The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-26
COURTING IN NEBRASKA.
Efreet Or : scarcity Of single wo.neu


: Effect Or . Scarcity Of Single Women.
II A Nebraska correspondent OF the syraell
Standard writes as follows:
!. 2s d There il i lack of uonan,s nursing,
There il dearth of woman s tears. q
Certainly not because they are nnnecessal
IN this Western region, but the fact III, Il
). women are scarce and men are plenty.
!. market phrase, the woman demand far &.
ceeds the supply Those ireS III III,
bf supply and demand, about which polite,
and other economists delight to talk, has
not yet corrected this acid question.
heavy dose ofgirls, none of yonr honlnpatI
/ ic prescriptions, is what Nebraska needs, an
i the stomaehs Of her young men will salway
Eremain sour until the supply comes. X b
have nc idea East how anxious young me
IN this region are tomarry. In the words {
/ q prairie farmer, 4 courtin's hot.
The poor man Is passing through i bite
experience. A party of us were duck hunt
ing the other day on the Missouri bottoms
Night overlook as before we were aware O
/ 1t, and we were obliged to seek lodgings i
the first dwelling we could find. 1t was
| small one story structure Of three rooms. ant
occupied BY a family of six--father, mother
| daughter and three sons. The sons were AT
unmarried, and from the calls that were nadt
after, we judge the daughter was unmarried
also. We hadfsf been in the house i've min.
utes when some kind Of Il vehicle drove IN
and two. young men were usherea into the
parlor. StraightWay the mother and daugh-
ter held a whispered consultation, which
closed with an invitation to tile sitting-room
for supper I.Was evident that the young
men callers had been to tea, ais they stayed in
the parlor with .'sWeet SIXTEEN
Scarcely haiwe taken our seats at the ia
bic Whensa howl from the dogs outside an
nounced another conner. He seemed to
avoid the front door, and knocked at that
where our party were just sitting to supper.
The mother rose to answer the summons.
When we were surprised by the daughter
opening the parlor door and rushing forward
with Don't get up, mother! It's one of nv
fellows! Come in, jim; how do you do?'
And jim entered in response TO the CHEEKY
salutafion. He made himself as comfortable
as possible till We had finished supper, when
another whispered consultation proved that
the s'parlor is as full as it ort to be-, whis-
pered BY Miss in response to some motlerly
The old gentleman solved the
question by Inviting lis into the kitchen to
smoke. 1t was evident that jim didn't
smoke, for ne remained in the sitting room. |
Ne should doubtless have enjoyed quiet
.igar had not the old lady opened the back
ioor and shouted at the top Of her voices.
Come round here to the back door,,
1t was another young man, and we fanced |
le looked as if he had come in rather late |
Two young men within the parlor, one in the I
itring room, and one, in the kitchen. What
hould be donea The eourting business was
tettlng hot! There was another talk be-
Feen mother and daughter. II WAS ,eYident
heir devices had been exhausted. Tie 5Itf
Gentleman was called into the corner, He
ettled the question with whisper: .,I'll be
ahmed if ! move agin till the settin '-room's
alf.!ss
Intotha sitting-roon went ninlber four,
nd we smoked. It was full ten minutes be-
1re the next disturbers came, ant. they enter
the kitchen with the. air of old acquain-
lnces. We looked anxiously at the host.
'aking his pipe from his mouth, a single sem
snce relieved us:
sThem's the NidoWers. tsticki''
And we "staek" and smoked on. For the
ext half hour the girl must have been kept
nsy. The WidoWer had certainly third OF
er time. It was nine O'Clock. We wished
, 80 to bed, and the only bed we had dis
oVered was in the parlor. The old gentle
ian OWNED our wishes and said
s.I'm sorry, gentlemen, but this is one of
le regular courtin' nights! Them two fel-
rs In the parIor never leave afore midnight,
id the WidoWers allus stay all night. And
lat amt the worst of it. Dan II be here at |
Io'eloek. 1 and the boys allus sleep in the
aystack Friday nights. Yer welcome to /
atl'' /
The parlor, sitting-room and kitchen full, /
e retreated to the haystaek. La response To i
question on the point, the old gentleman {
id that !
Friday nights putty bad, but Sunday it's t
as. Last Sunday night there was ten Of {
., and the girl is getting more and more 6
rtikler. The more she gets the more she h
ants.'' ..s La
On the haystack, with stiff breeze driving
ray the mosquitoes, we heard Dan drive up. ,
lie of the last remarks Of the old man before o
fell asleep was, !. Yes, gentlemen, courtin's, a
tin Nebrasky!n ~ And we believed him. a
he Strides 0f the Northern Paeifici s,
n noting the progress Of this great enter J,
Sc, the st. Paul Press of the 30th ALT. says: $,
y q special telegram from New York to j j
! paper yesterday morning, we had the j
ltifying intelligence that DeGraf q Co. { {
been notified to proceed Immediately to /
construction OF the Braidard Branch, in s
ordance with their contract, the whole
Tx to be completed Iii about fort y-six days. g