Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-10-12
Effect ofa Scarcity of Single Women.

essary in this western region, but the
fact is the women are scarce and men
are plenty. In market phrase, the wo-
man demand far exceeds the supulv."
Those incxorablc laws Of supply and de-
mand. about which political and other
economists delight to tals, have not vet
corrected this acid question. A heavy
dose OF girls, none OF Your homeopathic
prescriptions. il what Nebraska needs.
and the >tomachs of her Young men will
ALWAYS remain sour until the supply
comes. You have no idea East how anx-
ious Young men in this region are IA
marry. In the words OF a prairie far
mer, courtins hot.
The poor man is passing through "A
bitter experience. A party Of us were
duck hunting the other dav on the Mis-
souri, bottoms. Night overlook us be-
fore we were aware of il. and we were
Obliged to seek lodging at the first house
we could tind. Ii was small one
story structure Of three rooms, anl o.
cupird by u itmiil ct six-tathrr. moth
cr, daughter, and three sons The SON.
were all unmarried. and by the calls
that We're made afterwards. We ird.r
th, daughter wa, ANNA. med al-r. We
whcI some Kind Of vehicle drove IT,, anal
two Young men were u-hcr,l iuto thr
Ia,rior ~trAi.htwuy ~ mother uul
daughter held whispered consultation,
which closed with :u invitation to The
sit Ing room ior supper. l. WIS cNIdcn.
that tnc Young mru ca..rI> Aul been tn
TIA, as they >tAid i'll tu" ptriur with
.Sw .et sixteen
tat t4.L..,,
the table when a howl from the dogs
ont doors announced aun her conner. H.
seemed to avoid thc 'front.' door. aud
| Knocked at that where our patty was
! just sitting down To supper. The
mother rose tu answer the summons,
when we were surprised by the daugh'-
er opening he purlor door and rushing
| forward with. Don't get up. mother,
| lts one y. my fellows. Come IN Jim !;
| how do Won do:'
| And Jim entered, in response tn Tile
| CHEEKY salutution Tie made himself A.
| comfortable as possible till we had fin
| i-hcd supper. W hen another whispered
consultation proved ''thc parlor l. lul
I a. ought ID uc, whispered bv Ms iii
rc>poncc 10 some molherlv suggestion.
! The old gentleman solved the question
Nv NV iAlti- u, AtlNt iIl' Hit ~ ~
| Ii wa. evident that Jim didn't smoke,
! tor H. remained III the -iiingrpum
We should have doubtless rnipycd a
quiet cigar had not the old lHdv opcucl
the back door. and shouted AZ IN" top ut
hcr voice: Come round here (. tuc
I blck door,
Il wt- another Young mAu, aud We
tlnciri hc looked a, if hc had come rath-
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one il the >ittiug-room. aud uir iu tie
Kitchen What should BE- done. Tie
counting bnsinc,, Wa, getting hot.
There was another talk between mothc.
| aud daughter Ii Wa> evident their a.
vices had been exhausted. TItr "ll
gentlemen was called into tile corner
lie settled the question with whispering
IN bc damned II LII move again I'll.
the -ittin' room j. tull
Into the sittng-room wen. nuinbcl
four and we smoked. II wa, :ull ten
minute, before the next di>turbcrs came,
and they entered the kitchen with thc
air OF oid acquaintancc~. We looked
amNiou,ly At TIE host. Taking hi- pipe
from his mouth, q single sentence re-
iicvcd IL:
'Thcm'- the widowers, Stick IT
And wc ",tuck" ana smoked un
Tie ncNt half hour the girl mu axe
been kept busy. The widowcr> had
certainly third OF her time. IL was
o'clock. We wished % ~ t"d. and
tie only bed wc had discovered wa- il
the parlor. The old gentleman OWNED
our wishes, and said:
lin sorry, gentlemen But thi~ i,
one of their regular cunrtln' nights
Them two chaps ia The parlur nrvri
leave aiorc midnight, and the widower-
;tlus stay all night. And that amt tn,
worst oi it. Dan II be here al ~" clock
| aud the BOYS allu, Sleep IN the hay
Jack Frl,lay nights. Yer welcome (,
that!''
The parlor, sittin"-room. and kitchcl
full. we retreatei tn the hay stack. l.
response to "A question On the point ht
old gentleman said that
FRIDAY night lis purity bud, SUNDAY
it's wus-. Last SUNDAY ui9ht there WA
ten on EN- and he gul is .ettlu- NOR,
and more parlikiIer. The more >he GET
the more she wants.
On the ha. stack, with stiff br"ez,
driving away The mosquitoes, we hcIrt
Dan drive up. One ui the last remark
OF the old man before we fell asleeI
was: "Ycs, gentlemen. co1rtin's no
il Nebrasky." And we believed him
CIRCUMLOCUTIoN. At certain farm
while the iaIe war was going on. an ulI
sovhisticated colored woman waited up
on certain military gentleman with
bill oil Sl9 so for washing done AT th'
camp hospital, which, after undelgoin!
a rigorous scrutiny by the officer, wa
returned. with tbe following eNp'nna
lion, which the astonisbed daughter .
EtAiopa listened TO with an equa
amount OF wonder and perplexity: 'Thl
| bill said the military gentleman, VIII
first have 20 be sent to the Quarter master
General al Washington. and he will re
port 10 the Adjutant-tItneral, aud IN
will lav it before the Secretary OF wa
Tor his approval. The Adjutant bein:
! satisfied. il will be sent to the Audlto
of State, who will send it TO the L. ;
Treasurer, who will at once dispatch a.
order 10 the collector OF this port 10 pa,
the bill. The old woman relieved her
,elf of a long g-drawn sign: Then, Col
onel.' she remarked, that last gem ma
YOU spoke of pays Ior the washln, doe
hep No. continued the officer. III
will hand it to the quartermaster; but a
there Is no such officer here at present
some proper person must be appoinie,
by the Secretary of War, under tue dl
rection OF the President, and his appoint
men: must be apprc we'd by the Senate
Congress not being in session now, th
commission cannot be issued until afte
it meets. When this commission is re
ceived the quartermaster will show 1t
tie collector; he will pay it, you givin
the receipt The unfortunate woma
scratched her head, then shook il, an
finally said: Il CESS I'll have TO let tn
washin' slide ; but it am the las job ldot
| for Uncle Sam, shO'.'