The Brookhaven leader., 1886-02-18
/" MONKEY

Stories of DeIirium Trsmens that Make
Good Temperance Lectures.
"a men with the dclirium tremens
rs coward, and would not try to hurt
any one" said DIR. Bailey, "Iremem.
be once a well-knOwn young man was
brought to my home in Cumming for
me to treat him for delirium tremens.
This young man imagined that witch
had shot him in the jaw with a silver
bullet, and that the bullet could not be
gotten out He was wild raving crazy,
but showed no signs of violence, / got
some pokeberries and made my bov
squeeze them. took the Juice, got an
old bullet, and then went to the Young
man, and. after looking in his mouth,
l slipped the pokeherry juice and bullet
in my hand and stuck my fingers in his
mouth | pulled it out with the bullet.
and TIE poor fellow fairly cried for joy.
10 short time he was well.n
A young man who has had the "mon.
keys" after him more than once told
the reporter his experience
I've had 'em, he began, land YOU
bet all l wanted was to get out of the
way. The first time | ever had the
monkeys they came on me suddenly. |
had just got into the door of nv room
when human corpse in coffin met
my gaze. l started to turn around and
go ont. but one arm reached out and
struck me. At that moment the carpet
was covered with reptiles and innumer-
able devils. l tried again to get out of
the door, but a large lion stood right in
front of me. l sprang to the window,
but when | looked out the sidewalk was
mass of lions, tigers, wolves, pan
theirs and other ferociOus animals, I
ran to my bed, but found II covered
with snakes of all sizes and kinds. As
long as l remained still the devils would
keep quiet / stood in that room oil
night praying for deliverance, and
never slept wink. Next morning
when Jim, the boy who cleaned up the
room, came and opened the door the
demons vanished. said nothing to Jim
about it, but sent him after more liquor.
l drank it, and for more than week
L remained in that room and was tor
tured by the monkeys. During that
time had moments o. reason, when /
could Danish them from my mind"
. l was on my beat one night said
Policeman Stroud. at was bitter cold
and the wind whistled around the cor
ners. As turned from Alabama
street into Broad heard loud and pro-
longed screams for help. / rushed up
the stairway from where the voice
came and expected to find fellow
whipping his wife or woman who
imagined there was man under the
bed. Instead Of this / found man
perched on top of chair at the head
of the stairway, and his appeals for
help were heart-rending. What's the
matter?' l asked, calling him by name
Don't you see the train coming and
am tied to the track?' he replied, his
face deathly white and his voice trem-
bling. Il am going to be killed! am
going to be killedr Then in moment
the poor fellow imagined that he was
going to be hanged. He begged me to
cut the rope and not let the snakes
hang him. He said the snakes were
dressed in mems clothing and that they
were going to hang him because he
had been drinking. tell you it was
awful to hear that man beg for help.
l had to pick him up and lift him out
of the chair, and rs l did so he took an
idea into his head that | was the devil.
He begged piteously not to be thrown
into torment, promising to be better
man. l nursed him until got him
quiet, and then hired negro man to
remain with him during the night. 1t
was three days before he got entirely
straight. l never want to see another
man with the monkeys as bad as he
had them. The man has never touched
drop of liquor since. .''-Atlanta Con.
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