Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-25
HOW NASBY REFORMER
A THIRTY YEARS oRINkeR QUITS ~
FORCE OF WILL.
What Total Abstinence Has Doro for tha
Noted Humorist of The Toledo Blade
Rum q Disease and Nss
q Vice.
Detroit Free Press

XNdoby uho AhSio y, ~ Aon8~
the shadowiest doubt about it. He Was In
Detroit the other day. and was met by .
former fellowdrunkard, who expressed
amazement at the revolution that abstinence
has wrought in the renowned humorist
Il know it il almost Incredible" mid
Nasty, "but 1t is fact that have n0s
tasted alcohol in any form for eighties
months. I'm completely reformed"
obviously" was the reply.
aOhl Ahl OF course. You refer to-tD-
WELL to this nosei'
Precisely. But don't want to seem -
be Extensively personal"
Don't apologize l oan afford to tAlk
about it, because I'm ahead"
"Well then, how did you bleach itp
"By letting whisky alone When was IN
London some time ago l met an American
physician there who said to me one day:
Locke, | can bleach that nose Of yours IN
three days. Been experimenting with Ger
tain chemicals for twenty years No hum
bug; honor bright. l can do the work
Haven't made my discovery public yet, but
I'll give you practical demonstraticn Of its
efficacy
with that he came at me with bottle Of
something or other and a camers hair brush,
and proceeded to paint the red out !
wouldn't submit to his manipulations, but
inasmuch as he is an eminent authority on
diseases of the skin, l have no doubt that hs
can really restore a rummy nose as hs
claims. Name is Sherman, and suppose hs
is still in London
4How did happen to stop drinkingi Bua-
nessl About the time l stopped my bua-
ness manager came to me one day and told
me that ~ per cent of the subscriptions a
my weekly paper were to expire in week.
and that it was necessary for me to jump
into the breach and prevent a permanent
dropping out appreciated the seriousness
of the situation, and swore that would 20
to work in earnest He said he must have
two or three serial stories, and the best
Nasty letters that could write, besides .
lot of other plumber.
Il had been a hard drinker for thirty
years, and had lost my powers Of intellect
ual and physical recuperation
up to about 40 years Of ago had been
able TO go TO bed religiously drunk every
night and attend to business with reasona-
Bile industry every day. When tho crists
came Of which l speak I was swallowing
more than forty drinks-I estimate the Quanr
tity in gross at two gallons-of raw whisky
every twenty -four hours.
Il couldn't work. Application was out a
the question. l would lie in bed until IL
O'Clock in the morning, and on awakening
used to contemplate my boots half An hour
at time with not enough energy to pull
them on Habitually drank five or dx
whiskies before breakfast and then at break
fast would take another nip, with . coupls
of soft boiled eggs-no appetite or ambition
When l tried to write couldn't make it 60
brain sluggish, body enfsebled, and final -
struction near at hand
"Well, sir, swore to get out the work that
was demanded Of me, but I'd keep putting it
off, nevertheless, helpless and-no not hope
less. The last day came around and still !
had not produced line. Then fully real
lied what a miserable victim I was Ous
morning while lay in bed, staring as usual
at my boots, / suddenly resolved that ]
would never drink another drop Of alcohol
! dressed, went down to tho Office, told ths
business manager that was ashamed Of ths
manner in which had failed to respond to
his necessities and added that he probably
would not see me in the office again for
three days. Didn't say word to him about
my resolution on the whisky question
"Al that day smoked incessantly, spend
ing most of the time on the docks walking
bareheaded with my face against tbs
breeze The weather was warm, and I was
full of fever; but held out and at II O'Clock
went to bed Next morning to my great
surprise l was able TO eat a small piscs of
porter-house steak-hadn't touched it ss
breakfast before in twenty years. That was
hopeful incident At noon / ate Q fair
lunch. This was better. At night I slowed
away q well mans dinner. That was best
of all; for when drunken man can eat you
may conclude that he is not lost. In thres
days coffee began to taste good and solid
food had flavor that was delicious Ny
recovery was quick"
"Did your craving for liquor continue for
some timef"
II think not 1t was a moral as we'll q
a physical overturning in my case That L.
the better condition to which had come 30
soon was a cause of more pleasure and ex
hilarstion to ME than any quantity of alco-
hol could make possible. I simply couldn's
afford to put in peril that nationally happy
condition"
DO you never feel desire to drink at this
stage of the fghtn
Possibly l do. At least and at most,
along about o'clock in the afternoon feel
a deep depression-not for want of nip %
much as because l am tired with work Ihs
natural impulse then is to stimulate, but
beat it down without great effort, and in Q
little while it passes
Il am absolutely certain that II were to
take one drink shor Id take forty. Alcohol
runs through my veIhs like quicksilver
NO / don't believe shall ever resume.
inherited cast-iron constitution-ought
to live 130 years in all, but l threw away
thirty years by dissipation, and 50 1 shall live
In ba pply fOl