Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-13
Courting in Nebraska.
Effects OF A SCARCITY OF SINGLE woNrs.

i Nebraska correspondent, q the SyIsclse
StGadird writes as follows
There fs q lack Of woman nursing,
There IS doarth q woman's icars''
Certainly not bocluse they are unnecessary Ia
this Western region, but the fac. IS tie women
are scarce and men are plenty. Ia market
phrase. the woman demand exceeds the sup
ply Those nexorable laws OF supply and de-
maud, aoou; which political and other econo-
mists delight to talk, have not yet corrected this
acid question. A hesvy dose Of girls, none Of
your homeopathic prescriptions. "a wha; Neorss-
fla needs. an1 The stomschs Of her young men
vii always remain sour until tie supply comes.
You have no idea East nov anxious young men
in this region are to marry. Ii the words Of
prairie sImer, courtn's hot.
The poor msu is passing through = bitter cz-
peuence. party Of Us we're duck hunting TIE
other dsy on the Missouri bottoms. Night over
took US before we were aware II il, and We were
ooigei TO seek lodging at the first dwelling We
could fad u was a fmlll one story s;ruc;are
Of three rooms, and occupied BY family OF TX
father, mother, daughter. and three sons. The
sons we're all unmarried, and from the calls that
were made afterwards. we judge the daughter
was unmarried also We hadn't been in the
house FIVE minutes when scme Kind oi vehicle
drove Up snd two youug mea were usaerel ia,o
tie uarior. St-ai-hJwsy the mother aui dar-l-
ter held 2 whispered consultation, which c'ot,i
WIKI su invitation to ,he sitting room for sGf-
rer. l was evideI, jhe youag nan callers hai
been 70 tea, IS they stsyci in the pt-lor With
sweet lixteen'
Scarce had We taken our sel's a. the table
when howl from the dogs 0It doors au-
nouucei another conner. He seemed TO avoid
the front door, ard shocked ~ tlE; where cur
party was just sitting 70 supper The mother
rose TO sasger the summons, when We were
surprised by the daughter opening the us-ior
door sni rushing forward with, Don't get up
mother It's one o. FAY fellows Come in, jim
how DO you d5?'
And jim entered ia response 70 the CHEEKY SAL
utat0u. He msis himself IS comfortable as
possible till We bad finished supper, when alotl-
er whispered consultation proved tbsi the par
Tor is fl-l IS Il ort to he. whispered by Mrs TO
response 70 some motherly suggestion. The old
man solved the question by inviting Us into the
kitchen 10 smoke T. was evident that jim
didn't smoke, for he rensicei ia the sitting
room. We should doubtless enjoyed a quiet
cigar had not the oil lady opeuci the bsck door,
and shouted A. the top Of her voice: Come
round here 20 The bsck door o.
Ii wss smother young man. aai ve fsu,ie be
looked as il lie hsI come IN rather istc. Two
young mea within the parlor. one IN the sitting
room and Cue in the kitchen. What should be
done, The courting business was getting hot
There was another talk between mother and
daughter Il was evident their devices had been
The ola geuteman WIS called into
the corner. lie seiilci the question with sEh.s-
per n be ID if III move again Till the .
se',iu' rooms flll
q
We smoked T. vas tul zen minutes before the
next disturters came, and they catered fhc .
6.tcieu with the air OF ola acqulinnuces. ae
locked suxiolsly At the host Taking his pipe
f.om bis mouth. a single sentence relieved Us
'Ilen's the wil5wprs stick "
lui W. stuck ani smoked Cr. For he next .
bal. hour The girl must ht,e been Kept busy.
The wil5eers had certainly third f her ;lmc
Il vas niEe O'Clock We wished 20 % 10 bed,
aud the only bed we hsd discovered was ia tLs
parl r. The oli ceuf'cma1 diviuel cur wishes,
sul s4ii
I'm sorry gentlemen But this is one Of the .
regular c5urtin nights Tasm two iel.er5 in the
pagloT never leave store midnight, ari the
wiiasc-s elu- .t4y sl night Aud that Amt .
the gorst Of IS. Dln'u be here AZ ten o'clock I
sud ihe toys aius soep in ths hays'aek frid,y
niguts. Yer welcome TO that y
The psrlor, sitting room sui kitchen fuil, We
reueatei TO the hsystaok' In responz 10
question on ihe pIiat the Oh gentleman said
that
Friday rith, it's purity bad but Sunday ij's
wuss. Last Sunday night there wss ten CT ',m.
sni the girl % CstiiuE more and more psr,iki-
Ter TIE more che gets the more she wants
Oa the hsy s.sck with q stiG breeze driving
ssey the mosqLifCs, We heard Dan drive up.
One Of the last remarks Of The OH man he
fore We fell asleep was. Yes, gentlemen
c5a-tin = bot in N,b5a1ky " AMI ~. believed
him.