The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-13
A WOMAN WAITS FOR a VOTE.
Declares She VIII Net Speak again
IutiI Gixen SuRrnEe.

JACOBSTOyT1S, N J, May l3.-I-Izcrstia
HiIIman. the silent woman, as she Is
known IN this section. has not spoken to
4 human being for ten years II she IS
faithful to her VOW she viii probably re
main silent until death.
Miss Hilrnan has taken care of herself
for quarter Of a century with great sue
cess. She is now about fifty years Old
and has a mind Of her own
She has always held TO the idea that
women who pay taXfS should have the
privilege Of voting at the general cleo
tons In 1886 she refused to pay her
taxes. and II was not until she was threat
ened with Jail that she handed over the
money
When she had delivered the cash and
received a receipt for it she raised her
right hand and swore that she would
work from that day to bring about Wo-
man suffrage and until the right Of vot-
ing had been granted to women she would
not speak word to human kind
Frequent attempts have been made TO
get her to talk, but without avail She
has contributed money to the cause Of
woman suffrage and feels sure that some
day she VIII be permitted to vote
She owns and manages one Of the best
farms in this locality. She pays especial
attention 10 truck gardening and manages
to nut q snug sum away in the bank at
the end of each year. She hires men TO
do most of the work but It is not an
unusual sight to see her mounted on a
moving machine behind a pair Of horses
OF following a cultivator through po-
tato field.
Miss HiIlr1lan IS nearly six feet tall
brown as a berry has a step as firm as a
greuadier. and when she gets hold Of the
nlsvv she handles Il ike a plaything- She
knows all about horses and cows. and she
/ isn't to be fooled on any subject that per-
! talns To farming.
/ Two years ago she employed farm hand
{ or the name Of Steve, straDping chap
/ about twenty-eight years old. and one
/ of the best Of Miss HiHmans farm hands.
4 one day he took too much applejack.
} When he got home he pulled roll Of bills
/ out Of his pocket and keeping two for him
/ self handed her the rest
Where did you get this money!" asked
I Miss Hiilnan by writing on a slate
! Win \ shrug Of his shoulders Steve re
piled that he had sold her horse. He had
| found an offer of 500 for it, thought it a
! good bargain, and had given his employer
/ all but so which he kept as his commits
( sion The horse was one OF the best on
/ the HiIIman farm. and worth a good deal
/ more than so to Miss HHlmdn
/ A short distance from where Steve stood
/ was a hogshaad sawed in TWO, nearly fun
/ of water Gathering Steve up in her arms
| Miss Hillman carried him over TO the tub
/ and '-Soused'' him till he begged for mercy.
/ Then she hauled him out. made him drive
/ her to town where she found the horse
/ and bought it back by giving the purchas-
er so for his bargain.
Miss HiIlman always carries money with
her One night as she was driving hOme
| from town two men stopped her horse
! The highyva ymen ordered her to get out ot
| the wagon and hand over her money She
/ complied
one Of the men took her purse and he
( gan to count over its contents he had
! hardly begun when he received a blow
/ from Miss Hiliman's fist that rolled hin
| in the dust The other rObber took 10 his
/ heels
! The fellow in the road undertook T.
/ get up. and Miss EIilIman promptly kIcke1
/ him into insensibiIity =heH she bound MS
/ arms with a strap. loaded him into The
/ wagon and drove to town, where she hand
ed him over to the authorities