The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-31
DO YOU REMEMBER?
You Remember Old George Muir,
Don't You?
Well, He's Not Dead YETI lie is Well and
hearty, and He is Going to Tell You
how it All Happened

I am here in Centre Creek near Heber
city and l want to tell all of you good peo-
pie that know me, and most of you do
through this territory, that things have
changed nightly with me lately. You re-
member old George Muir the miner and
prospector, foreman for the Union Pacific
company. Wells, Fargo and Rocky Noun
tain company! Yes Well that's me-
You also remember that used to be ter
rible fond Of ny glass and always kept
good supply of liquor on hand. l am 60
years old now and l kept up my lick for
forty years. You know how sqnandered
my money and lost one good position after
another. You know what chance I had
aud what big money 1 have made and
wasted. You remember that bought
whisky by the barrel and drank it by the
gallon.
Nv orked 800 men at one time and worked
them well, too, but l never drank lets
than gallon of whisky DAY during that
time. went into drug store oneday and
the obliging clerk showed me through the
cellar where the liquor was kept. told
him would like to sample some good alco-
hol. He placed quart measure under the
fawcett and before it coulu be turned off
the measure was full. I took it up ard
drained it. The clerk looked frightened
and said he did not know I wanted to COM
nit suicide or l never should have seen the
inside of that place. laughed and told
him that was nothing, 1 could drink
another like it. but he took good
care that l didn't get the chance.
was always strong and worked hard. and
it seemed as if nothing hurt me, I had an
iron constitution ana dehed whisky. When
sober l was always respected, but of late
years I got SO low down that my old friends
passed NE by and would not speak to me.
My iron constitution played out and the
suffering after-each spree was so terrible
that prayed to God to take me many
time. My poor old wife has taken the last
.
at night to get drop of whisky to stop my
suffering more than once, and 1 be-
lieve thai If she had not 1
should have been dead long ago.
She has done this when ali my children
refused to go for me. she stuck to me
through all my reckless. foolish, suffering
days God bless her. But she's happy
now. We heard of the Kelley institute at
Salt Lake city, and resolved to try once
more to quit it and be sober man.
went down as soon as I could and found
some forty-fve others at the Gardo house
taking tbs treatment for whisky, NOR
phine or tobacco, aud some for the
cigarette habit. They soon made me feel
comfortable, aud after three days found
that could exist without alcoholic stimu-
lants AT the end of three weeks l re-
turned to my wife and family cured man.
l was splendidly treated by DR.. Groves
and oil in authority at the in
stitute, and can never forg t
what they have done for me. never felt
Sc well in my life, and l have neither taste
or desire for liquor any more, and thank
God that the remaining years of my life
will be sober ones, and that instead of fill
ing drunkard's grave l shall die a sober
man. ! ouly wish that all drinking men
could understand the great benefit to be
derived from this wonderful cure and be
prevailed to try the pleasures of sober
life. My good wife never sleeps now but
what she offers prayer for DR. Groves of
Salt Lake institute and DR.. Kelley, the
discoverer of this great blessing to all suf-
fering as did. Yours sincerely,
GEORGE MUIR,
CENTER CREEK, Utah.
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