constitution still remain. Mrs. Stone stated these points to the
judges of election with clearness and precision. After
consultation, the votes of the ladies were refused. The crowd
surrounding the polls gathered about the ballot-box and listened
to the discussion with respectful attention; but every one
behaved with the politeness which gentlemen always manifest in
the presence of ladies.

The women of New Jersey may have been roused to assert their right
to vote by an earnest appeal of that veteran of equal rights,
Parker Pillsbury, in _The Revolution_ of March 25, 1868, suggested
by the following:

At the recent election in Vineland, New Jersey, a unanimous vote
in favor of "no rum" was polled. The Vineland _Weekly_ says:
"Among the incidents of the late election was the appearance of a
woman at the polls. Having provided herself with a ballot, she
marched up to the rostrum and tendered it to the chairman of the
board of registry. The veteran politician, John Kandle, covered
with blushes, was obliged to inform the lady that no one could
vote unless his name was registered. She acquiesced in the
decision very readily, saying she only wished to test a
principle, and retired very quietly from the hall."

While thus mentioning the women with uncounted votes, it may be
well to embalm here a historical fact, published in April, 1868:

In the year 1824 widows were allowed to vote in New Jersey on
their husbands' tax receipts. The election officers paid great
deference to the widows on these occasions, and took particular
care to send carriages after them, so as to get their votes early
and make sure of them. The writer of this has often heard his
grandmother state that she voted for John Quincy Adams for
president of the United States when he was elected to that
office. Her name was Sarah Sparks, and she voted at Barnsboro',
her husband having died the year previous.

N. M. WALLINGTON, Washington, D. C.

Miss Anthony held a spirited meeting in Rahway on Christmas eve,
December 24, 1867. The following October, 1868, Mrs. Stanton and
Miss Anthony attended a two days' convention in Vineland, and
helped to rouse the enthusiasm of the people. A friend, writing
from there, gives us the following:

The Unitarian church in this town is highly favored in having f