Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-11-24

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Corting in Nebraska.
You have no ides East how anxious
young men in this region are to marry.
In the words Of . prairie farmer. .'courtins
hot" IL
The poor man is passing through : Bit
ter experience. A party of Us were duck
hunting the other day on the Mo. bottoms.
Night overlook Us before We were aware
Of it. and we were obliged to seek lodg-
ings at the first dwelling we could 6nd.
It was small one-story structure Of three
rooms and occupied BY . family Of six.
father, mother. daughter and three sons.
The sons were ill unmarried. and from
the calls that were made afterward "
Judge that the daughter was unnafrisA
also. We hadn't been in the house Eve
minutes when some kind of asvehiols
drove up and two young men we're usher
ed into the parlor. Straightway the mo-
ther and daughter held whispered con-
sultation, which closed with an invitation
to the sitting-room for supper. Il was
evident that the young men callers had
been to tea, as they stayed in the >parlof
with ''swect sixteen"
Scarcely had We taken our seats at the
table when howl from the dogs outdoors
announced another conner. He seemed
to avoid the front door, and knocked ae
that where our party was just sitting 70
supper. The mother rose to answer the
summons, when We were surprised By 'ths
daughter opening the parlor door and
rushing forward with '.Don't get up mo-
ther! It's one Of my fellows! Come ip
Film; how do you do?" l.s
And Jim entered in response 10 the
CHEEKY salutation. He made himself D
comfortable as possible till we had finish
ed supper, when another whispered con-
sultation proved that the ''parior Is full
Us it ort to be, whispered BY Miss in re.
sponse to some motherly suggestion. The
old gentleman solved the question By in-
viting Us into the kitchen to smoke. Il
was evident that jim didn't smoke. for be
remained 10 the sitting room. We should
have doubtless enjoyed quiet cigar had
not the old lady opened the back door,
and shouted at. the top Of her voice:
"Come round here to the back doorra4 g
Il Was another young man, sud -
fancied he looked - il he had eo0e u
rather late. Two young men within ths
lparlor. one in the sitting room and one il
the kitchen. What should be done Z The
|courting business was getting hot There
was another talk between mother, and
daughter. It was evident their devices
had been exhausted. The old gentleman
was called into the corner. He settled
tho question With whisper: "Tn. b
Id if l move sgain till the settins
rooms fullp' .,-s..s
Into the sitting room went number four,
and We smoked. It was full ten minutes
before the next disturbers came. aud they
entered the kitchen with the air Of old
lacquaintsnces. We looked anxiously sf
the host, Taking his pipe from his
mouth, single sentence relieved rs:
"Them's the widowers! Stick r.
And We ''stuck" and smoked on. For
the next half hour the girl must have
been kept busy. The widowers had Ger
tainly third of her time. It was nine
O'clock. We wished to 60 to bed, and
the only bed We had discovered was in
the parlor. The old gentleman OWNED
our wishes, and said: .s,7..
I'm sorry, gentlemen, but this is one
Of the regular courtin' nights! Them
two fsllers in the parlor never leave be-,
fore midnight, and the widowers allus
stay all night. And that amt the worst
of it. Dan'll be here at ten O'Clock!
and the boys allus sleep in the haystsck
Friday nights. Yer welcome to that! pit
The parlor. sitting room and Kitchen
full. we retreated to the haystack. In
response to q question on the point, the
old gentleman said that 7iss 8"
Friday night it's putty bad, but Sum
day it's wuss. Last Sunday night there
was ten on 'em. and the girl is getting
more and more partikiler. The more she
gets the more she wantsy'' M Il. s.saag
On the haystack. with stiff breese,
driving away the mosquitoes, va heard
Dan drive up. One Of the last remarks.
Of the old man before We fell asleep, Was,
.'Yes. gentlemen, courtin's hot IN Ne,
braskyl" and we believed him. " 'S'sa.