The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-01
James Minor, of Pleasant Prairie, and
Carrie Hansen Meet, Woo and are
Welded and Separated.
HAVE A SHORT LIVED HONEYMOON
Bride of Night Not Satisfied With Farmer
For Husband and Husband Files Suit
For Divorce on the Fourth Day.

Met on Sunday, married on Monday,
parted on Tuesday, and parties in a
divorce suit on Wednesday. This is
the rather remarkable matrimonial ex-
perience of James r. Minor, promi-
nent young farmer of this county, and
Miss Carrie Hansen, an eighteen year
old girl who is now living with her
parents in Chicago waiting to take her
maiden name again.
The meeting, marriage and separa-
ton of the Minor family is the most
peculiar romance ever entered for rec
ord IN this county. It was all the re-
suit of a newspaper advertisement.
Two weeks ago Sunday Minor sat
alone at his farm near the village Of
Ranney reading the paper and finding
nothing else of interest he turned to
the want column. In this column he
noted that young woman, fair of
face and loving of nature, desired to
wed. She lived in Chicago and Minor
at once decided that breath off coun-
try air was all that the maiden needed
to make her an ideal wife for farmer
so he wrote her long letter and told
her that he thought he could fill the
long felt want for husband.
Miss Hansen at once responded to
the letter and asked Minor to send a
photograph of himself. The young
man was coy, however, and wrote back
that he preferred to meet her face to
face and that he would come to Chi
cago on the following Sunday. On
April 18th Mr.. Minor went to Chicago
and met Miss Hansen in her home.
He made no effort to deceive her, but
if she decided to accept his life he
would be glad to share it with her.
The stories of the farm cottage with
the pinks and hollyhocks blooming
round the door and the peach and app
pie trees in the door yard appealed to
the young woman and then and there
she gave her hand and heart and prom
| ised to wed Minor on the following
day.
Sunday afternoon, light of heart,
Minor returned to his humble home
and made arrangements for the bring
ing home of his bride. Miss Hansen
came early Monday mornings'and was
met at the train by her fancee. They
drove to Kenosha where the wedding
dress and wedding ring were3 pur-
chased, after which they took the first
train to Waukegan, where license
was secured and they were married by
a Protestant minister.
After the wedding they drove to the
little town of Ranney where the friends
of Minor awaited them and gave them
noisy reception. The following
morning Mrs. Minor inspected the cot
tage and the ho1lyrOCks, but winter
had cast blight ard the farm looked
small and dirty. Sn3 began to yearn
for the hustle of the city and the odor
of the smoke of Chicago chimneys and
when her husband returned from the
field at noon she told him that life was
not what she had expected. The peo-
pie, she declared, were SO queer that
she did not think she would be able to
stand it for another night. 1t was a
hard Glow for Minor, but in the after
noon he hitched up the horse and took
his wife to the station. She gave back
the wedding ring and after short cry
kissed her husband farewell and told
him that he was free again. Minor
drove back to his home a sadder but
wiser man, and early Wednesday morn
ing he drove to Kenosha and instructed
Attorney A. E. Buckmaster to draw up
the papers for the divorce, alleging de-
sertion and lncompatiDi1ity of temper.
Since Mrs. Minor left Ranney, after
kissing her husband goodbye, he has
had no word from her.
The failure of his marriage seems to
have been hard stroke for Minor, but
he has closed up his little home and
gone back to work just as if nothing
had ever happened.
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