The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-04
WOMEN IN THE TERRITORIES.
Successful bread Winners--The Fair
Sex i'm Politics.

Succcssfuh Bread- WtnlleFs-The FAIR
Sex i'm Politics.
Scattered all over the broad prairies of
Montana ore refined and cultured women,
bred in affluence and ease, proud, young
and hopeful, called by the misfortunes of
their husbands or led by their desires to
inter and achieve in new fields the mission
of life, to surrender society, the home and
friends and scenes of their youth, and march
boldly to far-off wilderness and endure
privation, toll, labor and suffering. But
these women, have grown to be brave, in
dustrious, self-reliant, full of pluck and
mercy, 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 close to bust
ness, and If bent on tree-claiming, home
stealing or pre-empting quarter, half oil
whole section of land, they generally stay
| by the claim to the end and prove up on
| time
Many of these enterprising damsels
wouldn't have husband at any price.
Again, many, after laying tho foundation of
comfortable fortune, are taken in by some
lazy bachelor who comes loafing along, secs
the chance, marries the maiden and settles
down into n nice ready-made home. Our
girls are bread-winners and no mistake.
They are up to all sorts of schemes, such
Ms ranehing, herding of sheep or 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 hap
pen to be tax payers. As nearly every
woman in the territory is q taxpayer, why,
of course, she votes, as she has a perfect
right TO do. In Bozeman. o few miles west
Of here, ono can see plastered all over the
town placards appealing to the passers-by
to :. Vote for Hamilton, the peoples choice"
Or " Give your vote to Darcy" or " vots
;or Nichols and reform"
Hamilton, Nichols and Darcy were candi-
dates for the school superintendency of the
county and fourth candidate was in the
ield-a man. II is needless to add that
l" the horrid man " was beaten by all three
of the girls, Hamilton coming out ahead. A
local paper came out a few days before the
election with the following: Hamilton
enters the field against the odds of regular
party nominations. Hamilton has got sand ;
she will stay until the polls are closed,
Hamilton should be elected She says sh,
isn't afraid of road agents and that educa.
ton is her forte; also, that it would Of
ford her pleasure to hop around from one
country school house to another in the per.
Torrance of her duty. The men of Gallatin
county are COMPOUNDED mean if they don't
run Hamilton in" There is no question
but what female suffrage is benefit TO
Montana. Female jurors in cases which in
volve intemperance breaches, of promise
and gaming would hang culprit on mod
crate testimony.
| Yet, with all this, girls are scarce in Mon
tam. The town of Maiden close by (the
county seat of Fergus county,, whose name
is suggestive of wit, beauty, ETC., is in fact
a safe retreat for bachelors, since there ia
not an unmarried lady in the town. Sadie,
whence these lines arc being penned, is o
community of forlon bachelors, with not a
female within radius Of fifteen miles, ex.
copting the Grow squaws in the neighbor.
ing Indian camp.