The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-29

and cool. There is not a trace Of excite
uent about her as she faces a mob OF
1eeriuE people. There is no question
about her nerve In Enterprise THURSDAY
and in Hope yesterday she defied mobs
tnat had gathered to do her harm and
she cOWed them. She has a remarkably
ready Wit and gets by far the best Of II
-n contests OF ltpdItee VITA q moo Ply
quotes Scripture and Shakespeare with
equal facility. As a temperance lecturer
sue IS qramauC ana Iorceful In Enter
prise she went to the church while
meeting was In progress and asked to be
allowed to speak to the congregation.
The Rev Mr.. Vincent, the pastor, re-
fused TO let her speak ia his church. He
said ne did not approve Of her method
persisted and tie pastor referred the
matter to the LOard of trustees. They
consented TO let her talk; Afterward the
pastor said iJ was the best temperance
lecture he had ever heard
Recognition is Refused.
Tn the town of Hone everyone was
against her. She walked up the street
and people she spoke to shook their
heads and would not recognize her She
fered to shake hands with them and they
turned away from her she returned TO
the hotel and stood In the center of the
Office haranguing the people who crowd
ed ina. There were men, women and chill
dren in the crowd and they looked and
spoke Overwhelmingly to her till the big
saloonkeeper, good natured nan. came
In and shook hands with her, turning the
While she was lecturing she looked an
old man i'm the face and he scOWled at
her and said-
ct will SIR" she shouted brist.ing up 20
him I'm talk TO- the devil In whatever
The crowd laughed and the old man
skunk out of sight She talked straight
10 a woman in the crowd and the wo-
man snapped back at her. Mrs. Nation,
looking daEgers a { the woman, discomhc-
ed her by saying
ZEN En- his town. fIe answered. 10.
but there are some in the country.
Alleges Plot to Murder.
This raised another laugh. She showed
s0me evidence of a dtsordered mind IN
hotCl-keeper d tried to murder her
during the night by blowing cigarette
smoke through the keyhole IN her room
She said that cigarette smoke was dead
Iy poison to her and that she only saved
her life by raising the window
She declared i'm the same talk that God
often came To her in visions and talked
to- her and that the devil came 20 her
i'm visions in the shape Of big black
Mrs. Nation is a short, stout woman
with a. round heshy face and very keen
eyes. She is careless OF neC 9Iess ana 5 5ii,1
pearauce- Yesterday morning she dli
not attempt 90 clean of the egg Smears
that covered her black skirt She haqn {
cOmbed her hair either ana IL iOOkeu
very untidy-
Fond of Notoriety.
She gIories in notoriety. She loves to
be folIovved ANA pointed at She loves
best TO talk. Her tongue Is never at rest
for a minute when there Is anyone 10
talk to and she never loses a chance 90
harauguc crowd. she cllncheS every
argument with a quotation from Scrip
ture. o.. g.
The temperance people are divided nm
opinion as to whether any good result
from her work. Many of them say she IS
doing far more harm than gOod- MOST or
the tenn erance people Of Enterprise are
sorry She came there, although her Vlsit
resulted I'm closing the saloons aho the
mayor of the town says ne Is gong 10 SEE
that they are kept closed
Her .yreCzing of the saloon IN E.nJef-
r,riSa threw the bartender, Mace Miller.
oIrf Of a lob AfterWaTd in the crowd
said he had a wife ana Chiqreh 10 SUI
Dorf and she had taken the breao out OF
their mouths, and that he had only 10
cents in the world. Co.. IN, -. .
NV dear man. she said 1T VIII De q
Gods blessing 20 yourself ana IaIhliy II ]
have forced you TO go at reSPScldo!e
work 1 have only s. with me Here Is
s. of it. Take il home and give II 10 your
-Tbe bartender took it and thanked her
In the Wichita Jail she gave an the cetSil
She had TO the prisoners. buI SIte lS ILol
= moor woman She owns gOOu pIoptLtE
i'm Medicine Lodge and has money III
bank there ,-- .t,, nil an
,,.ar next I'm the role Of a saloon SMASH
n She saws God has told her 10 res
fo,. a few DAYS and that as soon as GQt.
tells her where to go ana DeSIh d6d'i-
she Will go.