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The Scarcity Of Women In Southern Californi

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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
January
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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"A lady in Gie-u Buy, Wisconsio," layg a Sacrameuto (Cal.,) corresponden!, "recently gve a party üt her house at nhieli thore were pregjut cightceii babies, most of thom vriih their niothers, n üd ijo lees thun gixteen baby-oarriages were stsmü-.iy in tho yard t one time " How Sou'.bern California sigl:s regretfully OTer sueh a parngrapb ! Instead of ixteen Wy carriages in one yard, what do you think of fourteen bornea tied to the hoiso-raek boforc the door of one marriageable maideu ? Why do not the ranchers down South import taeir wive as the Webfeel bave done ? Apropo of the matter, a little story which occurrod in rny journeying aerotts lli cnniinentafoot une day. When I wa approaohing Los Angeles, I oarae to a house made of rnugh board' itanding a!n 'lutüly alono la the vapt olorer plains. Thero wa tbe above mentioied nuinber of borsei hitched before tbe door, and I thought, from tbe retuarlcably lugubrioua countenanoen of the people etitodiog about, that there must be a funoral in progres. But when I went in to procure a drink of water, I asked the boj, aod be told me, witb much gigflliog aud ducking bit head tuto hg thouldeii, that kbey were all come ccurting h:i iister. Tbis piqued my curioïity at onoe; and I deteruiiued, if possible, to get a gümpse of u uiaiden wbo cuuld exercite uoh poteot attraction Thore irore only two rocmg in tbe bouae, witb an entry way between, o that ooly one yifitor at a time oould visit tbis Penelopc. Tbe reat formed themselvcs in a mdancholy row or queue, waiting to take tbeir turns in peeping through tbe crack of the door. At the end of tbia queue I tationed inyfelf, nd ofn found tbat, as oon as tbiy looked, most nf them oame back to tbfir turn again. Tt'eru was one poor fellow whose distress was pitiable. He oould apply ouly one eye to the crack, and be kept doggiug backward and for"Drink to me only with thiue eyes, And I Will ple;lge witli mine," or at least oue of theia. But presently a brilliaot guggetion acized bun. He turoed bis bead to one de and rangi-d bcth eye.x on the crack at ono-, bul tliis gave liiin suoh an overwheluiinif improesion of her charuis t Lat he sigbed und dropped a tear. At last, wben I wai pretty near tho goal, my neighbor oext in th rear gan to suspect there was foul play, and eorutinized me carefully from heud to foot, eridcutly uo'. at all r.üsh'mg the prospect of baviog hia füurteeuth chance reduoed to a fifteüüth. TLeu naid lie to tnc : 'Seuso me, atrüner, are yon a reiident anywbar rouu' theie parta ?" "I huv not praenipted ony Oovern ment lauJ jet, but if tbat crack in the door 'prospect well,' as the minors eay, [ itiUiid to take up a quartor seo'.ion at onoe," I ansvtered. "Well, now, 8tranjr, 'lesa you're took up soino laad alreudy 'roun 'byur, you ain't got no riht peekin' in th'Rt ar crack, iuterruptin' aotoo! gcttlírs." The justice of this view was not to be controverted ; nevertbcless I persevered Tbo Idd',' was a very pretty Texas dim8ül, with ono of tho-e pearl-wliita puffy faces whioh look as though they wuulii orllupüe if kissod too esgerly, aud wLicb aro wriukly at twcntj-five. _

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