The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-11-10

you want -5nieone who can keep track u
both si,ses OF the ease. and shen have
judgment and discrimination
Have Won no otherexcuse2 Ifnot YOU
musi allow me To be the judge :. and be
very politeiy bowed himself ont. leaving
me IN such a state Of bewilderment as
never D 'fune experienced. Ny trembling
knees Al his tirst appearance had iele-
graPhed the purport Of his message buf J
concluded that my ca~e was hopeless
one a Gar a. the sheriff was concerned.
But ] would eo to Judge Greene. he
would let me of Well, did 90 After
listening to my excuses he smiled and
said it was ont Of his powerto excuse me.
and if it were in his power he would not
let me OFF for was the right person %
be there. II any poor woman's mind
went through Kaleidoscope experience
the intervening dav it was mine.
The dreaded morning came, and I went
% my doom, such place the Court
House APPEARED u me. The fict that
lawyers had objected to women Oh the
Grand Jury the previous day did not
better things
There were no special objections made
that day, and after certain forms Of law
had been disposed Of a gambling csl-e was
called up was also called d serve. bgt
was objected to. Truly. what next ?
simply stepped out Of that jury box and
tried "a find a corner. l didn't know
whether 10 feel sighted or compliment
ed was sure Of only one thing, was
not wanted On that case But soon had
some company. oae-two more ladies
were called of. and A. they left what
a smile passed over the faces Of the law
yers, But more ladies were in the jury
box, - they gave that up The ease was
heard. and conviction followed Next
several lnen came 20 plead guilty in sim
liar eases. by advice Of lawyers. and ~
the work went on There were seventeen
eases at that term Of court ami thirteen
convictions; four forfeited bail sat
through a term Of five weeks. was ontwo
cases which occupied a week each and
Was locked up We we're all locked up
an night on a Chinese cose. and a. We
passed into court next day some Of our
fellow townsmen in court were interested
o. see how the women stood IT,
The verdict was that W. looked bright
er and better than the men. We were
also escorted several times through the
streets by court officials 20 meals az Tn
cle sans expense. On one clse which
we took down into the jury nom the bal
lot stood eleven % one. with the nlissf1l
prospect Of staying ont all night, az il was
clearly a case Of eleven obstinate Jurors.
But " hen certain transactions crept out.
and woman protested that she would
Not BE- a party % cover up the fact should
they return to court. twelve votes were
east the texttime and the case was settled
The men were all that could be desired
with the exception Of one. who insisted
that real nice woman would not sit on
the jury" tie made himself very con
spicuous in his efforts 70 -let them have
enough Of it, But somebody else got
.ired of him before long. and he was tx
-used from further service before half
he term was over. At the commence
nent If the term the introduction II wo-
men into the jury box caused some anx-
iety 10 the Older and most experienced
gentlemen jurors, but at It's close they ex-
pressed themselves unqualifiedly pleased
and satisfied. There wasa little change
IN that establishment Tobacco suOke
,igars and spittoons disappeared before
the restless knitting needle and ladies
were seen in many parts
If the Court House where such things
were never seen before. Truly, the
,hange was a great Improvement in the
sanitary conditions of that important in