The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-09-21
A STRIKING LETTER!
TO THE VICTIMS OF STRONG DRINK
EVERYWHERE.
AZ r. n. Roone. who Was Himself One
Of the Unfortunates, Writes Tor
the Good of Others.
DURHAM, \. c., Sept. II.

ciety. both men and women, who are the
victims Of strong drink and morphine.
write solely from a sense of duty, having
no ~pecuniary interest whatever in the
matter in hand.
have been one Of the unfortunates
above mentioned, and appreciate keenIy
all the struggles, trials, sorrows AID re-
morse which constantly attend their
pathway through life. To be afraid of
others, or to be afraid Of the dark is to
suffer temporary disquietude, but to be
constantly afraid Of oneself is a lifetime
of torture. A man may be ashamed OF
the curse which produces such an effect,
but surely no man or woman can be
ashamed to remove such a cause.
! spent four weeks at the Kelley lnsti-
tute, Greensboro, \. c., and was treated
for periodical drinking. | met while
there men of the highest honor, integrity
and intellectual attainments, and women
on whose purity and virtue ! would stake
my last dollar.
IuSSC DcLFGIu udJ Wy uoJ ''A'N AN
new creatures, rejoicing together in the
hope Of that liberty which their own
inner conscience told them %as nigh. l
tell you, the sight, it seems to me, would
inspire even a lost soul, suffering human
ity being transformed and fully conscious
of it. What else could be expected but
a common rejoicing? The officers in
Charge, as well as the physicians at the
head Of the institute, are men who have
themselves received the treatment, and
hence understand and appreciate the ne
cessities Of the patients. DIR. Durham,
always kind and gentle, is the very type
of all that goes to make the name OF
father dear, and 10 patient ever left the
institute who did not carry away a feel
ing of strongest affection for him. He
is not only a righteous, but a good man,
such as the scriptures refer to.
DR.. Wrenn, the other physician, by his
afiable and pleasant manners, inspires
you at once with perfect confidence. The
attendants are attentive and gentlemanly,
and everything is done TO please and ben
eft the patients. Even the citizens of
that delightful little city vie with each
other. in saying kind things to the pa.
tients, and encouraging them in their
effort to be cured of the awful disease.
Every patient who goes to this institute
desiring to be cured and conforming to
the rules is certain to obtain the desired
end. Physicians and others may speak
disparagingly Of the treatment, but this
| know, that in my case and others that
! know, the cure has been perfect. 1t
restores the nervous system to its nor
NAL condition, hence there is no demand
for q stimulant. Sleep comes as to an
infant, natural and refreshing.
| am absolutely satisfied that all de-
mauds for a stimulant are eradicated nov
and forever frOT my system. | feel like
a man made over again, with the frailties
and imperfcc;ions LETT out of the compo-
sition. ! can now 20 forth in the world
to do its duties aud fight its battles, for |
haYe no longer in II y elf the enemy
which kept ne afraid The man who is
constantly fighting himself is scarcely
able to successfully battle with outside
foes. For years have been in a state Of
warfare with myself da, and night, and
the consciousness that this warfare is at
an end gives me infinite pleasure. All
nature seems to take on a l~ovclier form,
and my environments, which before SEEM
ed dark and gloomy, have now an aspect
OF brightness never discovered before. |
Indeed, clouds which hung low and dark
around me before my cure, now are dis
sipatcd as the mist before the morning
sun.
| have seen a man at five o'clock in the
evening wild with delirium tremens, and
at 9 O'Clock the next morning sitting
quietly in the club room reading a news
paper, transformed like The "Demoniac
of Gadara,"and clothed in his right mind.
No man whose experience has not
taught him can ever conjecture the
power which binds the man who has
with him this fierce appetite for strong
drink. When the appetite comes it is as
irresistible as a cyclone. | have often
thought when my sober friends were re
monstrating with me, and utterly una
bic TO understand the mysterious power
that controlled me, that it was cruel be
yond measure to censure a man for a
condition which he could in no wise pre-.
vent, and | have exclaimed:
$50 horrible oh never maycst thou see
What here lies hid from all but hell and me-
or the appetite it may be said:
Grant to man this browning curse,
And keep him what he j.. no hell We're VERSE"
No man who has any of the milk of
human kindness" not to say the spirit of
our blessed master, in his heart ought or
can refuse TO help those who desire to be
rid OF this awful curse in any way which
he may.