.
ger. He was employed BY Philip ID
Lasher. Of Ulster county, and Miss
SchOoumaker used To visit there. He
saws that on March %. the dav Of the
alleged marriage. he met her nj the
railroad station going. she said. to visit
the Lashers. She had her trunk with
her and hsd no conveyance. He left
her at the hotel near the station and.
going to Mr.. 4asher's house. he told
his employer of her visit. Mr.. Lash
er sent man with a wagon tn bring
her to the farm, and Mr.. Burton went
away aud WAS absent all the rest Of
the day. He says that he can prove
that at the time Of the alleged mar!
risge he was visiting some friends at q
distance.
Miss SchoOnmaker says that the
marriage was secret, aud that in going
to Red Hook to have it performed she
only followed very common custom
Of the young men and mailens If u
ster and Duchess counties. Both the
young people bear the highest charac-
ter for respectabiliiy. and the friends
Of each indignantly deny all accusa-
tions OF trickery.
The real need Of -ick Baby is not 40
much wedicise ~ il Is something to "assIsa
nature" Many things are recommended.
but the best known remedy for the ailments
pf young children il DR.. Bull's Baby Syrup
Price y cents . bottle.
LAAONTE ITBnS.