Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-12-03
Western Correspondence.
GREELEY. WELD Co., Colo,
Nov. 30. 1873,
To the Editor of The Oxford Democrat:

NOV. ~, 1910
To the Editor of The Oxford Democrat:
We were talking the other day, my
good friend the Doctor and !, and bali In
fun and half in earnest. | said. "Donp
you want 10 make some money, Doctor 7"
| was not surprised at his want OF inter
est, for knew him to be man like Pro-.
Agsssiz, so much in love with science.
and his own calling, that be has no time
to make money. "Well. what now |"
he asked. Il PROPOSE" said |, THAT we
enter into an arrangement to ship some
car loads of girls to Colorado, and espeo-
tally to Weld County. think that even
in this sparsely populated county five
hundred good girls could find homes with
plenty to do and wages from 50 % to
50 90 per week, if they could only bo
found. And now about the money part
of it. Every girl should give bonds to
forfeit to us S25 if she should marry with
in one year. That is where the money
would come iu."
The Doctor laughed merrily, and w
continued more seriously. He said, The
trouble always is in inducing people To
come to a new country. No two will see
the country alike. A fellow shipped
girls TO Oregon once, and things seemed
so different from what they had expected
that they came near mobbing the sur
prised man "a swindler. But the mat q.
ter urned out All right after few weeks
when the girls had all found homes"
doL't see why this subject has to DO
treated so coyly. / have seen scores OF
fine LOOKING men in this County, living
in little rude cabins, cultivating great
wheat farms. or attending stock, and At
the same time doing their own cooking,
washing, mending and ddrning. have
no reason TO believe that these men carry
on this sort Of dread existence from
choice Once in a while one Of them
sells his " heat or stock and makes kind
OF p't-bHg journey TO 1.-The States. y
and returns with "a friend OF other days
Bur the TACT remains that far too man,
i've in the state OF continuance, which is
also the state OF single cussedness q
would like 70 be introduced 10 the man
who first called it single bIesSedneSS). |
would like TO know what il n man good
for with "no one to care for, no one t.
loverP We can imagine him Sunday al
tsrnoons lolling about his stable made OF
Il few poles. and pile Of straw. carrying
on a one-sided conversation with his
mules.
Most Of tho married men here are
either young or mddle-aged, and have
growing families. The amount OF WORK
TO DO done In new country is almost
past belief. The Macedonian cry arises
Come over and help u.s. The married
women in this country arc overworkod'
much more so han the mon; tor house
bold cares, unlike tsrm cares, are per.
petual and perennial.
How the people abused good Gov. An
drew, Tor calling attention To the over.
plus o. females in the Bay State, and
termirg them anxious and ainlless -
lie propos,d to have the young women
go west since the young men, out of def
erencc to tho time honored fiat that west
ward the star OF empire takes its way
will in no wise go east.
Would that the men and women who
have in charge the home missionary worn
would turn their attention TO sending
orphan girls and single women to the fsr
west. Ancient history tells US how one
OF the old monarchs OF Babylon manageC
this question OF disparity of sexes
lie d, oreod that in one province where
women were plenty that one man should
marry seven wives; and in another prov
ince where men were superabundani
that seven men should marry one woman
Sublime craftsmanship Gov. Andrew
suggested the true method, and becam,
@ monster al once. y. II.