The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-11-02
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A heavy dose of girls, none OF your
homeopathic prescriptions, iswhat Nepraska
needs. 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 lodging at
the first dwelling we could find. 1t was e
small one-story structure Of three rooms ana
occupied by afamily Of six-farther, mother
daughter, and three sons The sons were
all unmarried, and from the calls that were
made afterwards, wejudge the daughter was
unmarried also. We handn't been IN the
house five minutes when some kind Of a
yshisls l s drove up and two young men were ere
mother and daughter held a wfHafpsatsssss; asss
consultation which closed with an invitation
to the sitting room for supper. ltwas evident
the young men callers had been to tea, as
they staid in the parlor with "sweet SIX,
teen"
Scarcely had we taken our seats ut 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 to supper.
The mother rose to answer the summons,
when we we're surprised by the daughter
opening the parlor door and rushing forward
with, 'Don't git up, mother! It's one of
my fellows! Come in, Jim; how do you
doH =
And Jim entered in response to the CHEEKY
salutation. He made himself as comfortable
as possible till we had flushed supper, when
another whispered consultation proved that
the "parlor is full as it ort to be-" whispered
by Miss, in response to some motherly sug.
gestion. The old gentleman solved the
question by inviting us into the kitchen to
smoke. 1t was evident that Jim didn't
smoke, for he remained in the sitting-room:
We should have doubtless enjoyed a 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 door"
1t was another young man, and we fancied
he looked as if he had come in rather late.
Two young men within the parlor, one in
the sitting-room and one in the kitchen;
What should be done? The courting bust.
ness was getting hotl There was anohte
talk between mother and daughter. 1t was
eAident their devices had been exhausted.
The old gentleman was called intp the corner.
He settled the question by a whisper:
"I'll be ID I'll move again until the
settin-room is full"
. Into the sitting-room went number four
and we smoked. 1t was full ten minutes
before the next disturbers came and they en-
fered the kitchen with the air of old ac-
uuaintances We look anxiously at the
host Taking his pipe from his mouth a
SINCE sentence relieved us:
':Them's the widowers. Stick"
And we "stuck" and smoked on. For
the next half hour the girl must have been
kept busy. The widowers had certainly
third of her time. 1t was o'clock. We
wished to 60 to bed, and the only bed We had
discovered was in the narlor. Tine old
gentleman OWNED our wishes, and said:
"I'm sorry, gentlemen! But this is one
of the regular courtin' nights' Them two
fellows in the parlor never leaves afore mid
night, and the widowers allus stay all night.
Anu ClldC dlll GllC MUlou VI il' Doh IL ~
here at 10 o'clock, I and the boys always
sleep in the haystack Friday nights. Yer
welcome to that"
The parlor, sitting-room and Kitchen full,
we retreatod to the haystack. In response
to question on the point the old gentleman
said that
Friday nights it'spurty bad, but Sundays
it's wuss. Last Sunday night there was ten
on 'em, and the girl is gettin' more and
more pertikiler. The more she gets the
more she wants! ~
On the hay.stack, with a stiff breeze
driving away the mosquitoes, we heard
Dan drive up. One of the last remarks of
the old man before we fell asleep, was, eyes,
gentlemen, courtin's hot in Nebrasky"
And we believed him.-Nebraska Cores
pondence Syracuse Standard.
Printers Proverbs.