The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-12-13
COurtinE in Nebraska.
A Nebraska correspondent of the Syracuse
Standard writes as follows:


Standard writes as follows
There lie a lack Of womaus nursing
There a dearth Of woman's tears'
Certainly not because they are unnecessary il
this Western region, but the fact is the women
are scarce and men are plenty. In market phrase
the women demand far exceeds the supply.
Those memorable laws Of supply and demand
about which political and other economists delight
TO talk, have not yet corrected this acid question.
A heavy dose of girls-none Of your homeopathic
prescHptions-is what Nebraska needs, and the
stomaehs Of her young men will always remain
sour until the supply comes. You have no idea,
East how anxious young men in this region are
TO marry. In the words Of prairie farmer,
cOurtin's hot"
The poor man is passing through bitter ex-
perience. A party OF us were duck hunting the
other day on the Missouri bottoms. Night over
took US before we were aware Of it, and we were
obliged to seek lodgings at the first dwelling we
could find. 1t was a small one-story structure
Of three rooms, occupied by family Of six
father; mother daughter aud three sons The
sons were all unmarried, and from the calls that
we're made after, we Judge that the daughter was
unmarried also We hadn't been in the house
five minutes when some kind Of a vehicle drove
up, aud two young men were ushered into the
parlor. Straigbtway the mother and daughter
held whispered consultation, which closed with
an invitation into the sitting room FOR supper.
IT was evident that the young men callers had
been to tea, as they staid in the parlor with
sweet 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 at that where our party was
Just sitting at supper. The mother rose to answer
the summons when we were surprised by the |
daughter opening the parlor door and rushing |
forward with Don't get up, mother It's one .
Of my fellowsl Come in jim how do you do?'
And Jim entered in response to the CHEEKY salu.
tation He made himself as comfortable as pos
sihle till we had finished supper, when another
whispered consultation proved that the "parlor
is AS full as it ort to be- whispered by Miss in
response to some motherly suggestion The old
gentleman solved the question by inviting us into
didn't smoke, for he remained in the sitting
ROOM We should doubtless have enjoyed quiet
cigar bad not the old lady opened the back door,
and shouted at the top Of her voice: Come
round here 10 the back door
Il was another young man, and We fancied he
looked as if he had come in rather late. Two
young men in the parlor, one in the sitting room.
aOd one in the kitchen. What should be done
The counting business was getting hot There
was another talk between mother and daughter.
Il was evident that their devices had been ex-
hausted. The old gentleman was called into the
corner He settled the question with whisper:
" Ill be darned if l move again till the sittin'
rooms full J"
Into the sitting room went number four, and
we smoked 1t was full ten minutes before the
next disturbance came, and they entered the
kitchen with the air of old acquaintance We
looked anxiously at the host Taking his pipe {
from bis mouth, single sentence relieved US c
=" Them's the widowers Stick ~ t
And we stuck" aud smoked on For the s
next half hour the gill must have been kept busy
The wido6ers had certainly third Of her time. q
1t was O'Clock. We wished to go to bed, and l
the only bed we had discovered was in the parlor.
The old gentleman OWNED our wishes, and said a
I'm sorry, gentlemen, but this is one OF the
,Ourtin' nights Them two fellers in the parlor
never leave afore midnight And that amt the Z
vust of it. Dan u be here at 10 o'clock and
he boys alus sleep in the hay-stack Friday
nights. Yer welcome to that !" y
The parlor sitting room aud kitbeu full we o
-etreated to the bay-stack. In response to a G.
question on the point, the old gentleman said
Friday night is putty bad, but Sunday it's
Tus. Last Sunday night there was ten Of EN-, I
md the girl is gettin' more and more partikiler T
The more she gets the more she wants ?" 10
On the hay-stack, with a stiff breeze driving II
way the mosquitoes, we heard Dan drive up.
lne Of The last remarks of the old man before J.
We fell asleep was, Yes, gentlemen. courtin's :,
lot in Nebraska And we believe him ;,