The Portland daily press., 1871-09-28
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or SCARCITY OF SINGLE WOMEN
Inc TACT is, the women are soo,oa a,d ,,o..
are plenty. In market nLr..o ---1Nl -
demand Tar exceeds the supply.n Those in.
exorable laws of supply and demand about
which political and other economis,s deI,oht
to talk, have not yet corrected this acid onss-
ton. A heavy dose OF girls, none of your ho-
meopathic prescriptions, is what Nebraska
needs, and the stomachs of her young men
will always remain sour until the supply
comes. You have no idea East how anxious
young men in this region are to marry. In
tne words OF prairie farmer, courtin's hot.
The poor man is passing thronob a bitter
experience. A party OF US were duck. bnntinc
% .ue oener day on the Missouri bottoms. NIGHT
osoitook US before we were aware of II sn1
a,oI,i liz oolged TO seek lodging at the fjrst
uwelnnS we could find. 1t was small one
SUI i stlucture OF three rooms, and occnniaJ
Dy iamiy OF sIx-tather. mothsr de,,aP W
and three SONS. The sons were al, ,,ri.s uausnter
and from the calls that were made NJ, ,a.,.a5'
we judge the daughter was numerical at.'
We hadn't been in the house fiv, ynin',,"o aoo'
when some kind of a vehicle drove mn a,,i
two young men were Ushered into the paror
Stralshtway the mother and daughter held a
whispered consultation, which closed with an
invitation to the sittiDg-room for supner II
was evident the yonng men callers had hsan
to tea, as they staid in the parlor with "sweet
sixteen"
scarce had we taken our seats al the tahIa
when howl from the dogs out doors ao,
nounced another conner. He seemed to avoid
the front door, and knocked at that where onr
party was just sitting to supper. The mother
rose to answer the summons, when we vera
surprised by the daughter opening the parlor
door and rushing forward with, Don't Get
up, mother! it's one OF my felIowsl Come in.
| Jim; how do YOU do?" And Jim entered in
response to the CHEEKY salutation. He made
himself as comfortable as possible till We had
finished supper, when another whispered con-
sultation proved that the "parlor is full as il
Ort to be-" whispered by miss in response to
some motherly suggestion. The Old man solved
| the question by inviting US into the kitchen
to smoke. 1t was evident that Jim didn't
| smoke, for he remained in the sttinp-room
| We should have doubtless eDjoyed a Guiet ri.
| gar had not the old lady opened the back
door, and shouted at the top of her voice:
Come round here to the back doorw 1t was
| another young man, and we fancied he looked
| as IL 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 business was getting
| hot. There was another TAX between mother
| and daughter 1t was evident their devices
had been exhausted. The old gentleman was
called into the corner. lie settled the ques-
| tion with a whisper: "I'll be id if IN move
again till the settin'-room's full" Into the
sitting room went number four, and we
smoked. 1t was full ten minutes before the
next disturbers came, and they entered the
kitchen with the air of old acquaintances. We
looked anxiously at the host Taking his pipe
from his mouth, sing,e sentence relieved US.
"Them's the widOwers. Stickw
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 nine O'Clock. We wished
to 60 tn bed. and the only bed we had dlscov
cred was in the parlor. The old gentleman
OWNED our wishes, and saiu: "Pm sorry !, gen.
tlemen! But this is one OF the regular courIin
nightsl Them two felers in the pal lor never
| leave atore midnight, and the widowers aIlus
| stay all night. And that amt the worst OF it,
| Dan'll be here at ten oclockl | and the boys
allus sleep in the haystack Friday nights. Ter
| welcome TO thatP
The paror, stting-room and kitchen full,
we retreated to tile haystack. In response TO
a question on the point, the old gentleman
said that Friday night it's purity bad, but
| Sunday it's wuss. Last Sunday night there
was ten on 'em, and the girl is getting more
| and more pertikiler. Tue more she gets the
more she wantsP On the haystack, 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 wa" Eyes,
gentlemen, courtin's hot in Nebraskyp And
we believed him.-Letter TO Syracuse Stand
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