The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-05-19

d AMOS P. TAPLEY & CO.,
!. BOSTON. MASS.
q well Is at another. And let this fact be note
e that pe Keep tbis remedy secret as the on,
8 method by which ii can be brought to the POI
II unfortunate and lost men and tcOn,en for ,cho
e At as intended. II this remedy were publ
: given to the me dical fraternity, there woul
!. be bu! comparatively few cases treated; fo
: the simple reason that the regular practiti0r
: er has not the time, nor 10 he sufficiently RI
!, gular tn his habits of work to use this RENE
dy successfully. The only method by whic
g 1t can be pushed and In which its beneicen
work can be spread is the method witch ha
. been adopted. Companies are formed, phys
clans ore employed to make this their bus
+. ness, and men are put into the field to brn
: together the remedy and the disease. Doe
' anyone suppose thst II the Kelley remed
has been made public five years ago anythin
like one hundred and seven thousand case
would have been treated and treated Will
such success as has attended DR.. Kelley
work?
Physicians are coming to see this point 1,
considerable numbers as their attention 4
called 10 1t, and are being converted to an &C
tive sympathy with and cooperation 10 this
great work. Not more than ten days ago.
leading physician OF Rhode Island, with The
strongest kind Of professional bias, took issue
with tho writer upon just this point. A few
days later be attended meeting In which the
claims Of the Morrell Liquor Cure were pre-
sented and the "secrtt remedy" WAS defend
ed. AT the close Of the meeting he generous.
ly volunteered the Information that he had
been thoroughly converted to the writer's PC
stion. This will be so In every case when
large minded and phianthroptc physicians
look into this work.
"rhe Loafer" and the writer Of the other
! h0s1flp IN xvhfph pfora hos
oeen made-if be be apother person than
THE Loafer"-both attempt to make much
| ofthe fact that Brattleboro Is a strongly TEN.
perance town; that Vermont is a prohibitory
state; and would have us infer from these
facts, neither of which we question, that
Mercf re there is no need Of liquor cures In
Vermont, and certainly rot 10 Brstteboro.
We admire the local pride evinced In these
stateme nts; we admire the local pride more
than we do the wisdom OF the writers; for 1t
does not follow that, because Brattle boro Is
beautiful town and has widespread repu.
tatiOn for cleanliness and sobriety, and that
because Vermont Is a prohibltory state. that
there tore there are no victims to the alcohol
nabi' In Brattlebero and Vermont. In the
prohibition state of Maine, In which the writ.
er has lived and preached and worked for
temperance. there are no less than ELK -four
ishing Morrell Liquor Cure institutes, in some
OF the finest towns and cities. The people OF
Maine do not argue as the writers of these
paragraphs argue. They know that, In spite |
OF all precautions, the drink fiend is doing his
awful work-enticing boys, running men, des- |
olating homes-and they welcome any agency |
which promises to lessen or to thwart bis
awful work. And the better class of citizens
OF BrattlebOro, particularly those whose
hearts have been moved W tn sympathy for
the drunkard. those who have put aside their
hne tastes to try and save the drunkard, will
also welcome to BrattIeboro and to Vermont,
he ming Of rho MorroIt .tnunr f,nro.--sTho |
Loafer' and bis fellow writer to the contrary,
We know whereof we at.
irm. 1t simply is not true that aversion to
his movement Is "evidently the feeling
which very large proportion of our business
men and other leading citizens have In refer.
nee to this matter" We leave this statement
Il fact to be demonstrated by future deve
pments. There ale doubtless some; but the
most that can be said of aversion on the part /!
4 m my Heading citizens" Is, that they are
eady to lend their favor 10 the enterprise II :
can do even part Of what t claims. We !
rnpose to prove our claims.
We have no word of dispragement for any j
Their "cure," not even for the one that has q
already been established ny responsible (the
talics are ours) men at Westminster, only 90
1les away" They are doing good work. t
God speed" But we know what ,cc have: .
e haow ,chat zee can do They take the pa- 5
lent to Home for treatment We take the L
reatment 10 the patient. They obge him 10 y
save his business; we treat him while he !
outlines at his business. And zoe guarantee I
cure an euery case. This Is our claim for the Z
Onderful discovery of Dr.. Morrell. We pre-. Y
use to demonstrate our claim In Brst.eboro. l
In closing let me male two suggestions. ]
'irst, that we are not now asking citizens OF v
rattieDoro to furnish money for The esiab- II
shment OF the liquor cue In this village" q
alter we shall give few of your best pillar b
,ropic citizens the privilege of owning stock 9,
VIVA ~ w.. |
,ont." d
We presume that the hearty zeal of the II
Loafer' and his fellow writer is partly &C. II
ounted for on the suppostlon that they ex- p
ected to head of this movement. They were Ii
lst week too late. The Morrell Liquor y
urc has already been established in Brattle. r.
ORC. and the physician In charge" Is DR.. B. N
!. ketchum, one of the lesdlng physicians of u
ermonf, and man who lean neither he OF
ought. bullied nor brow-beaten, From this W
'ntre the work will bee carried 1 to every Sc
'nsiierable city and townlin Vermont. And
n the comfort Of the .Loafer" and any others
no are not ytt convinced we will saw. that
ere Is no reasonable doubt but that through "
1t the state the work will meet the cordial 81
-operatiDn Of the very "best citizens" and n,
III do Its work of healing wherever It goes. W
The second suggestion " hich would % IKE Al
lates to the loafer's ''active citizen" who ia
'or every hundred dollars subscribed for the th
ire. proposes to raise another hundred to hi
'ep 1t away" II this IL reslly serious lie. me til
We "sctive citizen q "pointer." 1t Is this: an
can best ipjure our work by joining forces SIS
It'll the men who sell liquor, learning who the I'M
n are that we are tying 10 save, and fur be
shing bis money to waylay them and turn at
EN- from their laudable purpose Of becoming -
spectacle citizens. back to the drink again Je
II II this should seem to "sctive citiz IN" in
file too humane, let me suggest another. use no
T the money which he is to raise contribute ot
to fund to help US trest free. those who ar
We nothing with which to psy the expense 10y
treatmsnt. The latter way will comm end sci
elf to tbs good people OF BraitleDoro; we pr
lieve AFRO to the active citizen, ana per- co
ps even to the .sLoafer.- m,
Respectfully yours. SUI
n. II. HARTMAN. cpl
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