The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-12

The following letter was written to Mr..
H. NJ. Mccartney, treasurer OF the Salt
Lake Kelley Institute, by a. w. Bartels of
this city, who is travelling throughout Utah
for the purpose Of visiting Kelley gradu-
etes and others who have written for in
formation concerning the Salt Lake in
stitute:
LOGAN. June S, 1892.
Il. NJ. Mccartney, Esq Salt Lake City:
DEAR SIR-Believing that you viii be
pleased to receive an account Of my ex-
perience since leaving Salt Lake. take
this opportunity, having an hour or two to
spare, to give you brief description OF
the different receptions have had the
changed condition of the homes ard families
of the graduates intermixed with few
stories of mothers, fathers and wives of
The now cured ana happy men. Upon ar
irving in Ogden ] called at the homes Of
several OF our graduates, visited with them
and chtated with their relatives and
friends.
Had been prince could not have met
with more royal reception. AS soon as
they learned that was from the Salt Lake
institute. happy faces and hearty hand
shakes welcomed me into the houses.
where 1 was besieeed with questions and
entertained by stories of the wonderful
changes in Dick, Tom or Harry, as the case
might be.
My but l am happy woman now"
mo woman could wish for a better hus-
band than mine" Jack was always a
good son. Drink was the only fault, no one
could ever say a wrong word against his
character" II never worry now when my
husband is out late, / know he is safe'
And a hundred such expressions could be
heard on al sides.
did not meet with one dissenting word 4:
all the graduates were busy attending to
business. with bright prospects ahead. Yet
al were anxious TO leave work and intro
duce me 10 some OF their friends whom
they thought ought to take the treatment.
There was no bashfulness, no shame, no
thought Of disgrace. They were cured
men once again. ana they wanted the
world to know IT, And all were willing to
80 with me to those who had known them
for years IS common drunkards and prove
the efficacy Of the Salt Lake Kelley Cure
and pour forth words of praise for DR..
Groves and his assistares. Never in the
whole course of my experience have / met
such lot Of happy, iubilant peo-
people as l have en- this trip. Yet
With all this ] lind it extremely diff
cult to persuade men that they are
actually diseased. They nearly all think
that they can stop when they like -
"They don't drink 10 excess.n "a man
who gets q little full once in awhile does nc
harm to any oue,n and thousand and one
excuses. Others thought they ought to
take it, but would wait until later on.
Couldn't spare the time or money now.
But they will come, sooner or later. They
must succumb TO the inevitable, and so
left them. thinking, after interesting rela-
lives on their behalf who viii leave nc
stone unturned that will rid their loved
ones Of this terrible disease.
One thing seems remarkably strange ia
me and that is the great interest that pro
prietors OF saloons aud liquor dealers take
in the Kelley cure. l obtained more
names and addresses from these men than
any one else and they showed every desire
10 assist ne in my work. AS a class
have always found them 10 be large hearted
fellows who would go down into their
pockets to help anyone in need without 9
moments hesitation, but did not ex peel
them 10 assist me in damaging their bus
mess. understand itnow. AS one Of the
owners of a large saloon said TO me. "We
take no stock in selling drink to a man in.
toxicated. He is only nuisance to US
q detriment to our business, and sure tc
become q bum and q deadbeat, only give
him time. The man who comes in regu.
larry two or three times 6 day, takes his
drink and goes on about his business. il
the kind Of customer we cater to. And Won
can believe me that there are not MANY meu
in our business who would not rather givs
q drunken man dollor to go hone to his
family than take two from him for drink
One graduate told me that BIO had little OF
no faith in the cure when he went to Sail
Lake, but thought be would 20 anyhow
Just TO please his wife and mother. "Well. y
he said, 'you have seen them, and guess
they are pleased know I am-snc
II / can be the means Of inducing
any one who needs it to 20 there
you can bet III do it; for ] was
almost gone when l left. Here l would gt
around TO the back door of a saloon anc
beg for liquor. when / couldn't get it any
other way. Everybody was down on me
and thought it would be good idea fol-
me to go of somewhere and die. l fooled
them one; am a cured man; have good
steady employment now My wife is one
of the happiest women on earth and the
little ones are rejoicing at the thought Of
new clothes and shoes" Another one told
me that he gave his little four-year-old boy
credit for his redemption.
One night when he returned home late
in half maudlin condition he found the
house in darkness and upon entering
was crouched in a corner Of the
room. He called the boy TO him, asking
what was the matter and where mother
was. The little fellow Strengthened VI
and between his sobs said Are you
drunk again, papa. Mother said you
were. She's sick in bed and hungry. too
So am |, and she says you're just killing
her, and oh ] wish I could die too The
sight sobered me in a minute. took the
child in my arms, went into the room anc
made a solemn vow to my wife that IL God
only spared me long enough TO make ar
rangemente l would 90 to the Salt Lake
Kelley institute and quit drinking forever
Well, found friends who helped me. anc
went. And all / can say is that none,
has no value compared with the condition
am in today"
could I'll a book with the interesrins