South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-11-10

l. There Is lack Of woman S nursing;
There is dearth OF wopaus Tears. -
Certainly not because they pre- uuneces-
sary in this Western regiop, 5utrho fact is
the women are SCARCE aud men are plenty
, 10 market phrase, the Woman 'deuand far
( exceeds the supply Those i0exorable
laws OF supply aud demand, about which
/ political aud other COMMUNISTS delight to
talk, have not yet c9trected this acid cues
ton. \ heayy doseof girls-Boue of your
: homeopathic preseFiptIons--is what Ne
/ braska needs, and tue stomaebs of her
young meu will always remain sour until
/ the supply comes. You have no idea East
now anxious young men 10 this region are
to marry. La the words Of prairie farm
or, 'courtin's hot
Inc poor aan Is passing through bit.
ter experience. \ party of us were, duck
hunting The other day on tue No bottoms
Night overlook Us before we were aware
OF 1t, anu we were obliged to seek lodrineS
at The first dwelling We could find. IL
/ was small onc-story structure of three
rooms aud occupied by family ofsix--fa-
! ther, mother, daughter aud three sons Tho
sons were all unmarried, and from the calls
that were made afterward we Judge that the
daughter was unmarried also We hadn't
been IN the house five minutes when some
KIND OF vehicle drove up and two Young
men were ushered into the parl0r. Straight
way the mother aud daughter held a wbis
Pered consultation, which closed with an
invitation TO the sitting room for sumner.
Ii was evident that the young men callers
had been to tea, as they stayed in the par
! "
/ Scarcely had We taken our seats at the
table when a howl from the dogs outdoors
announced anotEer conner. He seemed TO
avoid the front door, and knocked at that
where our party was Just sitting to supper.
The mother rose TO answer the summons.
when we were surprised by tue daughter
opening toe parlor door aud rushing for
ward with Don't get up, mother. It's
one OF my fellows! Come in, jim; how DO
! you dc?
/ Aud Jim eutered in response to the
CHEEKY salutation. He made himself as
comfortable as possible till we had finished
supper, when another whispered consulta-
ton proved that the 'parlor is full as it ort
to be- whispered by Miss in response TO
some motherly suggestion. The old gen
tieman solved the question by inviting u
INTO the Kitchen 10 smoke. Ii was evident
that ) I'm dldn smoke, fJr he remained in
the sltting-room. We should have doubt
less enjoyed quiet cigar had not tho old
lady opened the back door, and shouted at
the top Of her voice: Come round here to
tue back door
| 1t was another young 'nao, aud VIC fau-
cled he looked as if IA mad c,me ia rather
late. Two young men within the parlor,
one IN the sitting room and Que IN the kilch-
/ en- What should be done? The c3urting
| business was getting hot. There was au-
other talk between mother aud daughter
( 1t was evident their devices had been ex-
( hausted The oil grnileman was called
/ into the corner. Ho settled the question
/ with whisper: III be Id it 1 move
/ again ill the settin' rooms fill "
Into the sltrlng-rO0m wen, number four,
and we smoked. Ii W S full ten minutes
before the next disturbsrs came, aud they
entered tie kitchen with the air of old ac-
/ quaiutauces We looked anxiously at the
host, Taking his pipe from his mouth, a
single sentence relieved as
Them 5 the widowers Stick "
Aud we stuck and smoked on. For
the next half hour the girl must have been
kept busy. The widowers had certainly a
third Der time. IL was nine O'Clock
We ". hod 70 20 20 bed, oul the only
bed wo had discovered was ia the parIor.
TIE old gentleman OWNED our wishes, aud
said
I'm sorry, gcudameU, bu. .ai, j. one O.
The regular couruu night Them two fell
lers ia the parIor never .art before mid
night, aud the widowcrs aiius stay ~ night.
AMI that amt the worst Of u. Damn be
here At ten o'clock ! aud the boys ailus
sleep DO che haysiack Friday nights. Yer
welcome 60 that"
The plr9r sittiDg.room aud kitchen full,
we rctreatcd Co The haysuck 10 response
20 o question on tuc point, tho old gentle
mau said that
Friday highs It's putty bad, bat Sunday
it's wuss, Last sunday night there was
A.. ten on en-, aud the girl Is getting more aud
moro parliular Tho more she COTS the
moro she wants
Ou the hayslaCk, Wa. q stiii breeze driy-
ing away The mosque 49,, we heard Dan
drive up. One OF thc last remarks Of the
old man before We fell asleep, was, yes,
gentlemen, courtin's hot 10 Nebrasky I. and
we bcyediy him.
Every day some newspaper tells us Of
woman burned % doatb, aud adds, "Shs
was trying % kindIe FIRE with kerosene +"
All women who do not take the newspapers
ADD who do take coll-9il, should at once
mew1rIZs aud sing hourly the good old