Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-07
WOnaen in NebrasHa.
From the Woman's Journal.

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A young woman was one day riding with
two little boys in the same car with me.
Her tired and discouraged manner moved
my sympathy. At first talked with her
boys, and then to her, and said they would
soon be men, and be a support and COM
fort to her. 70 this she replied: ''Yes,
and I have two girls" s'That is better
yet" said 1. with your four children it
will not be long before you will have all
the help you need" With half sad as
sent, she added: Il have five dead" She
went on to say that she had married at six.
teen, had come there and lived in dug
out" ever since. She had nine children,
and was only thirty -one years old. She
had worked out of doors and in the house,
and, as she said, ''had an awful hard time"
She said her husband was a good man and
helped her all he could but he had to work
hard, too. When the farm was fenced
they were to get better house. With an
on my mind, she said, 1--WE never suffer for
anything. We always have all the milk
and cream we want. We raise a great
many chickens, and we never sell one, and
chickens are good whether you roast 'em
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children" to all of which assented so far
as food was concerned. But the worn soul
that looked out from the discouraged eyes
how greatly she needed the things that do
resentative of many others.
At one place we found young comely
woman, a college graduate, with two small
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those who came as transient travellers. She
had but two rooms below and two above.
She did the family sewing, was county su-
perintendent of schools, and with brave
courage she looked for better times.
Another young woman, also college
graduate, was established in sod house,
seven miles from any other dwelling. She
lined the wholewith white cotton cloth put in
her piano, and kept up her studies; and
this year, seven years from thu time she
first took up her abode there, she attended
the teachers institute, and was the soul of
it. She presided at the organ, made
speeches, and good ones, and kept her
children with her, as she had no one with
whom to leave them. Nebraska is dotted
all over with such women. In spite of
drawbacks which those in older states can
AOt OnipTcueuu, ULcSo WOul0u are plauuuR
the finest civilization in this far west.
There is great deal of wealth in Ne
braska, farms. cattle, sheep, horses and
hogs. There are fine houses in the cities,
but not a Queen AIMEE anywhere. The
sod houses, in the Swede settlements, have
shingled roofs and brick chimneys. Else
where these houses are all of sod pilsd up
solid, and they are said to be warm in win
ter and cool in summer. Most OF the
houses back on the prairie are small, with
one or two rooms. You will pass hun
dred houses of one story, with no POSSIBLE
ity of chambers, to one with even attic
room. In every settlement there is a
school house and one or more churches,
with as fine intelligent men and women as
you will find anywhere. They are trying
70 settle the question whether men shall
continue to govern women without their
consent. The motto of Nebraska is,
Equality before Law" On Nov. We
shall 80 whether the men of that state can
make that motto q fact.