The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-03-26
wives and Husbands vented.
baltimore SUM-

Baltimore Sun.
Mr. Jackson, superintendent of the immi-
grants at Castle Garden, New York, Is get
ting into the matrimonial business nolens
voens His experience suggests the need of
some wise provision to meet the demand for
wives in the West and for husbands in the
East, which has come to light recently.
Some time ago two industrious men, q baker
in ST. Louis and farmer IN Iowa, wrote to
him fer good Hooking, healthy Immigrant
women suitable for wives" The fact was
published in the newspapers, and he has
been flooded with letters from women in all
parts of the East, offering them
selves IS candidates for matri-
moDy. On the other hand, too, many
other men in the lonely parts of the West
have written, begging Mr.. jackson to send
them wives Some of the letters from the
female side, which have been published In
the New York papers, evidently come from
good and honest women who deserve to be
wives. Two of the respondents are from
Baltimore city, which, it will be remembered,
had, by police census seven or eight years
ago a preponderance of IL. 900 females over
the male population. Is 1t any wonder,
with this fact before them, and the know
ledge that so many old bachelors persist in
hugging single blessedness, that the women
are beginning to sympathize with the loneli-
ness of the men of the West. The Balti-
more respondents state their case in the fol.
lowing letter:
baltimore, March 6, 1S79-S1r: We, seeing
your advertisement in the newspaper stating
that there were gentlemen wishing wives, the
one being a baker and the other farmer, we
are desirable young ladies wishing to get mar
ried, and the occupation of these gentlemen is
very suitable The baker will please TO writes
more, Md, for Miss =, end the farmer can
write a letter also and direct the same above
for Miss P.S. BY writing letters to the
above, stating all particulars, they will be duly
answered by BOTH"
The strongest case, however, is presented
by Miss Carrie G. Way, of Wilmington, Del,
VINO feels the awkwafdness of responding to
demand for wives as published in the
newspapers, but nevertheless, from loneli-
ness and loss of parents. though possessed OF
means, writes for herself and her sister an
interesting description of the homelike
qualifications of good farmers daughters,
which she offers to the lonely SWANS in the
West. Another young woman, Matte S
Brown, OF New Park Penn, jumps at the
offer and accepts the farmers 'hand and
heart and gives him her own in return" with
genuine impulsiveness, stating at the same
time that she is % years of age, five and a
half feet high, lbs lbs weight, blue eyes,
fine dark hair, dark eyelashes, and of genteel
appearance. Several other letters, equally
interesting, serve the purpose of cumulative
evidence that there is need of joining the
hands of the East and West in stronger bonds
than the ties of railway iron which our
orators are SO fond of bringing forward on
occasions. As foreign immigration is al
ready regulated to some extent, it would be
a good step to provide for matrimonial
immigration, under proper government
guardianship