Show WILL IT COME TO THIS to emigrate young women wholesale from an old country where there are too many of them unwed to a new country where men are clamouring cla for wives as is now being done in regard to england and canada is no new thing when virginia was first col a whole shipload of buxom damsels was sent out to the lonely settlers by a certain sir edwyn sandys acting on behalf of a trading company they were all maids of good repute though poor and lowly born bom and they were all married manned on ga the day of their arrival to th the e men of their choice for the damsels were allowed to choose though not to remain unwed there were nearly of them but the aspirants ants for their hands nit numbered more than buo 00 so thai there was room far AM duvoice mostly wooer who appeared handsomest in their bhear eyes But there is a story told concerning ane one exceptionally good looking giri gila who finding herself besieged by a dozen importunate in port gallants threw into their bhear midst a knot of blue ribbon laughed with glee at the scramble that ensued and finally marched off with the wearer of the favour there wives were in a sense sold for each settler who was lucky enough to secure on one had to hand band over lbs ibs of tobacco to the syndicate that had shipped them nevertheless no shame was thought of the transaction and today the best families in virginia are proud if they can trace their descent back to one of sir edwyn sandys maids tv |