Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-08

Corress01lence View YORK sun.
RED BANK. WASHINGTON Territory, Nov. 49,
There has been considerable excitement In this
town durin. the past week over the perform
anees of young woman named Jennie Carver.
Jennie came here about two weeks ago from
some point In the east, ana representing herself
as unmarried and an experienced school
teacher she received about a dozen proposals
OF marriage before she had been here a week
IL turned out finally that she was pretender,
and now that she has gone, the full measure OF
her deceitiulness has become apparent.
As near as can be made out, the girl was here
IN the interest OF number of New England
women, or else she was employed ~ a cores
Ponde-l. for newspaper When Red Bank
here as women. and the scheme which was
adopted OF hiring school ma'ams and then mar
rying them appears to have caused inquiry in
certain portions OF the east the desirability
Of young women coming TO this and other far
western towns with the ideaof securing homes
and happiness Miss Carver struck the town one
rainy evening, and, proceeding at once to the
hotel secured a room and askedwhere the mayor
out for his house. and. arriving there safely, she
held a long conversation with him. He escor-
ted her back to the hotel, and nothing more
was seen of her until the next day.
The news of her arrival spread rapidly, and
nearly every man who had not already secured
"a wife dropped in at the tavern just 10 get
look at her. The mayor reported that she was
here simply as tourist, though she might be
persuaded to sray il there was u good opening
anywhere The school mad been provided Tor,
and there was no immediate chance OF work in
that quarter. Several men wanted servant
girls, and the citizens who We're in search of
wives thought she would do, but the fear
seemed To be that she would not Stay long
enough to give the people 2 chance to address
here. At length one man, Henry Blow. decided
To interview her. He sent up MS card, and she
received him in the parlor. Blow informed her
that there was great scarcity OF LADIES in this
country. and that he would like to have her
consider proposition OF marriage.
mt from sail shp
"From me. or some of the rest OF the boys
stammered Blow, getting red in the face and
recognizing for the first time the fact that he
was getting in a tight place
well. now, the young woman continued
this thing is getting interesting. suppose
should conclude to take my pick, instead OF you
doing 1T? Who sent you here?'
BLOW heIhmed and coughed little, and said
ne came OF MS own accord. He was afraid she
"Yon needn't worry about that" she con-
G Sla,. miners mere 10 stay some time suppose
and see how like IT,
afraid she wouldn't do al ALL .'Shes sharper'n
bowie he observed land her eyes kinder
look clean through you. / don't believe she is
needed here-at least. not just now
After that there was less anxiety 10 have her
stay, though quite as much interest in her as
ever: She was around town good deal, but
sought to avoid further interviews. When the
week WAS up Blow called again, determined to
back out II she accepted him; she greeted him
most searching manner. Finally she took out
pencil and paper and made few notes. In the
course of the conversation IL leaked out that
she was here to investigate the town, and that
II was her intention TO warn all young women
away from IL.
Blow then saw that 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 il.
xvi are you going to doe" he asked
49,. M "a going to write you up for just what you
nRfat tn
But expostulated Blow, "see the happy
wives here. Ask them about the town.
The young woman would do nothing OF the
kind. Red Bank was a fraud and she intended
10 write IL up-in fact, she. had written up a
good part OF it already.
Blow labored with her for some time and
when ne left her he notified the principal cti-
zens that they had got one more woman than
they needed. He reported that Miss Carver
was the agent for some eastern female semi
nary, Or something of that kind: then she had
got the record of every man in town, and that ii
her report was ever published il would Kill the
place. When he said this most of the men
turned pale. and a few of them wanted TO know
long conference il was decided that She must
be relieved of her notes in some way before
taking her departure, and the landlord was in
formed OF the nature OF the crisis. He agreed
To- do anything that was Necessary To save the
to@s. aud ~ was decided that when she came
TO leave her room should be invaded and ner
This has been done. She left here last Friday,
and while she was paying her bin two o. the
aud, extracting all her manuscript, left wad
of blank paper in It's place. Jew minutes
alter her departure the men who were in the
secret assembled in back room at the hotel
and read the manuscript and notes. The first
was an unfinished article on Red Bank, giving
the town hail Columbia, and scoring many OF
IL, leading citizens Almost every man in the
place was described ia abusive terms, even the
mayor not escaping, and about hall of the
women were also made light OF.
The assemblage stood the reading OF the let
ter pretty well, but when il came 10 the notes i:
hat IA
be persuaded not to follow the stage and arrest
the woman for libel. The worst vi these notes
read as follows. except that the names were
spelled out in her manuscript:
Jacob F--v Dkn miner. Loafer Breath like pes
Jeremiah C--n. sky years old Left Lowell Mass
sssnps burglar. Aoandoeed WIFE
.-Hartns. Full wnisksy. GaInDIer. killed man
yoasg ladies in East.
Gsss1 LGng bali Car; ld teeth Ro IN
When the citizens read .hese things they
looked solemnIy at each other, and some one
been gone long, and it was suggested tEat she
might be Overtaken, but IL was seen that that
would do no good unless she could be killed,
and no one dared suggest that. After a free
interchange OF views it was agreed to wait
while She might come back, or, finding her
and be summarily dealt with The people of
Red Bank were beginning TO wish they had fol-
loved her up and scared her to death, wnen the
HoD. Aarston II. Moore. member of the legisla-
ture from Perryviile. which ran as follows:
have 10 inform you that have saved your town
and conferred "A great blessing myself Al one aud
the time marrying Miss Jennie carve a
Charming unS Lady from the cash. who oct here
I.1e Interest of her friends in thai section
For she nceived a great prejudice
against red Bank and It's people and ON the
po.nt of warning every body of 1 met her I
peaFance agreeable TO her. and able to hold
Inducements which in the three hours
led her dSci e To be my wife Having linked her
fortunes Will ny she Is sIansh friend of
Jhs great northwest and her highest asp:rions
flourish and fulfill its manifest Destiny Red
bank included write at tins time say this much
Tor tie Information Of your citizens my wife in
forms that she .osi some uscript while your
town which sue Fears yOu may put iase construction
upon hope To add cons. iIueEts in Ban
early day wlen Mrs. Moore viii be pleased To
receive yOa all
y little later a dispatch was received here
from Mrs Moore, which read as follows.
TCopy of telegram this day Eae. fern commit
te of young All es!: nave got nber of the Ieis
la.n.e OOOd liiiii Plenty more OF them here
JENNIE CARVER
The Red Bankers thereupon of one accord
voted the Honorable Mr.. Moore a credit 10 the
territory, and il was decided that ON the occa-
sion of his approaching visit he should be re-
ceived with a brass band and procession.
Cuban COurtShip.
One 'pities the Cuban young man who is in
love. He cannot see her alone, and cannot
come regularly TO the house until fair under
Standing Of his intentions Is arrived at. And
v hen at last he has attained the felicity of