The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-07
Has Slipped Away Since
Judge John Baker and
Bride Were Mar
ried.
And at It's Close They Cele-
brate the Happy Event
With BETTING Fes-
tivitieS.
Sichers' Park Hotel the Scene OF
a. Brilliant Gathering of the
Couples Many Friends.

Couples Many Friends.
The wife of msu should not be q mere
mortal. she is a mysterious being, she Is
flesh of her husbands flesh and hone Of
his bone By his union with her he only
takes back part of himself. His soul, AS
we'll as his body, is imperfect without his
wife. He possesses strength, she gentle.
ness. He goes out into the world and
fights its battles. but he cannot enter into
domestic duties; he has need OF a wife TO
keep his home as an altar upon which he
can Law his affections. He Encounters
trials and the partner of his life is there TO
soothe them; his DAYS are clOuded by adj
yersi,y. but i'm his wife's chaste embrace
he forgets his sorrows. Without woman
he would be rude and solitary. Woman
suspends around him the roses of lie and
sdorns him with perfumed gArlands. To-
gether the true husband and wife live and
die together and il Is possible they meet
beyond the portals OF the tomb to part no
more forever.
Just twenty-five years ago Judge John
Baker was married by the Rev. Hannaman,
ten miles from Waverly, now the county
seat of Pike county, Ohio, to Miss Eliza.
beth Miller, Oct. 80, 1858, at o'clock, p.
10 The Judge and his bride were working
for farmer, and while pursuing their
daily avocations did their cOurting. When
the time come for them to get married,
they got into q wagon and drove tn the
preachers house and were married IN the
presence of his family and tSO
members of that of the brides. They went
Immediately to living in their own rented
house, which was previously prepared.
They continued to live in Pike county
ten years, alter which, they removed to
Sciotx county, in the same state, where they
resided eight years. In 1870 the family
removed to Pettis county, where They have
resided respected and honored people. Five
children blessed their uniOn-three only
living at this time.
Last night Judge Baker recounted to his
friends the hardships and tolls that he and
his wife passed through in building Tor
themselves a name, home and . compe-
tencv.
ave commenced life poor, with only our
naked hands," said the judge, as he looked
the reporter straight in the face. 81 had
forty-two dollars and my wife had forty
three dollars. and we are yet endeavuring
TO hold our own" he continued, as his eve
sparkled with the ardor of youthful am-
bition and youthful hopes
Industry, enterprise, frugality and honor
have been this couples beacon light, AID
to that end they have succeeded beyond
their own most sanguine expectations.
And as thev had SD succeeded they resolv-
ed, last night, to celebrate the twenty fifth
anniversary of their marriage 10y calling in
theirs neighbors and friends and making q
| royai marriage feast Many invitations
had been sent, aud many who received re-
sponded in person, and at Sicher's park no
tel, where the event was celebrated, there
was a gathering which has not been ex-
ceIled, in point of numbers. at any like
celebration held in this part vi the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker, shortly before the
supper hour, took their place On large
platform erected for the purpose, and in
the presence of that immense audience took
once more upon themselves the VOWS which
we're to last until death. Rev. Johns, OF
the Evangelical church, pronounced the
ceremony, preceded by an appropriate and
beautiful address, in which he said that q
wedding is always . time OF happiness
and Joy. The darkness Of life may be
around our path, but the marriage bells
ring out their gla6ness, and again the
sunshine comes The funeral bells toll
sadly and mournfully, hut when the mar.
riage bell chimes there is harmony and
peace. Is it not one of the happiest nom.
ents of a mans life? Call life q dessert, if you
will. but there is many an oasis in it, and
the flowers bloom, ard the birds sing. Ii
is said, too, life is an ocean, but there is
many harbor, and as time rolls on these
| A ~ ko
out of the boat and rest, and now and then
there is shaded arbor, and the wanderer
may lay aside his staff and know the
beauty of peace. Is it not, too, a happy
hour when man leads gentle woman 10 the
altar and promises to love and cherish her
until deaths cold wave must snap the
bonds assunder? And now, dear friends,
thank God, you are able to forget the long
anxieties, and have arrived at such place
that you can cast aside your burthens, and
look back with no sigh for duties left un.
done. You may look forward now into
the unexplored country calmly. Twenty
FIVE years ago seems but fiction, for time
has chisled no mark upon the forehead.
The birds sang sweetly then, and there was
the question, 'Do you take this woman for
your welded wife?" And the answer came,
Il viii, and then the question was put 10
the woman, and again the answer came, 81
will" The minister then drew q picture
of the life of the Judge and his wife, their
cares, their trials, the coming OF their
children, the marriage bells, and finally
the time of sorrow when death came into
their family circle, after which he pro-
nounced the solemn ceremony, and closed
with brief prayer.
The supper, which had been prepared
for the marriage feast, was indeed an ele-
CANT one The tables were laid with taste
and skill, and the beautiful floral decora.
tions, representing full rugged ships and
other designs. gave beauty and finish un-
exceptionally beautiful.
The menu was complete, consisting oi
cold meats, salads, pickles, entrees OF many
varieties, oysters, cakes, ices, fruits, coffee
aud Rhine wine. II was under the super.
vision of the Messrs. Sicher, and to them
is due much of its success.