Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-07-28

The plea of the ranchmen who have been
warned off the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Reservation, that they cannot move their
cattle northward because of quarantine
against Texas cattle IN Kansas and Color
ado seems to be met by Gen. Sheridan's
assertion that quarantine and prohibitory
laws do not hold against their cattle IN
those States. The laws were enacted to
prevent the introduction of disease from
Southern Texas. Doubtless it will be
difficult for them to find ranges for the
dislodged herds upon the public lands adj
joining the Indian Territory. because
those lands are held by other ranchmen.
but many of these occupants hold by
means of shotguns and fences and not by
legal title. The disturbed cattlemen have
had good thing for two years. An an
nual rent of S77 357 is a small sum 10 pay
for land enough to support $4,000, 900
worth of cattle. Times.
The London Pail Mall Gazette recently
invited answers to the following questions
submitted to its readers "Why are young
Englishmen of the gentle. class so unwil-
ling to marry, and why are young English
women of the same class so willing?"
Quantities of answers from both sides
were received. shedding "A good deal of
light on the subject. The principal rea-
son alleged for tine dislike of men to give
up club for family life was that they knew
nothing of the women submitted to them
for approval beyond a few glimpses of
them in full dress. A British matron,
wrote one bachelor. who wishes to secure
a bon pdrti Tor her daughter manages that
he shall dance with her at ball, invites
him to ball at her own house. then to
two or three dinners. Then it is time for
him to make up his mind as to proposal.
He will see her no more closely, He then
goes on to state how pleasant it is for a
man to 60 into such yoke for life blind
w how he wishes to see the candidate at
home waiting on her old father. or wants
to know how she talks to her maid. or
looks when her brother sets his foot on
her gown. etc. etc. But it might per-
tiuen,lv be asked why the girl should not
have something to urge as to the propriety
of knowing something about her future
husband more than she is likely to
under present conditions. Every let.
ter published in the Gazette from
both sexes takes the fact for granted
that the average English woman stands
ready to marry the man who can give her
handsome maintenance without regard
to his temper. habits or morals; while the
man waits until he has weighed the wo-
man carefully in the balance and found
her not wanting in any of these particu-
lars. In view of this the Philadelphia Press
remarks: The American woman has her
faults. She is often bold, slangy. vehe-
ment; she likes. when she is young. to be
free to 60 where she will and tlirt as much
as she pleases: when she is old she likes
and generally takes her own way. But
she is seldom for sale. With all the ex-
ceptional power which money gives in this
country, with all the struggle which is
made for it in every class, it Is only
among the most fashionable set that mar
riages de conrenance are recognized as
Unsuitable and decorous. If these state
ments in the Gezette fairly represent Eng