The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-21
HER TEN-YEAR SILENCE,
NOT oNcE BROKEN, DESPITE HE1
BUSY HABITS.
I.ucretin Hiiimnn's Vow Not 90 Speak Untm
fhs May Vote Her Management OF y
Farm and Her fcnts OF strength n
puui-hinr Men Who bothered Her.

I.ucretin Hiiimnn's Vow Not 90 Speak Untm
Sho May vote-Her Management OF -
Farm and Her fcnts OF Strength n
Puni-hins Men who bothered Hsr.
JAcoBsrowN. n. j.. Feb 1s.-Lucretie Hill
man OF this place has not spoken u word to .
human being In ten years. and IL she Is falthtsl
to her vow tho chances are she will remsia
silent until tho day OF her death. She Ia mn
married. but is capable of taking care Of h~ss
self, and has done so for q quarter OF n century
with great success. She is now about forty-nvs
years old and has mind OF her own.
Miss IIillman got Into trouble ten years ago.
and the trouble is responsible for her speech
lessness. She has always had the Idea that the
women who pay taxes should have the privilege
OF voting In 1885 she refused to nay her tax
assessment, and II was not until she was threat
ened with Incarceration in the county Jail that
she handed over the money. When she had de-
livcred the cash and received q receipt for II
she raised her right hand over her head and de-
clared that sho would work from that hour 70
bring about woman suffrage. and until the
right Of franchise had been granted TO women
she would not utter a word to human
kind. She was laughed at. but she kept her
vow. Frequent attempts have been made to get
her to talk. but without avail. She has contrib
uted good deal Of money to tho cause of woman
suffrage and feels sure that some day she will
be permitted TO go to the polls and cast vote.
She owns and manages one OF the best farms In
this neighborhood. She pays special attention
to truck gardening and puts q snug sum away
In the bauk at tho end Of each year. She hires
men to do most Of the work. but It is not unusual
to see her mounted on q moving machine bo-
hind a pair Of horses or to ind her following .
cultivator through n potato field.
Miss iiillman Is a stalwsr woman. nearly sig
feet high. She is ms brown as berry. has
step ne Arm as that of grenadicr. and when
Sho gets hold Of IA plough she handles II as II 10
xAF N o luA La all hnn
and COWS. aud she is not TO be fooled on any
subject that pertain9 to farming. Some inter-
by the woman o. her strength when occasion
has required that she protect herself Two years
and the best Of her farm hands. The only fault
Clark'n employer found with him was that he
came home from town sometimes somewhat
! hazy concerning his duties In consequence Of
| put up with a good deal from him on account OF
| his fsithfulness when sober. but her patience
with his hat on one ear and az defiant look In his
eye. lie pulled q roll OF bills out OF his pocket
and extracting two from the roll, handed her
u %whsre'd you &c, this money :" wrote Mis-.
OF Communication with other pc sons.
Clark slowly realized what the question was
shc ho4s n Got os 6@
good bargain. You've got zhe money. I'll keep
Ihe horse referred 10 was one of the best oa
the hillman farm. Steve had been sent to town
with 1t on an errand and, while under the in
fuence of applejack, had sold tho animal A
few feet from where Clark stood was . half
hogshead that was used as a drinking trough
Picking up the drunken farm hand as II he were
plaything Miss Hilman carried him over
HS ISIkH n! h% iso. s01 Wa.
nearly drowned. hauled him out made
h ppas Sc TO 6 S1au sss
/ CLARK to his sense, and he hunted up the man
| who had bought tho horse. Miss Human got
| the animal back By giving the $50 for his
bargain. She retai med Clark In service for .
good care TO keep out OF the presence OF the
woman when apple Jack had its grip on him.
with her. This fact has made her the prey Of
lsw!ess characters. and she has had several OK
was. SS ali nrS afvns
| home from town one night last summer alone,
and .hi.e 'ns was passing n through stretch Of
caught the horse by the head. Miss Hillman
Wa ordered to get out OF the wagon and hand
the demand. One OF the men took the
purse that the woman handed him, and
with person who was half scared TO
death opened it and began counting the bills.
he went down as {: he had dropped from the
highwaymAn attempted to get to his feet. but
the tn 80. out Of I'O him VIII piece OF rope
| Miss Hi.lman bound the fellow. and. tossing
/ her prisoner to town and handed him over to
| the sul hortieS. Then she drove home calm
a. II she had been at Quaker meeting.
Several attempts have been made to win Miss
| Hil,man's heart and hand. ALI sorts OF men
| have Ia d siege to her heart, but she has sus-
| pecled them all Of having designs on her prop
erty. and therefore has not seen fit TO accept an
! oder. About hye years ago Orrin Holcomb be, u
| catch her. He got n job M fixing the teeth OF
! Occasionally he dropped In on sunday night and
! finally made her understand that his at
! tentlons were serious. She cut him At
| once. and HOlcomb- was unable TO get
an audience with her until one evening
| optIcon enter ainment Miss Hillman attended
| II and Holcom ne came In and took u seat beside
| her. While the show wks going on he persisted
| IN whispering to Miss Hllman until. to the as
| constituent OF every body In the room. she
| caught him by the scEur OF the neck. lifting
him of his feet as II he had beea a terrier,
| lugged h IN to the door, and tossed him of the
| step, Then she returned to her seat and
| watched tho pictures. Holcombe discontinued
his attentions.
Miss Hillman has more than ordinary intelli-
gence. She IL well read and IL musician of
considerable ability. She PLAYS the piano and
l. an expert viOlInist- She has but little to do
with her neighbors preferring 10 keep her own
society She is very fond OF her cows and horses.
| and makes a pet OF each one of them. Her
barns here tho stock Is Kept are com for tAbly
built as the house in which she lives.
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