any
description. She has also had other annoyances. The payment
of money justly due has been opposed or delayed; and whereas
her husband was required to give bond for only $5,000, she
has been forced to give one for $10,000. She has also been
troubled by the visits of persons representing themselves to
be reporters of papers, who have wished to borrow money of
her, and failing in this, have printed disagreeable articles
about her. She has, of course, no salary whatever. "However,
I do as well as I can with the money I receive," she said,
with that pleasant smile. "And now would you like to see the
jail?" * * * *

Ex-Attorney Gilchrist's opinion on her case is an able
indorsement of her position. He says, in the first place,
that as Attorney-General Vanetta's adverse view was not
given officially, it is not binding on the Board of
Freeholders, and then goes on to cite precedents. "Alice
Stubbs, in 1787, was appointed overseer of the poor in the
county of Stafford, England, and the Court of King's Bench
sustained her in the office. A woman was appointed governor
of the work-house at Chelmsford, England, and the court held
it to be a good appointment. Lady Brangleton was appointed
keeper of the Gate-House jail in London. Lady Russell was
appointed keeper of the Castle of Dunnington. All these
cases are reported in _Stranges R._, as clearly establishing
the right and duty of woman to hold office. The case of Ann,
Countess of Pembroke, Dorsett and Montgomery, who was
sheriff of Westmoreland, is very well known." The opinion
winds up by saying: "The argument that a woman is
incompetent to perform the duties of such an office is
doubly answered--first, by the array of cases in which it is
held that she is competent; second, by the resolution of the
board when Mrs. Jones was appointed, that she had for a long
time prior thereto actually kept the jail while her husband
was jailor." How this whole matter would be simplified if
women could vote and hold office, so that merit and not sex
should be the only qualification for any place.--_New York
Record, 1876._