The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-02-15
More for the Bachelors,

EDITOR EAGLE Il think there was no slur
against the bachelors me- ant by the .'girls of
Attica." Their wish was to show thore for
Iorn creatures how their situation and com
forts Looked to the girls. The bachelor who
spoke in the paper OF January 18th shows
real sorrow for this benighted class, though
he says he belongs with them We hope, for
bis sake, the grasshoppers will not trouble
this country any more, and sincerely hope the
Lord will prosper him, aud give him courage
TO meet the sheriff without fear, and may the
time soon come when he will have the cheek
TO ask some one OF the "Attica girs' to be
the 'lady' in his house, and may she remom-
Der the position she has taken and not stoop
to the level OF a common farmers wife. or
course no man would ask "lady" to milk the
cows or ind her own wood to get his meals
with, as some of our farmers wives have to.
1t seems some OF them are getting anxious on
that subject, as he says he has heard them ex-
press those solemn thoughts often. Their
time must be poorly employed, indeed, If
they have only the choice between lying in
bed or talking about their neighbors all day
Sunday. Perhaps little reading would not
harm them. As to what they eat, II makes
little difference 10 any one, for after a man
has got so selfish that he cannot share either
joy or sorrow with another, he is very apt to
be disgusted with himself and all else, and
willing to think anything is good enough for
him in the eating line. We doubt net his
ability to get up greater variety OF dishes,
hut, as TO their being "lu1uries," we do have
some doubt. Perhaps 1t would have been
better for them if they did consult the cook
book oftensr. As TO their ''getting fat on
dirt we all know any pig would do that, so
do not doubt them there. Think he is very
candid In admitting it would be comfort to
have ''lady" to care for him in sickness,
and think the girls should De thankful for this
little comp liment, allowing that they are good
for something. As to the questions they
would ask, we think, from what we knew of
the selhshnsss Of bachelors, there could be no
question SO momentous as asking any sensible
girl TO share their comforts and "riches."
Bach number two carries the idea that he is
SO indifferent on the subject, yet says it acts
as powerful stimslant,r those Few words
of the Attica girls. or course he is indifIer-
emit; none can doubt that. Aud he calls him.
self one Of the ''unfortunates" To keep up
his indifference he should have said fertu-
mates. A he says the only persons living
alone in Eagle township are old maids, it is
question whether he lives with his mother or
does not live at all, He wonders al the girls
knowing SO mnch about the workings of their
huts, forgetting, perhaps, that some of his
brothers have had sense enough to geta wife
to run his shanty, and by the time she gets
the house lit to live in she can tell verv near
how much comfort the poor wretches take
when living alone. We would not advise them
to follow the example OF the bachelor Of Dog
creek. He need not be afraid of the girls
coming to court him at all, as most of them
are blessed with too much sense to even
squint side ways at such an Indifferent man.
As TO sympathy without money, of course
bachelor would take the cheapest article, not
thinking whether it would wear longest. The
picture he draws of a home seems very
strange; he surely has forgotten his own
own the difference IN the looks OF the married
man and the old bachelor. He says in the
face OF one, and that must be the bachelor,
you see settled mel ancholy expression al
most akin 10 despair. On the other you be-
hold serene content, which to most people in
dicates an indweiling, joy which must mean
the married man. As to the mush paddle
and broom stick, we fail to see how this is
connected with their food, as none but bach
elors would think OF eating such thing..
Wishing them luck in their lone hut, NAV
may they all be blessed and never grow less,
is inc WISH Oh PENCIL.