The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-10
WEDS THE DAUGHTER
Of HIS BOYHOOD LOVE
Pretty Little Romance of a
North Dakota Farmer anda
Maid From Germany.

The marriage in st. Paul yesterday
of John Leitner, a farmer hailing from
Barnes county, North Dakota, to Miss
Marie Burger, a rosy-cheeked German
girl, whom Leitner had never seen un-
til her arrival in st. Paul direct from
Germany on Monday, brings to light a
pretty romance which had it's begin
ming in Germany more than twenty
five years ago. five years before the
bride was born.
Barnes, who is a we'll do farmer
in North Dakota, is forty-five years
old, while the girl whom he took as a
wife yesterday has but recently at
tanned her majority.
Twenty-Five years ago, when Lett
ner was a young man of twenty, he
was in love with the daughter of a
nelghboring farmer in Germany, and
after a courtship of year the an
nouncement Of the couples contem-
plated marriage did not cause and sur
prise among the country people of their
neighborhood.
Leaves for America After a Quarrel.
But when young LeIner suddenly
left Germany for America, two months
before his marriage was to have taken
place, the neighborhood gossips were
soon busy spreading a story that the
lovers had quarreled and that young
Ie1tner had gone to America to forget
his sweetheart.
Unlike most lovers quarrels, the
breach was not healed, and the girl.
shortly after the departure of Leitner
for this country, was married to a
young man named Burger To this
couple was born daughter, christen-
q n rio nd 1t
Who yesterday became the wife of the
man who was to have married her
mother.
Just how the marriage of Mr.. Leitner
and the daughter of his boyhood sweet
heart was arranged for was not made
clear by Mr.. Leitner, who told his story
when applying for a marriage license.
| but his relatives in Germany are cred
| tied with having arranged the match.
Leitner came to this country when
young man, but he had never mar
| rled. He seemed content to work hard
to accumulate wealth, in which he has
been very successful
Relatives Arrange the Wedding.
| The arrangements for his marriage
! to the pretty little German girl were
| left mainly to his reatives in the old
| country, and when he was informed
| that Miss Burger would come to Amer
| icd ne arranged TO meet her in ST. Paul.
Leitner arrived from North Dakota
| Saturday, but Miss Burger did not
reach here until Monday.
Mr.. Leitner,- old enough to be her
| father, attired himself in his best and
| met her at the train. He had little diff
ficulty in locating his bride to-be
among the passengers who aHghted
| from the incoming train.
Like your mother, for all the world .
! said Leitner, as the couple wendell
their way through theaerowded station
Il would have known her in a thou
| sand" Leitner declared to the deputv
who made out his marriage license and
| listened to the story of the farmers
! romance.
Mr.. Leitner and Miss Burger were
| married in st. Paul yesterday, and will
make their home in Barnes county
North Dakota, where Leitner owns
much valuable land
In her selection of husband whom
she had never seen, Miss Burger l.
said to have acted largely upon the
advice of her mother, Leitner's sweet
heart of years ago. and from the ac-
lions of the couple while in st. Paul
neither regretted the choice their rel
atives had made for them