The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-14
WORE white VEST
John G.. Cooper Did This Once
to Please His Wife.
She Objected to Being Kissed
After the Marriage.
DREAM OF HAPPINESS.
He Tells How It Was Rudely
Shattered.
Baked When His Spouse Asked
for Diamond Ring.
DREAM OF HAPPINESS.

The romance of John G. Cooper, a
wealthy Shawnee county farmer, is
being aired in the district court today
as it was yesterday and probably will
be the remainder of the week.
For more than a half century Mr.
Cooper had followed the quiet pastoral
life of a farmer, but in his declining
years he came to the conclusion that
he had been missing something during
all Of these years and proposed to the
wife Of his youth that they move to
the city. This suggestion fell upon
stony ground and did not bear fruit, as
far as the other half of the family is
concerned. but not so with the lord of
the household. He hfed himself to the
city in search Of the pleasures OF which
ne had heard but had never tasted.
Result: A division of the property, q
decree of divorce and the master of the
pleasureless farm was again free to
seek the joys Of the city.
Mr.. Cooper has been on the witness
stand for a portion of two days de-
picting to the court the lack of pleas
ure ia the case of an "old mans dar-
ling" According to the testimony the
life is anything but desirable one
from the "Old mans" standpoint. 1t is
evident that there was a match-maker
dn the case and possibly two of them,
who promoted the scheme which salts
fed the longing on the part of Mr.
Cooper for a young wife, though she
is not so young at that, confessing to
SO summers.
Mr.. Cooper said on the witness
stand: 81 first met my present wife,
who was then Miss StoOkey, in the
union depot at Kansas City, the ar
rangements having been made for the
meeting by our mutual friends, Mr.
and Mrs. William Roberts. We kind
of seemed to understand what the
meeting meant, though we did not say
much about it at that time but we
made arrangements to meet again and
talk the matter over. We met again
at the same place and came to an un-
derstanding. There was not much love
making. that is the kind that people do
nowadays, for we were both past that
stage in life and we talked common
sense and business. / told her that ]
wanted some one for a wife who would
make a home for me in my declining
years and surround our freside with a
family of pratthng children.
"She asked me what I meant by a
family of children and I told her that
as I had a family of children by my
first wife that I did not expect a large
family. not more than three or tour
for you see that I am now past sixty
years of age. This seemed to suit teT
all right. at any rate she dld not make
any objection to my plans at that time
and so we were married on the 10th OF
last April in Kansas City. don't
know who did the proposing, for I am
sure that I did not We just seemed &C
kind of understand each other from The
first time that we met Ny wife was G
1ressmaIzer over in LeavenwOrth and
he'd to work very hard to make a living
and I thought that I would marry hsl
and bring her over to Topeka where she
could live with me and nelp me pass
NV declining years in pleasure ant
that the deal would be a good one 81
sAfter we were married I brought hel
rver to my home ia this city and ex
pected that we would take tnlngs easy
Es,e Sac was not satisfied. After we had