The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-13
A Faithless Husband Fired
By the Indig ant Friends
of His Wife.
A Story Combining With Solid
Facts Much that is
Romantic.
A Brief but Suscinct History Of the
Remarkable Career Of a
Villain.
TO THE READER.

ToTHE READER.
Our story, which is located in q small
village in Tompkins county, New York,
ami commences thirty-four years ago, Is
full of strange incidents not calculated to i'm
press one with the fidelity OF man. On the
contrary. it tends to strengthen the theory
Of the duplicity of men and their tendency
to deception
This much TO open the way of romance
commencing III the empire state and ter
minating in Sedalia.
THE PARTIES.
1t was in 1850 that young man named
Henry OstIander resided in Peruville. He
was a mechanic and worked in the village
blacksmith shop. He was tall, we'll form
ed and possessed pleasant and intelligent
face-in fact he was handsome.
At the time this narrative commences,
while he had not reached his manhood
years, yet he was past twenty, and much
thought of by the villagers.
There resided at this time in Peruyille a
Methodist minister named Young. Rev.
Young was farmer, miller, dairyman and
no SLOUGH of preacher.
Alfalfa, his eldest daughter, at the time
spoken of was a pronounced brunette,
about sixteen years old. She was the ia
vorite of the household. An excellent
education for one of her years had been
bestowed upon her. She was lively, viva
cious and pretty, and with her coal black
eyes turned the heads of all the young men
Of the place.
ORANGE BLOSSOMS.
The 10Th of August, 1850, dawned, and
that day Henry Ostrander and
Miss Alfalfa Young, were wed
ded, and received the benediction OF
idolizing parents and the blessings of low
ing friends. The honeymoon passed
as those periods are generally whirled
away, and for time everything was pleas
ant and agreeable, and the young people
seemed to enjoy themselves beyond meas
ure.
YEAR PASSED,
and the husband began to neglect his girl
wife He frolicked, he danced, he turned
his attentions to other females than his wife
Fifteen months passed and babe, a smil
ing son was born to the parents. For 8
time Henry was more devoted to his wife
but as time lapsed he fell into his bal
ways.
A DIVORCE.
At the end of about two and one-hal
years the Rev. Mr.. Young took his daugh
ter and grandson away from Ostrande
and provided a home for them and tn,
husband became a wanderer on the earth
For five or six years he was an sttachee o
June's circus, tenting show which travel
ed over the eastern states In the summe
season in wagons, an occupation much il
vogue at that period. After that all trac
was lost of Ostrsnder for many years,
ANOTHER LOVE.
In 1856 Mrs. Ostrander then abont 9
years old was wooed and won b,
an estimable physician-Dr. o. {
Tooker, of Tompkins county New
York. They lived happy life for twent,
years. The result of this union was on
daughter, who resides at this time in Sc
dalia. In 1860 the family OF DIR Tooke
removed to Fremont, Ohio, and thence
year later TO Mt. Vernon, Ohio. In 1876
DR.. Tooker entered the army in the lin
of his profession with the Fifteenth Unite,
States infantry, doing duty, both In New
port, Ky., and in the field.
On September 26, 1866, DR.. Tooker die
in Chicago. He was there ON bushes
trip to purchase goods, having decided I
go into the drug business at Champaign
Illinois.
ARRIVES IN sEDALIA.
In 1867, Mrs. Tooker, with her two chi
dren-sOn and daughter settled in Sedalis
The family lived life of industry and ar
respected for their good traits OF char acte
and frugality. And, reader, the mothe
and daughter are here to day. The daugf
ter the wife of mechanic, while the Sol
also a mechanic, resides IT Champaign
Illinois.
BY-AND BY.
There is music enough in these wore
for the burthen or a sOug. There is hoI
wrapped up in them and the prayerfI
thought Mrs. TOOker, as her mind woul
return TO her early love.
THE MAYNARD HUSBAND.
In 1853 Henry Ostrander, while clerkiu
in hotel at Erie, Pennsylvania, marie
. Miss Mary Grace, a respectable youu
lady. The next year they moved TO Re
kuk, Iowa. Ia 1861 Ostrander enlisted
the Third Iowa cavalry and served thr,
years. On coming out of the army he r
turned to Iowa and opened a saloon. 4
ter running this less than year he retire
and
ABANDONED MRS. OSTRANDER
No. 2, who then was the mother of fou
children. Ostrander was jealous OF h
wife and it was supposed that he had lie
her forever. Ostrander next turned up
st. Joe, Missouri, at blacksmithing.
A year or two later time had obliteratt
the jeslousy existing in his mind and
sent for his family, lie promising iutu
fidelity. A few months elapsed when Il
green eyed monster again took possession
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