New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-12-16


/ Hsvs They Arc AGarrisd * Washinston
Territoay.
When the census Of Red Bend, Wash
ingtons Territory, was taken last
month, it was found that there was q
population of378, including 293 males,
so married women, one widow en-
gagged and the rest children. More
than 200 of the men are bachelors
ranging in age from 25 to so. Red
Bend is some distance from the rail
road, and it has been very difficult
matter to get young women to locate
there. Most Of thegirl who went there
stopped at Yakima, or to the larger
towns south of there.
When the school house was built the
directors advertised in various Terri
torial papers for a teacher, and the
first one who presented herself was
employed. She had not been at the
desk a fortnight before she was mar
ried co a storekeeper named EMERSON,
who was about the best looking y Dung
man in the town. She resigned her
place, but consented to serve until her
successor had arrived. One of the
young women, with whom the COM
mittee had been in correspondence,
was found disengaged. and in the
course of a month she transferred her
self to Red Bend and took charge of
the school. She was a tolerably home
~ woman, somewhat advanced in
years, but she, too, was led to the al
tar IN less than a month, and gave up
the school as her predecessor had
done.
Once again the place was filled, and
things went along smoothly for a while.
About that time McGinn, the tavern
keeper, imported a servant girl from
Portland, and put her in his kitchen
at salary Of So a week. Mrs. Nc.
CHM was not very lusty, and her hus-
band found that the only way in which
keeping hotel was possible was for him
to have efficient female help. He had
had serious trouble in getting body
to come, but the wages that he offered
finally induced the girl spoken OF to
accept the job. She had no more than
learned the ways of the kitchen before
two or three young men began to hang
around the back door of the tavern.
McGinn was equal to the emergency.
Hewatched matters for day or two,
and becoming convinced that the
school house episodes were to have
repetition in his own kitchen. he got a
gun, and just as a young man appear
ed at the back door the next evering
after supper he jumped out on him.
'sWhat do you want here?" he asked.
Nothing" said the fellow, coloring
up a little; nothing much. Twas Just
calling on the girl in there; she's an
old friend of my family, and Hook in
once and while to see how she's get
ting on
"Well, I'm a friend Of your family,
too" said McGinn, Ito the extent that
I don't want to kill you, but if you
don't keep away from here I'll murder
you. Now, you git
Theyouthslunk away. Thenext day
the girl was missing from the kitchen,
and late in the afternoon it was dis
coverd that she had married the young
man. The same day the schoolmis-
tress announced her resignation, and
as McGinn was on the warpath with
his gun, the leading citizens made up
their minds that q crisis had arrived
which would require a good deal of
craftsmanship to bridge over.
That evening. when the school COM
mittee met to consider things, Mr..
Elder, the chairman, said he had an
idea which he thought worthy the at
tention of his associates. Hepropos.
ed that in the future all school teach
ers should be made to sign bond not
to marry before. the end of the term.
The idea was accepted, but fearing
that the conditions might make it inn
possible for them to get women into
the town, they said nothing about
them to the one with whom they mad
opened negotiations. Shecame on, and
alter deciding to take the place was
informed of the contract she would
have to sign. To this she Indignantly
declined to accede. The school COM
mittee was inexorable, and so was
she. She said she would leave for
homein the morning. The committee
men looked at one another to. see if
anybody was weakening, but no one
appeared to be willing to give in; SO it
was decided she would have to go.
This particular girl was young and
vivacious, and when she started off
with School Director Beebe of Yakima
the whole town wished she would
stay. An hour later Beebe drove into
town with the girl still in his wagon,
and to the people who gathered
around the vehicle with questions, he
said:
"The fact is we've decided to get
married She didn't want togo back,
and didn't want to have her 90"
Everybody felt that Beebe had play
edroots on every body else but there
was nothing to say.
At the nextmeeting of the committee,
which Beebe did not attend, Mr.. Elder
again had an idea which he wanted
to submit. He said that in view of
what happened, it occurred to him
that Red Bend had greatness within
it's grasp.
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