The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-04-10

Idahe Miners Aaverttss fer wives and
the Camp upset

Idahe Miners Advertise FER wives and
the Camp upset.
This camp did not have q woman In
IL until last Fall, and then two women
came. No one knows where they be-
longed when At home, though at that
time II was supposed they we're what
they said they were, Boston ladies'.
They arrived here In response to an ad-
vertisement 10 San Francisco paper
inserted BY two miners who bad heard
that that was good way to get COM
panion for life. The advertisement was
drawn up with great care one night
about year ago, and after 1t had been
read by the entire camp and prououne-
ed about the thing by everybody, 1t was
forwarded TO San Francisco with . %
bill and request to the publisher that
the advertisement be kept in the paper
as long as the money would pay for il.
So long time elapsed between the
sending Of tho letter and the frat re-
aponse TO il that the two advertisers,
Hank Thumser and Mohawk, became
tho objects Of a good deal Of ridiculs.
Mohawk had been born and raised down
on the Laramie plains and Thumser
came west from Arkansas so long ago
that he has forgotten the date himself.
Mohawk's fertile brain was the one
that originated the scheme Of advertis-
ing for wife. He once knew = man
At Julesburg who knew another man
who had done that very thing and se-
cured an amiahlc helpmate from Boston,
as be was informed. As Mohawk had
. vague sort Of an idea that all white
women came from Boston, he was par.
ticular to state in bis card for publica-
ton that he wanted . lady from that
city. The men in the camp had grown
tired Of chatting the two advertisers
about their fruitleas experiment. and
had almost forgotten oil about IL, whsn
one day last September.
TWO oAYLY.pREssKD YOUNG woMKS
Rode into camp and inquired for Thun-
ser and Mohawk. The first named In
dividusl happened to te present when
they appeared and he readily seknowl-
edged bis identy, but Mohawk, who
was up the gulcb, manifested g-sat
alarm when the messenger sent TO call
him Informed him that bis wife had
arrived. Al FIRST be wanted to climb
right over tho divide and make for
British America.
alt amt no use" BIO said. 81 never
thought shed come, and I'll just slide
now, and nobody'll know anything
about it,
His wsatber-bestsn face grew darker
and more leathery than ever, and be
made a. IL 70 start away but others d
the miners came up. and with hurrsA
and whoOp half led and half dragged
him back TO the camp. Every little
while he would reuonstrate and ex-
press his desire 10 make OF. bat his en-
treaties were Of no avail. He bad tc
60. Once back in camp!hs found thai
Tnumssr aud several other men wer,
entertaining the ladies in 6ne style. A
lunch had been served and all were en-
Ijoying it hugely. As Thumser baG
picked his wife, Mohawk had to tax,
the ether one, and after he recovered
from his embarrassment, which wal
plinfnl at 6rst, said be was we'll salts
Gsd.
The women were gayly dressed, o
somewhere near middle age, rsthe
ioudvoicsd and hilarious in their ways
and calculated to impress the miner
with their smartness. Both declares
that they bad come ell the way from
Boston in response 20 the advsrtisemsn
which they had chanced to zee. Afte
many explanations and several yer,
excruciating efforts on the part of Mo
hawk TO be agreeable, 1t was sgres'
that
THE WEDDING
Should take place. Then there arose
division az 70 bow the cnrAmnnx ahnnlf