Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-17

to be of that class who do not want to
be sober. and return to mode OF lie
with companions and surroundings OF
depraved nature. simply because Of a
desire TO be with those of their own klnd.
A well known newspaper man who
has been in Lancaster for several weeks,
not as a patient undergoing treatment,
but simply to study the Kelley rene
dies says: II have seen so many OF the
ablest minds in the journalistic held
clouded, and lives of so many OF the
brightest writers for the press gone out
through their weakness for drink, that
/ hailed with Joy the grateful news
that a cure had been found for drunk
enness. | had met many Of the boys
in Chicago, New York. Pittsburg and
other cities who had been to Dwight.
They displayed with pride the gold
cub-button on the lapels Of their coats
as evidence that they were OF the noble
army of ones who hailed DIR. Kelley
as their saviour and emancipation. /
bad seen so many evidences of the
certainty of the cure effected at Dwight
that | was a firm believer in the
methods, for / bad evidence in the
bright and cheerful faces of friends on
every hand who had been through the
course. When l first came to Ian
caster was skeptical. and thought per-
haps the Kelley Institute at this place
was simply a private enterprise started
to profit by the reputation so nobly
earned by DR. Kelley. | was here but
few hours when | was thoroughly
convinced that this was a Kelley Insti-
tute, the exact counterpart Of the one
at Dwight. | came as a doubling
Thomas, but when ] saw the contract
between Dr. Kelley and the gentleman
in charge to whom he had sold the sole
right of tie State of Wisconsin, with
receipts showing the right had been
purchased and paid for, and when !
saw personal letters from DR.. Kelley
authorizing them to open an Institute
in this city, ! was satisfied and glad
TO know that the remedies were in the
hands of the right people, and that the
same benefits which have gone out from
celebrated Dwight, would now be with.
IN the reach of so many sufferers in
this state. A great and glorious work
has already been done by the Lancaster
Institute. and its fame is spreading, rs
each of the ones cured on their return
to their homes are just so many zeal
Gus and active missionaries. who meyer
tire OF sounding the praises of Lancas-
ter. They are so joyful over their re-
lease that they want all their friends
who are addicted TO drink to come TO
Lancaster. Each man on returning to
his home town from the Institute here
is so proud of havirg downed the demon
of drink, and so happy in consequence
that he feels il a sacred duty to herald
worldwide the fact of his emancipation.
There are to-day hundreds of happy
men who have been here. and are now
back at home to whom Lancaster will
always remain a spot around which
clusters the sweetest memories of earth
LIFE AT THE INSTITUTE.
The biz new hotel in which the Insli-
tute is located is in all probability one
of the most congenial houses in the
state, sheltering without doubt one Of
the happest assemblies of men found
anywhere There are always plenty of
patients who have been here sufficient
" long TO feel that the appetite for
drink has left them, their happiness
over this knowledge finds vent in so
many ways as to make it contagious.
Every body is happy, even the recent
arrival as be sits trembling and sick
from the effects of his last debauch
smiles, for he knows that soon he too
will be cured. One of the patients, an
old soldier, in the reading room on try
ing to explain why all were so happy,
SAID ~ q feel Just like we did in the
army when after the four long years of
war the news came that Lee bad sur.
rendered and the war was over We
We're happy then for we knew we had
no more battles to fight, and that soon
we would be home with wife, or moth
er, or sweetheart, out OF all danger
Our battles are over now. victory has
been won, and again we will 90 back
free men to our homes. out OF all dan
ger from drink " Almost every train
brings new patients. and all trains are
met by large delegation of the ones
under treatment, who at once take the
new arrival in charge, and should he be
under the influence of drink as many
of them are, they watch over him care
fully and treat him kindly. Many Of
this class and in fact all who have been
here will long remember the kindly
smile and fathcrly like att ntion of Dr.
A. IL. Barber, who deals with the pa
TENTS as though they were children of
his own. Coupled with this kind
attention IS the most careful conS iera-
ton OF each individual casefrom ii med
ical stand point, all combining to not
only make the stay of the patient a
pleasant one, but fills him with encour-
agement and faith in the absolutenes S
OF the cure promised. DR. Barber has
an assistant, a bright faced young man
IN the person of Charles H. Oates, Of
Shullsburg. Charlie is graduate of
the Institute and has the honor of being
the very first patient treatedin this city.
He is an invaluable assistant and is
popular with the patients, many If
whom have good reason to remember
their frs days here in which Oh rlie
watch over them night and day IN
ceasingly unit they had begun to re
cover their senses and we're able to be