The Princeton union., 1900-08-30

He had been called out Of town on
the afternoon Of that day to see a
young man who died Of the effects of
a drunken debauch, and as he came
pack to Conrad in the evening his wife
was kneellng in the center of n group
OF other women, holding prayer meet
ing IN front Of one of the most notori-
GUS saloons then in Conrad. "E
He had only just come to the place
When great disturbance broke out in
the saloon behind him. Some one broke
through the crowd and attempted to
throw bottle Of vtriol at Mrs Kirk,
1t was afterward shown that the man
was crazy with drink and awfully ex-
cited by the events Of the day. He was
only partly successful in his horrible
attempt. Mrs. Kinks face was burned
on one side, but man Of the name of
Carver, who had been drinking. but
was sober enough to realize what was
going on, grappled with the other and
took away the bottle, receiving dread
ful burns in doing so. This man is now
the sexton In Mr.. Kinks church, a de-
Vout, sincere Christian and q GOOD ex-
ample, so Kirk says, of hundreds of
men who will remain sober if the sa-
loon Is taken away and the constant
temptation to drink is absent. And so
far as l can observe he is decidedly
right in his belief
well. Mrs. Kirk has recovered from
those injuries, and her beauty of face,
which is still remarkable, is marred
only by scar which gives her, to all
who know her history, an added inter-
est. The affair created an intense feel
ing here for long time. Nothing so
terrible had been known since that at
tempt to distlgure Mrs. Coleman of
Marville, Canada, while marching with
other women in temperance process
sion. The event opened many peoples
eyes to the satanic power Of the drink
eYn. 1t was only one out of countless
events where the whisky element has
stood for the greatest crimes and for
Which 1t must answer heavily at the
Judgment bar of long suffering God.
1T is difficult for me to write of NAL
com Kirk without seeming to exagger-
ate and overemphasize his work.
",
which is a part of the best part of this
western town.
''A1rs. Kirk has developed into a wo-
man of rare power in all the church
and social life of the place. Years ago
the women here recognized her ability
as a leader by making her president of
the Christian Temperance union It
was largely through her efforts that
the township polled very heavy vote
for the amendment. She has thrown
all her rare talents as gifted musician
also into the redemption of the town,
with the result that no woman has
such an influence as she has on all the
young, thoughtless life that has crowd
ed in here during the towns rapid
growth in the years of eighty-six and
seven.
There are three children, two boys,
named Gilbert and Hermon, and a
girl, the oldest child, named Faith. The
boys are bright, handsome fellows and
take after the mother Gilbert is II
and Hermon Is. Faith, who is nearly
l9, is like her father. l have not yet
been able to tell whether she is what
you women would call pretty or not,
but she is one Of the most interesting
individual girls I ever met She is
fond of trying experiments and resem-
bles her father in that respect. She
wants to know and feel things for her.
self and is passionately fond of doing
for other people, l begin to get the
impression that she is thoroughly un-
selfish and that she has the making of |
a remarkably useful woman. But I
predict for her some trying expert
ences. She is one of those girls who
would make her father and mother