Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-12-30
THE KELLEY TREATMENT.
A Keeley Graduate Given his
Experience.
AIRKsvILLE, No. Dec. 6, '92.

70 the Officers and Members Of
keeley League No. l, Dwight, ILL.,:
Dear Sirs and Brothers:--When
| graduated from the Kelley In
stitute | promised to write and
tell you how | was getting along.
| started for Dwight with very lit
tie faith in the Kelley Cure. |
had read of Dwight and DIR. Kee-
ley ever since the Institute had
started, but | always thought that
! could be man enough to quit
drinking without being treated
for drunkenness. The daY that |
left for Dwight / was trying to
sober up SO that l could go to
work. | was very nervous and
tllshty and every time that l
would shut my eyes l could see all
kinds of animals and birds flying
around me, and they all seemed
to be in q hurry.
To make the case worse with me
little boy who lived in the ad-
joining house to me was dying,
and | could hear his parents weep
ing over him, and they came over
after my wife, but l did not want
her to go for L was afraid to stay
alone. / thought that L might die
at any time from the way | WIS
feeling; SO. to console me, my
wife went and got paper that
had an article in concerning 8
friend of mine that had been to
Dwight, and wanted me to read it
while she was gone. | read the
paper and she did not come back.
and not wanting to stay alone !
happened to think of q man who
had been drinking man, but now
was running successful business,
and L though that he might tell
me how ne quit drinking, and that
could be benefited IN some way.
30 | went down to his livery barn
and Went right up to him ana
said: Bill, how in the name of
God did you ever quit drinking"
and to my astonishment he said
"WhY, John, l went to the Kelley
Institute arc got cured two years
ago and / have never drank any
since then" He asked me if /
had had any thing to drink that
morning, aud l told linn that [
had not. He went in to MS house
and brought me out q two ounce
bottle full Of whiskey, one that he
had brought from Dwight, you all
know the size. and wanted me to
drink it, but / thought it was a
keepsake and would not; then he
asked me if l would not 20 to
Dwight. I told him that 7 would
go any place if thought it would
do me any good, but in my case [
did not think that there was aDy
cure for me, for L had tried
m my times, and every time J
would get good a,1d sober I woul,
be good and drunk, and told hin
that did not have any money to !
go any place with. He said that |
L l would 20 he would furnish |
the money or get it for me. He |
told me to 60 ovfr home ard he |
would come and see me in q short
lime, and it was only about an
1o9r until he came to my house
sEd handed me q half pint bottle
ull of whisky, and told me that
he money was ready for me, and
hat he would go with me. His
hurry was to get ne away while [
vas IN the aotion. ] was ready
or | had got more whisky as soon
IS L found that had some friends
eft. l bade my wife and boy
Goodbye and left home that had
'een miserable for the last ten or
.tteen years. all on account of nv
whisky.
When we got on tho train ] ney-
I remembered. When | began
, realize where l was we were
umming along toward Dwight.
ly thoughts began to work. L
lought that when L got to Dwight
nat if it did not su.t me thet |
.ould not say anything but just
mp the first train and leave for
arts unknown, and that [ never
opld 90 back to Missouri for |
ad dlsgraced myself and my fam
y, and did not cars what became .
me. thought my boy was
cry near CLOWN AID that he
ouid take cars OF his mother, t
al If | died drunk that 1t would +
)t make any difference. Z
When we got to Streator the !
st thing that my friend did was l
get me drink Of whisky. Of I
,prse that made me dry and [ {
lpped up and got a half pint. [
I'd we boarded the C. d A. train
r Dwight; | arrived pretty well I, Il
AIDED and thought that there =
ere great many people that ~
GOD around the depot. l did
1t know that they were all there al
: the same purpose that [ was h
ming for We went over to the
ibratory. The first man we met al
Is DR.. Blaine. He treated us so 70
cely that it put me to thinking.
'xt | met that good old gentle te
IN, DR.. Keelev. and NV friend ~,