Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-11-02
CoURTING IN NEBRASKA.
A Nebraska correspe ndent of the
Syracuse Standard writes as follows

A Nebraska correspe ndent of the
Syracuse Standard writes as follows j:
There is lack Of wOman,s nursing.
There is dearth of wOman's tears-'
Certainly not because they are un-
necessary in this Western region, but
the fact is the women are scarce and
men are plenty In market phrase.
the woman demand far exceeds the
supply" Those inexorable laws of
supply and demand, about which po-
litical and other economists delight to
talk, have not yet corrected this acid
question. A heavy dose of girls. none
Of your homeopathic prescriptions, is
what Nebraska needs. and the stom-
achs of her young men will always re-
main sour until the supply comes
You have no idea East how anxious
young men are in this region to mar
ry. In the words of prairie farmer.
"courtin's hot"
The poor man is passing through a
bitter experience. A party of rs were
duck hunting the other day on the
Missouri bottoms Night overlook
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, and occupied by family of
six-father, mother, daughter and
three sons The sons were all unmar-
ricd, and from the calls that were made
afterward, we judge 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 par
lor Straig htway the mother and
daughter held a whispered consulta
ton, which closed with an invitation
to the sitting room for supper. 1t
was evident that the young men call
ers had been to tea, as they sta ed in
the parlOr with sweet SIXTEEN
Scarcely had we taken our seats al
the table, when a howl from the dogs
announced another conner. He seemed
to avoid the front door, and knocked
at the one where our party were jusi
sitting down TO supper. The mother
rose to answer the summons, when we
were surprised by the daughter open
ing the parlor door and rushing for
ward with, Don't get up, mother
It's one of my fellows! Come in, Jim
how do you doI"
And Jim entered in response to the
CHEEKY salutation. He made himsel
as comfortable as possible, till we haC
finished supper, when another wins
pered consultation proved that "the
parlOr is as full as it ort to be-,
whispered by Miss in response to somt
motherly suggestion. The old gentle
man solved the question by inviting
, us into the kitchen to smoke. 1t wa
evident that Jim didn't smoke for h'
remained in the sitting room. w,
should doubtless have enjoyed quie
cigar, had not the old lady opened tn
p back door, and shouted at the top o
] her voice, Come round here to tn
n back door
{ 1t was another young man. and W
tancied he looked as if he had COM
in rather late. Two yound men with
in the parlor, one in the sitting room
and one in the kitchen What shoul
he done? The counting business wa
getting hot. There was another tai
between mother and daughter. It wa
evident their devices had been exhaust
7 ed Theold gentleman was called in
: to the corner. He settled the questio
with whisper, "I'll be damned if
move again till the settin- rooms full
Into the sitting room went numbe
2 four. and we smoked 1t was full te
minutes before the next disturbpI
came, and they entered the kitche
with an air of old acquaintances. w
4 looked anxiously at the host. Takin
his pipe from his mouth, single ser
tence relieved us.
''Them's the widowers! Stick -
And we ''stuck," and smoked on
For the next half hour the girl mu
have been kept busy. The widOwel
had certainly third of her time.
was 8 O'Clock. We wished to go /
bed. and the only bed we had disco,
cred was in the parlor. The old gel
tleman OWNED our wishes, and sale
"Fm sorry, gentlemen, but this 3
one of the regular courtin' night,
Them two fellers in the parlor new
> leave before midnight, and the wido'
ers allus stay all night And that air
the worst of it. Dan'n be here at t.
= o'clock / and the boys sllus sle'
in the haystack Friday nights. Y
welcomelto that"
The paFlor, sitting-room and kitch
pit full, we retreated to the haystaok.
= response to question on the poir
the old gentleman said that
Friday night it's putty bad, b
=. Sunday its wuss. Last Sunday mig
~ there was ten on 'em, and theP girl
~ gettin more and more pertikler I
more she gets the more she wants.
oni m On the haystack, with q stiff bree
driving away the mosquitoes, we hes
Dan drive up.
81 One of the last remarks ofthe {
man before we fell asleep, was
''Yes, gentlemen, courtin's hot
afd Riii Nebrasky!!'
ded And we believed him.