, 1892-03-04

effect whatever resulting from it After
coming to the army L did not drink and
the habit always seemed a foolish one to
me, until one night when with a party Of
friends. rather than seem peculiar by re.
fusing l drank with them, but if anyone
had said, You will become a drunkard'
l would have knocked him down.
About this time / had a slight opera
ton performed upon me BY an army sur.
geon who put me under the influence OF
a large dose of ether and from that time
on whiskey had a more serious effect upon
me and fastened me into the condition
which in some is not reached except by a
longer period of drinking. L don't cite
this as an excuse for in course OF time if
l had had no operation performed the
same results would have followed.
saw the necessity of stopping the
habit myself and no one talked to me
more seriously or rave me better advice
than the saloon keepers Of this town but
it was impossible for me to quit.
When a man forgets what occurs when
he is under the influence of liquor he is
an habitual drunkard. There are three
classes of drinkers. The man who takes
an occasional drink and has no further
desire to drink; the man who gets drunk
once a year or at a big dinner or special
occasion, and the third class, to which l
belonged. The first does not need the
| Kelley treatment, the second is In a fair
way to become a d%runkard; 10 the third
| tie effects are worse than a consuming
fire. Step by step the mind of mar Is
swept away. HIS intellect. once bright
and bouyant. becomes sluggish and dull
and the pleasing prospects of his youth
becomes shrouded in uncertainty and
doubt. The nobler impulses of nature
are retarded and give place to vices dis
gushing and degrading. In. the place
where the standard OF success should be
planted is found the dismal signal of
failure and disaster. A retrospect Of such
a life shows a picture of a furnished name,
disregardcd promises. a reputation gone
and swiftly the guiding demon of drink is
followed down to the portals Of hell. For
such there are no plaudIts of friends. no
scepter of power, no wreaths of victory
and at The close there is but the sad wall
| of a few faithful friends and the pail of
eternal night.
The speaker her described the methods
of the Kelley treatment and Its effect
Upon those who take it. After the treat
ment the restoration is to the original
state OF the PARENT before he commenced
drinking. His motives, impulses and
desires are the same as before the first
drink was taken. The speaker then paid
his respects in a vigorous manner to the
doctors who c~riticise and abuse DR..
Kelley aud his methods without any but
a superficial knowledge of the subject.
The bright lights of the medical profess
sion have not criticised DIR. Kelley. The
doctors who accuse Kelley patients of
gong through a faith cure process have
more superstition than Kelley.
The object ofthe movement inaugurated
by this meeting is to provide funds to
send needy unfortunates to the institute.
1t is practical charity. In nine cases out
Of ten if you clothe or feed a poor family
the cause of their poverty arises from
drink and the charity is misspent. Cure
the disease and the husband and father
will provide for the family. 1t is to aid a
practical charity that will lessen the
amount of crime and misery in the world.
Alter Nh. Stoll's speech Archie Hale
sang a solo with Prof. Pasmore as ac-
companist and Mr.. Geo. Haldorn of
Butte, Mont, was introduced.
Mr.. Haldorn made a witty and at the
same lime pathetic speech and his hear
ers were part of the time laughing heart
lily at his pictures of the jag cure and
part Of the time in tears over his graphic
p!cturef OF the miseries of drunkenness.
Six weeks age Mr.. Haldorn said he
went with his wife and child to Philadel-
phia to visit relatives. He had promised
his wife not to touch liquor during his
visit. He had already broken two oaths
uot ufiuh. lie uhu pldCtu u iOTltit OF
5000 10 escrow as a pledge not to drink
and lost it. He had appealed to God to
aid HIM in keeping his promise to his
wife and yet in Philadelphia he failed
completely and gave up his visit. He
could not resist. When he reached Chey-
enne on his way home the Kelley treat
ment was not thought of by him. He
had some business with Mr.. Stoll. who
saw BY his countenance his trouble, and
when the business was transacted Stoll
urged him to take the cure. When my
wife left / got drunk. No spirit Of BRAY
ado actuates me in telling this, but if my
experience brings one man relief then God
knows | am satisfied. The cure Is mar
v%ellous. 1 can't explain it. l don't care
whether it is lone with a hypodermlc
syringe or a base ball bat, the facts show
for themselves and the end ~iustifies the
means. Criticisms of the cure are theo-