St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-06
A WEsTEKN WOMAN.

The Type Seen ON the Extreme From.
tier--An Independent Creature.
San Francisco Chronicle.
With the remarkable development of the
W estern territories has grown dp class
of women totally different from their sis
tiers in the state. The very fact of being
in new. wild country, often left alone tc
look after the herds and focks, has made
them wonderfully self-reliant and indie
pendendent. I run across women up in
this country so full of pluck, grit, and en-
durance that l verify believe that in stand
up fight with hostile Indians or marauding
horse-thieves they would be equal, man fol-
man, to the same number of cowboys OF
soldiers. These ladies, by reason of their
wild life on the frontier. do not by any
means lose all the gentleness and refine
ment of their sex. To be sure they become
somewhat roughened by hardship and ex-
posure, but. through it all, they still pre-
serve their womanly traits, and when the
necessity arises for them to ride, hunt, OF
shoot you will find them there, and in the
end perhaps a little better off than many
males would be under similar circum-
stances.
There are all kinds of women in the
Northwest. From the cultured danes OF
our best cities the grade runs all the way
down to the female road agent But, as a
rule, the girls of Montana are made of the
very best material to be had on the CONT
nent. Scattered all over the broad prairies
OF Montana are refined and cultured
women, bred in aff1uence and ease, proud,
young and hopeful, called by the misfor-
tunes of their husbands or led by theil
desires to enter and achieve in new fields
the mission of life, to surrender society,
the home and friends. and scenes of theil
youth, and march boldly to a far-ofi
wilderness and endure privation. toll,
labor and suffering. But these women
have grown to be brave. indus
trious, seif-reliant, full of pluck and energy,
perfect horsewomen, healthy. hearty, active,
and independent, and in many cases about
as pretty and as plump as the very best OF
climates can make them. Now, the typical
Montana girl, if left alone, will succeed
where an ordinary man would fail. With
no vices, they stick closely to business, and
ii bent on tree-claiming homeSteading, OF
pre-empting quarter, half, or whole sec
ton of land, they generally stay by the
claim to the end and prove up on time.
Many of the enterpriSing damselS wouldn't
have husband at any price. Again,
many, after laying the foundation of COM
Portable fortune. are taken in by some lazy
bachelor who comes loafiing along, sees The
chance, marries the maiden and settles
dowd into nice ready-made home. Oul
girls are bread-winnerS and no mistake
They are up to all sorts of schemes,
such as ranching, herding of sheep OF
cattle, school superintendent, and even
politics,
The latter should be expected, however,
as the females of Montana have the right
of suffrage extended to them in case they
happen to be taxpayers. AS nearly every
woman in the territory is taxpayer, why,
of course, she votes, as she has a perfect
right to do. In Bozeman, few miles west
OF here. one can see plastered all over the
town placaedS appealing to the passer-by tC
Vote for Hamilton, the peoples choice,
or Give your vote to Darcy" or ''Vote fol
Nichols and reform" Hamilton, Nichols
and Darcy were candidates fol
the school superintendency of the county,
and fourth candidate was in the feld-a
man. Iii needless to add that 1.-The horrid
man" was beaten by all three of the girls,
Hamilton coming out ahead.
There is no question but what female
suffrage is benefit to Montana. Female
jurors in cases which involve intemper-
ance, breaches of promise, and gaming
would hang culprit On moderate testi-
mony. Yet with all this girls are
scarce in Montana. The Town of Maiden
near by (the county seat Of Fergus county,,
whose name is suggestive of wit, beauty.
etc., is, in fact. safe retreat for bachelors,
since there is not an unmarried lady in the
town. Sadie, whence these lines are being
penned, is a community of forloIn bache-
lors, with not female within a radius Of
fifteen miles excepting the Crow squaws in
the neighboring Indian camp. One ole
bachelor wandering around the village, has
a $40, 900 bank account and no one to help
him Speud it.