Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-06
THE SEXES.
Wives Furnished to Western Farmers
at One Dollar a Head.
How a Cincinnati Woman Proposes to
Accomplish Great End.
Cincinnati Ennnlrer.

| CINCINNATI Enuulfer.
| INA RNfERS and ranchmen I'm the Western
| Il states wanting good industrious wives
! or houseleepers, send 81 for list of names of
| farmers daughters. Address Mrs. c. EsHEI,-
Man. 3jl Central avenue Cincinnati, Ohio.
The above advertisement in Gin
cinnati paper of August 80 drew
the attention of reporter, and con-
templating an item he started out on
tour of Investigation. a call was made
tat the post.office, where 1t was learned
that mail matter had been delivered
to the party whose name is signed to
the advertisement.
The reporter next made an effort to
see Mrs. g. Eshelmun. A call at Flat
3, No. BOZ Central avenue, was made,
| and the scribe was informed that Mrs.
Eshelman WAS out at the time but
could be seen after o'clock in the
evening. Accordingly at the above
named hour the reporter rang the bell
Of Flat 3, and was ushered into
neatly furnished parlor. A lady pres
emily appeared. She was apparently
about forty years of age, and, were It
not for the way she wore her hair and
at times displayed her teeth, would be
considered good looking. After being
seated the following conversation en-
sued:
Madame, i called to see you in re-
gard to your advertisement, where
you agree TO furnish wives and house
keepers for Western farmers and
ranchmeu ON payments of $l.n
well, while | am not the Mrs.
Eshelman who inserted the adver-
tisement, ! can give you all the infor-
nation that is necessary, and that is
that the business is perfectly fair and
legitimate. The lady named simply
takes her meals at my house"
This the reporter knew to be untrue,
and he began little strategy that
acted like n charm. The woman, after
being assured that she would not get
into trouble, made the following state
ment: MY proper name is Mira. G.
Eshelman Croft. | first drifted into
this business by reading an editorial
in the Philadelphia Press regarding
the equalization of the sexes in the
East and West. Now you know there
are more women in the East than
there are men, and more men in the
West than women. Now / thought
II could accomplish the equaliza-
ton would be doing a great good.
My home was formerly in Penn. |
sylVania, and ! visited there this sum /
mer aud succeeded in getting quite n
list of ladies who were willing If thew
could get good husbands who were
pretty well-to-do to make the venture.
came TO this city and inserted my
advertisement"
How many answers have YOU re-
ceived -
"Oh, only few. | Just commenced.
whenever | get letter from a West
ern man ] write to his post-ofiice adj
dress and learn his character and
standing. If he is all right | pick ont
lady who | think will suit him and
send her address, They then cor
respond, and If agreeable she
starts for the West and gets a
good home. I make little by the
operation, and at the same time make
two souls happy"
What kind of ladies have you on
well, III tell you confidentiallv.
there are more old maids In Union
county, Pennsylvania, than in any
other part of the United States. Of
course, they are anxious to get hus.
bands, aud ifthey and the farmers can
agree, why, | am sue / ought to be
satisned' There are two or three |
widows on my list VIII re anxious
to re-enter the MATRIMONIAL
state, and / think they should be giyen
chance.n
:. Would you object to giving me a
list of the names ~
~ should, most decidedly
Inc reporter again racked his brain,
and finally succeeded in gaining the |
conlidence-and also the list of names +,
OF the too susceptible equalizer of |
sexes, she went into another room
ana soon reappeared with well-worn |
book. This was handed to the re- |
porter and he copied the names OF the |
following ladies, who are willing to |
go out West and grow up with the
Miss Lizzie, Emma and Anna Gam
berling, Annie Mayer, Maggie Ker-
stetter,. Carrie Shields. These ladies |
all reside at Kelly's Point, Union
Mrs. Alice Auten. Miss Annie
Bbe Beaver Montander, Union county,
Sue Beaver and Emma Beaver.
Ii a, Union county, Pa.
IN, Mihnie Bogenief, Mary Taylor,
Roger, Birdie Rover, Mafv Sne and
Annie Rhule, Minimum. Tnion
county, Pa W
:, Mrs: Kate Gamberling, Sue Gambler
mug, Ada Roger, Alice Miller, Lochiel,
Union county. Pa.
Pa. N'On county /
rms Is correct list, as the reporter
copied 1t from the lady's book.
IN conclusion, the lady stated: II |
Iead some time ago of some persons in I
the East sending out carloads of bows |
10 the West, where they were given
good homes. Now, I think IL would |
oe good idea to send a carload OF
glrls out In the same manner. and il |
would 30 great way toward equal /
izlng the sexes.u
me reporter had accomplished his |
e enc ana he babe the lady very good I