Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-12-03
SPOUSE,HUNTiNG OUT WEST.
The Agony OF Mind 10 the Marriage
able Men ola Washington Territory
VtlIRge-The Good Turn a Legislator
served the Town.
The New York Sun.


The New York Sun
A Red Bank, Washington territory,
corr, spondent writing 10 the Sun,
says: There has been considerable
excitement in this town the past week
over the performances of Young
woman named jennie Carver, Jennie
came here few weeks ago from some
point in the east, and representing
herself as unmarried, and as an ex-
peIienced school teacher, she received
about a dozen proposals OF marriage
before she had been here a week. 1t
turned out that size was only pre-
tender, and now that she has gone the
full measure of her deceitfullsess has
become apparent.
As near as can be made out, the
girl was here in the interest of a mum
Der OF New England women or else
she was employed as a correspondent
for newspaper, When Red Bank
was founded there were ten times as
many men here as women, and the
scheme was adopted of hiring school
ma'sm's and then marrying them ap-
pears to have caused inquiry In GER.
tain portions of the east as to the
deslrablhty of young women coming
10 this and other far western towns
with the idea of securing home and
happiness. Miss Carver struck the
town one rainy evening, and proceed
ed at once to the hotel, secured room
and asked where the mayor lived.
| When she haze been informt q she SET
out for his house, and, arriving there
safely, she held long conversation
with him. He escorted her back tc
the hotel, and nothing more was seen
of her until the next day.
The news Of her arrival spread rap
idly, and nearly every man who had
not already secured wife dropped IN
at the tavern just to get look al her
The mayor reported that she was here
| slmplT as tourist, though she might
be persuaded to stay if there was 4
good opening anywhere The schoo
had been provided for, and there was
no immediate chance of work in tlat
quarter. Several men wanted servant
girls, and the citizens who were in
search of wives thought she would do
I but the fear seemed TO be that she
would not stay long enough to give
the people chance. TO address her on
the subject OF taking up her residence
here. AT length one man, Henry
Blow, decided To interview her. He
sent up ms card and she received hIn1
in the parlor Blow informed her
that there was great scarcity of La
dies in this county, and that he woulC
like 10 have her consider proposition
Of marriage.
WHO troml' said she.
From me, or some of the rest O
the boys" stammered Blow, getting
red in the face and recognizing for the
first time the fact that he was getting
in tight place.
well, row." the young woman
continued this thing is getting in.
teresting. Suppose should conclude
to take my pick instead of you dong
it9 Who sent you here|
Blow hemmed and coughed a little
and said he came Of his own accord.
He was afraid she would get away.
You needn't worry about that,
she continued 81 am here TO stay
some time. Suppose you come around
here week from now. In the meaL
time I'm going to take in the town,
and see how | like it.
Blow came around and reported
that he was afraid she wouldn't do at
all. shes sharper'n a bowie he
observed, land her eyes kinder look
clean through you / don't believe
she's needed here-at least not just
now"
After that there was less anxiety TO
have her stay, though quite as much
interesting as ever. she was around
town a good deal, but sought to avoid
further interviews When the week
was up Blow called again, determined
TO back out if she accepted him. She
greeted him pleasantly and began
questionining hum IN a most search
ing manner. Finally she took out
pencil and paper and made a few
notes, la the course Of conversation
it leaked out that she was here TO in.
vesigale the town, and that ii was
her intention to warn all young WON
Ell away from it.
BLOW then saw mat something more
than his own interests were involved.
The good name Of the town was at
stake, and he resolved to do what he
could to save it.
What are you going to dor he
asked
"l'm going to write you up for lust
what you are, the whole pack Of you,
This is no place for young women TO
come. ."
But, expostulated Blow, 'see the
happy wives here. Ask them about
the town"
The young woman would do moth
ing Of the kind. Red r ank was
fraud, and she intended TO write 1t up
in fact, she had written up a good
part of it already.
Blow labored with her for some
time, and when he left her he notified
the principal citizens that they had
got one more woman than they need
ed. He reported that Miss Carver was
the agent for some eastern female
seminary, or something Of that kind
that she had got the record Of every
N an in town, and that if her report
gvas ever uubliShed IL would kill the