The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-04-28
TIE "O0NUNDRUM OF THE NINE
TENTH CENTURY"


is the conundrum of the Nineteenth
century" "Ycs, but Wen never, never
give her upr' Men laugh or philoso-
phizc over the immense surplus OF wo-
men that our civil war left minated
and impccunious, and apparently not
needed, in New England and the Middle
States, but they do not seem to have
done much to telpus. TO me, the "Su-
perfuous Woman has been for years a
haunting horror, q hideous reality, a
hydra-hcadcd, Briarcan-handcd, cent?
pcdian monster with million hearts,
all aching, longing, starving-yet mop
ing-fve hundred thousand OF them
breaking in the struggle; for as Miss
Proctor tells us, Hearts oft die bitter
deaths before the breath has passed
away" n supply so far beyond all pos
siblc demand Let widows be ever so
active and stirring as to render priceless
Jewels so common and valucless, that
the vcricst swine of humanity turn up
their shouts and grunt at us in derlslon.
| remember a little cousin OF mine,
with hair so bright it would ripcn Gu
cumhcrs, who nj dinner table where
red hair was discussed, suddenly pipcd
w. "t',d u.L,. G,iynr9N some one asked.
"Coz I've got it!'
5,i a'''' j., ,ho n,orl.c, Lnr,use | rroIizo
~ VI w 80 ' 'iIo 80 ,,,ha, l. ocnoraIlv CON.
sidcrcd a roaring farce.
.t t'','' ~, ,hrc,dl,orn inLcs and
o ,'i''' ',,.. ,lyou ErrId.r sam
S,''' -, ,, .,', ,,ro ,r,;n., Voc nigbt tail,
o w., "'' ,o ,,irbt ipnni1c what sinai
a., w. u.i,b nn,, ,,o.,ur,s2,
W., Wv ~ 80 NV 6n,o roIt that Il would
,, -'''''i ,,,, ut, iva cants in our
l ~, -. :, ,ra had ncynr bonn horn and
poon,t i,c ,,i,h tbo sbrnvd Gttlr fellow
,,J,,. soLnni Who whom asked il
w. d, ,' r"i @ant f. he ,.born arain, y re-
,'I.nJ uitb Jnc;sion and promptness.
IN ,,,l,,.,,, f,r mio,ht he horn = 1jrl
,,-.5 t'. - ~, rooI inrIinol IN imifato
. %, C l,''i ,,.a,,on ,yhn gnnnd thcir
ItI ,'a,,,o,,,s ,,ra,ing tboi they may
,'''u,o i"" ",,1 .pnJ Win gouI. in The
W ,'','; 1,',, Va, ,hnro ara a ,y.,r,
l'oN' | 90 ,o hayn no .nnrioI gricy.
, ',',',' w. -. LaIi,ios ,ybo do NOT want ia
,,t.a Ln,,, ~, nronor,v no bus-
w -, ,'a,, tn Grbt ohnut but
,',''' ''oI Ifl'a 60 Lnou,,yR,t In do thai
wy .',';.i',. ' 'hrrln,, no,. I.urb-
WV WV " ',a.rs G,vn wrote some capifal
, -, ~, ,bo ..Cr,o,Irous Man lint
40, vatI ,ro, ',.oo,.s ,o,o orJ Il vos only the
,,,,77 or.ar,, scorn ,rho
49, a',,, ',,l ,ho..odd' ho bnino
r m"I conccitod bachelor fanryin6
, ,L,'t'i Id t,o ,,i,I, nf tLn Int
~ -, n n,.,;oln IN nm ola 1j1,y-
10 iLanjh1, ur;nh ovoitod rrcat often
~. -, -''. .Iin-o panrhn, o,,ong rsg''
1 w. Taa. En.rIa.d ,o,rn 1o-lay
81. ,',,"i " ,nia.bi bo raised "Have we
a''u r,.,,' mon onnnnc, us ~ and
pbr iii naTotiyn ,ynuId ro nm 10 prove the
=. ~, ~ p - - ~
''',,,,''o 50 .h ,ros,io, first
- q - ,ran,5r iros banniIv
o.o-'. -, ,.,,..,,II La ,, ,,rolIn,,I -
~ la
O., : " o.n ooo,ro,olc dos
UH'l d" -. o1nd;.;on "f ;hino,s
~ ;, ,t,,.;t ,,;,,io,,, ,,5ro
!. nos 'ii',' ~ l,n al Is hnard
, a. 49, w., sdor dn,oisos nossihIv
VI ~. - 49, ,h' s,,r,,iroI 81 tho fttest
Pr. ~ '-,v 10. to,,o,o ;nfor.o
~ ~ "s' C. Co. ,ta ratoTfarilino al Wash,
;" ~, n.;,h srnou ornv
,oh - ~" ,ho hu;ii;"n, baa,;
u'i''. 49, a,'9 80 tood ~ asta .hair su,aot-
.'es INA. "nu io' Cr' , y" ~, bnsrdloss
- neo' ~ " n".' IA danno a,ono 600 .
w. VI piI"y .,,Iina ohannod ~ on
o oI;prh,o Lpro 80 hr tbo scnrc;,v ~ The orti.
~ i NV d MIX INK ~ lie iont;na orn,,nd
c.s :: AM i.on n noD ,,.hn ,hau,rI ..,ota
I'ie,onl,y w 80. ,on noy - .n nvo,i,d
iea.u INV -; ~ 80 ;,ni vs. M Hnmnsb;ra7
p".'y IN tmo '" - ra ~ ,noidona '.J,li
" pi,''"nN W t'Us o, hnnno if VOW.
'iNo .'i'o W. W. =, VI '''
soUu"s NY wy. a,,oo.i,o. - ,t &c
!, ~ mo ,,"'' 49, tIa ,'n,;rr, ,vo
.no ollcu!'y m"n, y, o '.o ,oft ,r "v
NV, y, ny $50. in ,s'o i;fa ~ rnr
'eu.'u'l w. ', nnI aa I.na;no ~ iost
l"Pa r '1i;, I'n :, i,,o,.o ,,ai''sI
a. "i .';' ,"''' w. i hano, hrrjon 70
~ 81. an.I vn", '" na,n,.;o- ,,hn rhan
i",noi1 WIN S'.li II e',.aI I.i,,I,,
u u ioi ~ -" ao'.".', , o',', w. $500
.h". my a"' Nv. Wv '';.;oa '"ppon
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