ngton, a leading banker and business man who has just
been elected one of the directors of our state-prison; Mr. King of
North Montpelier, farmer; Mr. Lamb of Royalton, the oldest member
in the Senate, a lawyer; Mr. Mason of Richmond, a man who would be
described by a Yankee as "chock full of honesty and common-sense";
Mr. Rogers of Wheelock and Mr. Stiles of Montgomery, both farmers,
and as near like Mr. Mason as two peas are alike; Mr. Reynolds of
Alburgh Springs, one of the absentees, but in favor of the bill, a
prominent merchant; Mr. Powers, one of the ablest lawyers in the
State, and, finally, Mr. Sprague of Brandon, a leading banker and
manufacturer, the head and principal owner of the Brandon
Manufacturing Company.

[199] In 1885 there were thirty-three women elected to the office
of school superintendent in eleven of the fourteen counties of the
State, as follows: _Addison_, Miss A. L. Huntley; _Bennington_,
Mrs. R. R. Wiley; _Caledonia_, Miss Nellie Russell, Mrs. A. F.
Stevens, Mrs. E. Bradley, Miss S. E. Rogers; _Chittenden_, Mrs. S.
M. Benedict, Mrs. L. M. Bates, Mrs. J. C. Draper; _Essex_, Mrs.
Henry Fuller, Hettie W. Matthews, Jennie K. Stanley, Mrs. S. M.
Day; _Franklin_, none; _Grand Isle_, Miss I. Montgomery; _La
Moille_, Carrie P. Carroll, Miss C. A. Parker; _Orange_, Miss F. H.
Graves, Miss A. A. Clement, Miss V. L. Farnham, Miss F. Martin;
_Orleans_, none; _Rutland_, Mrs. I. C. Adams, Miss H. M.
Bromley, Miss M. A. Mills, Lillian Tarbell, Mrs. H. M. Crowley;
_Washington_, none; _Windham_, Mrs. J. M. Powers, Mrs. J. E.
Phelps; _Windsor_, Mrs. E. G. White, Miss C. A. Lamb, Mrs. H. F.
VanCor, Clara E. Perkins, Mrs. E. M. Lovejoy, Mrs. L. M. Hall.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

NEW YORK--1860-1885.

Saratoga Convention, July 13, 14, 1869--State Society Formed,
Martha C. Wright, President--_The Revolution_ Established,
1868--Educational Movement--New York City Society, 1870,
Charlotte B. Wilbour, President--Presidential Campaign,
1872--Hearings at Albany, 1873--Constitutional Commission--An
Effort to Open Columbia College, President Barnard in
Favor--Centennial Celebration, 1876--School Officers--Senator
Emerson of Monroe, 1877--Gov. Robinson's Veto--School Suffrage,
1880--Gov. Cornell Recommended it in his Message--Stewart's Home
for Working Women--Women as Police--An Act to Prohibit
Disfranchisement--Attorney-General Russell's Adverse Opinion--The