The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-10-19
Erect Of "a scarcity of w ON en-

A heavy dose Of girls, none Of your
homeopathic prescriptions. is wba,
Nebraska needs A.party Of us were
duck hunting tho other day on the
Missouri bottoms. Night overlook u
before wo were aware Of it, aud We
were obliged to seek lodging at he
first dwelling we conld Gud. Ii was a
small ono.story structure Of three
rooms. aul occupied by a family of
'ix--iathcr, mother, daughter, and
three sons. The sons wero unmsr-
RED, aud from tho calls thu wcse
made afterwards We judge tie daugh-
ter was unmarried also. We hadn't
been in the house five minutes when
some kind Of a vehicle drove up and
two young mon where ushcrod into
the paror S,rais shlway tho mother
aud daughter held Whispered COZ.
snltation which closed with an invi-
tation TO the sitting room for supper.
1t was evident the young mon callers
had boon to tea, ~ they stail in the
parior With sweet sixteen
Scarcely had we taken oar seats a,
the table when II howl frjm the dogs
outdoors ANNOUNCED another conner.
lie seemed to avoid the front door.
aud Knocked ut that where our party
was jhst sitting to supper. Til, moth
or rose to answer the summons, when
we were surprised by tho daughter
opcring the parlor door aud ri sling
forward with. "Dou't git up moth
er It's Que of my fellows Come
in, Jim how do you do ?"
And Jim entered in response to the
CHEEKY situation. lie malo himself
as comfortable as possible ill we hal
finished supper. when another whis.
pered consultation proved that the
"parlJr is ~ full as it ort to to,'
whispered 10y miss in response to
some mothcrly suggestion. Tho ol
gcutlcman solved tho question by in-
vitiug Us into the kitchen TO smoke.
1t was evident that Jim didn't
, smoke, for he remained in the sitting
room. We should have dolb,les,
cujoyod u quiet cigar had not the old
lady opened tho back door, and shou
ted a, the top of her voice Come
round hore to ,h, back door !"
Itwa, another youn. man aud W,
lancicd ho boxed rs if be had come il
! rather .late. Two young men within
the p,rlor, one in he sitting room ant
one in the kitchen. What should b,
done Tho courting business wa
r getting hot There was another tall
: between mother aul dau ghtcr. |
r was evident their devices hal beer
t exhausted The old gentleman wa,
called into the corner llo settled
the question by a whisper
I'm \, dangod if III move again
until tho sitting room Is iuli!'
Into the sitting room wont NUMBER
Q four and We smoked IL was full tcl
minutes before the next disturbcr
5 cane aud they entcrcl the ktchcr
with tho air Of oil acluain,ances
: We looked auxiously at tho host
: Taking his pipe from his mouth,
Q single sentence relieved US
r "Thcm's tho widowcrs, Stick :"
Aud wo "stuck" and smoked OF
For tho next half hour the girl mus
have been kept busy. The widowel
had certainly Il third Of her time
was 8 o'clock. We wished to go t
bed, and the only bod we had disco
q vored was in the parlor. Th, o.
Is gentleman OWNED our VIA hes, an
) said:
u "I'm sorry, gentlemen But Il
is one of the regular cour,in' nights
Them two follers iu the parlor ncve
's leave aforo midnight, aud the wido'
u ers allus stay all night. And tina
z aint the worst of it, Dan II be hel
c at 10 o'clock | aui tn, boys allu
10 sleep in the haystack FriiAy night
% Yer welcome TO that -
~ The parler, sitting room, and kitcl
on full, we retreated to tho hsy-stac
y in response to Question Oh the poi
d the old geatloman said that
4 Friday Nights is purity bad, b.
= Sunday it's wuss. Lust Sundo
= night there was ten on 'em, and Il
OF girl is gsttin' more and moro partik
y Ter. The more she gcts tho more sh
10 wants."
:" 90 tho hay stack, with stiff bree'
I'd driving away the mosquitoes, v
Of heard Dan drive up, One of the la
r remarks of the old man before We {,
10 asleep was. "Yes gentlemen, courtin
hot in Nebrasky IT, And We believe