Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-04-04
NO OLD MAIDS IN WYOMING.
THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD
FOR GIRLS THAT WANT A
HUSBAND.

III u DGo ThAOh lN Inh MOhLD
FOR GIRLS THAT WANT A
HUSBAND.
\ member of the Wyoming leg
lslature has presented a 5ill to
that body which provides for tax
ing each unmarried man in the
territory oyer 80 years old $3.50 a
year. Martin Hopkins, who Is
stopping at the Grand Pacific, is
an ardent supporter of this bill,
which he believes will be adopted.
"Aud why not y he said to
Tribune reporter. "The Quebec
legislature has provided that every
head of family oftwelve children
shall receive from the government
100 acres of land, while the French
chamber of deputies has ditected
the minister OF the interior to in
vestigate the subject of compulsory
marriage.
sour bill, yOu see, Is only the re
vival of an old idea. Bachelors
were subject to a special tax under
the old Roman la &, as they were
in England as late as the time of
William III. Frederick the Great
limited the mourning period for
wldOwers to three months. AT
present the petitioner of France is
urging that a certain age for mar
rylng be fixed by the government,
those who pass this line to be Sc
verely punished.
"After our bill is passed we ex-
pect an influx of young women.
To-day Wyoming is the best hunt
Ing ground for husbands IN the
United States. If 1000 unmarried
women from Chicago would start
tor Wyoming this month | would
guarantee that 90 per cent. of the
number would not be single year.
1t takes a right hard disposition to
block 4 match ont there. Our
school trustees want women for
teachers our young chaps want
pretty, entertai ming girls to take to
parties our bachelors want sensi-
BILE women for life partners.
Lots of women from the east
have gone to Wyoming within the
last few years, yet the demand is
far greater than the supply. There
are hundreds OF young girls work
ing like slaves for a mere plttaDce
in Chicago who could 60 to WyO
ming, get a school there and de
eide on husband. She would
not have to look for one. The
schO0lroOm is the greatest avenue
to matrinony in the west. You
. would be surprised to know that
, twothIrds of the wiSes OF Wyo
miag's wealthy men were once
schOomarms. If this keeps on we
won't have any schools"
"When | was here year ago
advised a young teacher to go tC
Wyoming. She got school about
fftv miles north Cheyenne and be
gan work during the September
term. Ia December she married
2 wealthy cattle owner. Before he
marriage she turned over be
. school to another young womel
from Chicago. She, too, marlic(
IN the spring. Then the trustee
employed an old maid who ha'
. seen sixty SINNERS; bit she wa
} there only two months. She didn'
= get MARI ed, bat the bachelo
= rauchman who supported the schoo
c would not pay cent until the oil
woman was removed. They said
We coaldn't run a kind of matri
monlal shop along with our school
r. they would gait the territory. Th
Y next teacher, an Omaha girl, wa
Y the prettiest one l eyer saw
h SIS she teaching nov y
n "No."
n "Marrled ranchman ~
r. "No; one of the school trustees
II "Who was he ?"
r "Martin Hopkins, and he is prou
le of it," and the citizens of Wyomin
IL blushed like a girl.-ChicagO Tri
le une.