Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1912 — WANTED TO GET MARRIED, BUT PAPA MADE A HOLLER. [ARTICLE]

WANTED TO GET MARRIED, BUT PAPA MADE A HOLLER.

Did Net Want Twenty-Three Year Old Daughter to Become Life Com* panion of John Folkner. The troubles of John Folkner, who was to occupy John W. Marlatt’s and C. S. Chamberlin’s partnership farm near Giffcfrd, had only begun last Friday evening when his wagon load of furniture overturned at the north edge of town. Getting this load of furniture was a preliminary step to getting married, that is, it was a preliminary step to his intention of getting married, but the marriage -has not yet taken place and if the young woman, who was to be bis bride, takes the advice of her parents, he will not have her for a helpmate on the farm this summer. Folkner is a widower, 35 years of age, and has a daughter 15 years old. He worked for John \ Marlatt, north of town, and looked to be a fairly good farm hand and Mr. Marlatt and Mr. Chamberlin, who had learned that he was going to be married, offered to give him a chance to farm their land. He said the girl was willing and later developments left no doubt on that score, but there were other obstacles. Last Saturday, so it is said, the. girl and Folkner went to Medaryville to get married, but the Catholic priest refused to marry them unless Folkner would make affidavit that his

first wife was dead, and it is said that he refused to do this. Then they came to Rensselaer and could not get married here by the priest and so they went to the farm he had rented without the formality of a wedding ceremony. Another family lived on the farm and he expected to have the girl board there until such time as they could have the marriage performed by a priest, and as Lent begins Wednesday of this week, they had given up hope of getting married until after Easter Sunday. The girl’s name is Christina Boes, and she has been working as a servant in a private home in Rensselaer and Folkner had been very regular in his attentions to her for some time. Both came here from San Pierre. ' Monday the girl’s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boes, came here from San Pierre, expressely to break up the marriage, if they could do so Boes is a German and he was quite excited when he learned that his daughter was already with Folkner at the farm. He appealed to Sheriff Hoover to accompany him to the farm and protect him from Folkner in case the latter objected to him taking his daughter away. Sherif 'Hoover deputized J. W. Childers, who accompanied Boes and his wife to the farm. Folkner was not at all disagreeable. He invited the folks into his house and Mrs. Boes told her daughter she would have to come away with them. Boes hitched up his mule team and brought the girl to town in the wagon while Mr. and Mrs. Boes returned with Deputy Childers. All were let out at the parochial school and Christina was taken before the priest who advised her to return home until after Lent. This she agreed to do, but she was quite broken-hearted. ' This Tuesday morning Folkner an<| Christina took their final parting at about 6:20 in front of Charley Hemphill’s hitch barn. Her parents stood a short distance away with their backs turned as they locked themselves in each others’ arms and gave a ■ parting smack that could be heard audibly at the Makeever house corner. Folkner said “get up” to the mules and started northward to his farm labors and Christina, bedimmed with tears, accompanied her parents to their home at San Piejre. Her father says that they may get married after Lent, but he indicates quite plainly that it will not be with bis consent. He is alleged to have stated that Folkner does not bear the best reputation at San Pierre and does not meet up to quite the qualifications that he would admire in a son-in-law. The’ next chapter to this romance is expected to take place when Folkner tries to get Christina to stand pat on her after-Easter promise.