News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-11-03
A KeeIey-Cura Meeting.

An event of more than ordinary in
terest was the meeting held by the
Bi-Chloride of Gold Club, under the
auspices of the Kelley Institute, at
Blanchard Opera House, Montpelier,
last Thursday evening. The hall
was packed from pit to gallery, every
available inch of seating and stand
ing room being Occupied-the audi
ence comprising in a large degree the
very first people of the town and
vicinity.
The meeting was opened with
music by the Montpelier Military
Band, after which W. A. Lord, of
Montpelier, President of the club
and presiding officer of the evening,
stepped forward and addressed the
audience at some length upon mat
tiers pertaining to the Kelley Insti-
tute. He said that some years ago
physician made the statement that
inebriety was a disease; that it was
a disease of the nerves; and that it
was a disease that could be cured
During these years experiments had
been tried, subjects being hired, upon
which to test its efficacy, the culmin-
alton OF it all being the Kelley Cure.
He stated that he was proud to say
he was the first applicant in the
state for the treatment, and briefly
alluded to his own mis-spent life
while under the treatment of "King
Alcohol"
He spoke feelingly of the sacred
ties of home that were violated and
robbed of their Joy By the curse Of
strong drink; of the grief and sor-
row of the wife and mother, and of
the shame and disgrace of the chill
dren, picturing in an earnest and
graphic manner the life of the inebri-
ate.
The writer ventures to affirm that
never ia his career as an able and
talented lawyer did he make a plea
or address that so touched and won
the hearts of his hearers, and at the
same time raised him to such high
degree in the estimation of the
towns-people.
Mr.. Lord then read a letter from
George W. Baker of Johnson, a
graduate of the institute 1t was a
testimonial of deep gratitude for the
kind treatment and care while under
going the process of the cure. Among
other things it stated that before
going to the institute he was using
fifteen grains of morphine and one
and one-half pints of liquor a day;
that his friends thought he would
TO
being so weak that he had to be
helped to and from the hotel to the
institute, but thanks be to God and
the miraculous treatment he was
made new man and was free from
the bonds of intemperance.
One of the best speakers of the
evening was John G. Wing, of Mont
pelier, a young lawyer of ability and
promise. He briefly referred to his
own Incorporate life and then entered
upon the theme of temperance with
the spirit and zest of renowned
temperance orator, pOrtrayiDg with
startling vividness the evils that be-
set the wine-drinker; his remorse and |
when the fatal appetite was
once formed; the struggles to be
free from the accursed bonds, and in
contrast depicted in glowing colors
the transition, as it were, from "the |
old life unto the new" through the
power of the Kelley cure, making an
earnest and eloquent plea to those
addicted to the habit of strong drink,
to throw off the bonds of slavery,
and once again be free and upright |
citizens.
Various other members of the
club made short speeches, all
testifying their gratitude and belief
in the Kelley Cure, which, from the
of the modern age, has
done more for the uplifting of man.
kind than all other inventions of the
human mind.
Among the speakers not connect
ed with the Institute were Rev. G.
w. Gallagher, pastor of the "Beth-
any Church" and Prof. E. A. Bishop,
Principal of the Vermont Methodist
The speaking was interspersed
with music, and the happy faces and
fearful eyes of the audience was am
pie proof that all were fully awake
to the great reformation that was
taking place i'll their midst. E.