The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-04-14

eye" and as wearing "rich auburn
curls' which fell lover her brow"
Her novel represents her to have been
jllted by rich roue of Boston NAMED
Dalton, whom her father wished her
to marry, Dut whom she calls (after
he haG married another girl, and thus
let ner free u Choose the poor young
larsCn) "a seIf-cOnce.ted young man,
utterly devoid Of dellcacy, aud
n Dt4ing doubling but that hall a
million ,uld buy the fairest lady in
the land." She also describes herself
10y contrast, year after her marriage,
witt the young wife OF George Beech,
eli, brother OF henry Ward. George
anu vie lived IN Cincinnati at TIE
time. Mrs. Beecher, calling herself
Mary, says:
Maryis figure was larger than her
sister-ln-IaS and not 50 graceful VI
d gnitied, anu her educational advan-
tages had been far inferior. She Was
Inclined to grieve over this, fearing
that she might not prove, In all things.
sucn a wete as her osIng heart belIev'
Ell her husband must deserve"
THE YeUNG COUPELs HOUSEKEEPING.
The self described lady became the
wife ct the young clergyman, aud III
1888, after undergoing all the horrors
Uf securing suIIe vi unOccupied
rooEs, cleaning them, raking together
enough money TO buy few necessary
utensils and articles of furniture, and
getting things to rights, the young be.
gRnels went to housekeeping and
living in good style.
l inspected these apartments to-day
sghere Henry Ward and his young
wife spent their housekeeping honey
moon. The rooms, two in number,
form the second floor of wide brick
building. fronting Oh Nam street.
They We're reached by a fight of stair
TO a ba-cony extending along and
opening into the rear room. Inc out
look frem this rear apartment wa
charming, commanding Il sweep OF the
beautiful Ohio river and the lovely
valley for miles, with the glorious old
Kentzcky hills for a background.
After | had examined the old
church to my satisfaction. L made
diligect search fer the cid church
books, to see what new Light could
be thrown on Nh. Beecher's
stewardship here by entries and re,
cords in Mr.. Beechers own hand
writing. TIE little musty, time-stain-
ed old record book was discovered In
the care of DIR. Vance. a leading
member and officer of the church.
Perfumed with the aroma ofantiquity.
it Was fished out of bundle OF dis
cardea old book rubbish, in straw.
Out-ot-the-way corner OF the Doctor :
library We beGt eagerly over It's
yellowed and musty pages as 1 tore
open the time-glued leaves, and made
search for the first record ola session
in 1887, III the.
HA2,DwRITING OF YOUNG BEECHER.
To our dismay, some vandal hand
had ruthless y torn out the first two
leaves of his records. Then followed
entries in the late autumn of 1897.
and ether pages in 1888. But af,er
only six pages of the original entries
of Mr. Beecher, fifteen leaves of the
last of mis- records are cut clean out
and gone! briefly quote from the
meager six pages remaining of young
Henry Wards original records:
LAwRENCEBURG, Nov, IS, 1887.
Session was constituted with PRAYER
by the Rev. Geo. Beecher, Moderator.
Mr.. Thomas Hunt. OF Elizabethtown,
sat as corresponding elder. The fol-
lowing persons were received into the
communion of the church by letter
(here follow the names of FIVE persons
named Gage from the Central Pres
byterian church Of New York City.
The session then adjourned.
III. W. BEECHER, Stated Supply.
LAWRENCEBITPG. 1888.