Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-27

cans, was laughed at, his treatment terme
equackeYy-~ How only tso years ago III
Cumberland County Medical Association re
solved that the Kelley cure was quaekery al
unvofthy of the attention Of the profession
How changed were the circumstances to.sy
The work was recognized as one of ii.
greatest agencies for good ever discovered
The institute at North Conway was locate
> there by nobie-hearteA man. one Of Go Il
nobless, who wished to provide means to en-
. able men 70 put an end To disease whicI
threatened them with insanity, ruin AM
death. Portland today is almost full o
men cured. ooe Of the first TO take III,
treatment was abou, the heavies. basine.
man there. He went an,
was cured. Upon his return
ne sent man who hal formerly been il
his employ az book-keeper but who wa
then, and had been for three years, work
ing in a low bar-room for the rum he couls
drink. He eafne back from North Conws,
a new man and for the past year and q hal
has been faithful to bis duties. having beer
taken back by his old employer. These
cases alone would make il worth while q
have the institute exist. They prove thai
there Is specific for this disease, fol
disease it is, that can cure o.
out Of 100. Has there ever beer
another specific that could show
as good recora?" Mr.. Chadbourne then
showed tina. from the standpoint ''does II
pay!7 that DIR. keeley had been in dollars
and cents one OF the greatest benefaetor.
OF the age. He spoke of the fact that the
liquor seems to take the brightest. He
then most tenderly and lovingly reeounte,l
the experience of his dear friend, Judge
Hamilton, and the general rejoicing that
he had been restored to his true, position
and the use of his splendid abilities. sound
judgment and as leader among the
brightest minds in Biddeford. Mr.
Chadbourne told how his own expert
ence As city marshal had taught that drunk
enness was not crime to be cured by pun
ishment. The county is being saved thoas-
ands Of dollars formerly spent in maintain
ing inebriates who are now self supporting,
respected citizens. He closed with a
magnificent eulogy of the work that the
Kelley cure Is doing and the benefits result
ing therefrom.
Mr.. Leigh then read several kilograms
AMI letters he had received from those I'M
able to be present Among others Hon. II
| NJ Heath of this city, wrote:
AuGUsrA, Me-, Feb. 20, 1893.
Thos, Leigh. Jr.
DEAR SRI sincerely regret my inabil-
ity TO except your kind invitation. would
! like by my presence to testify to my faith
| in this great work you are all interested in.
You are public benefactors, not agitators,
dealing with this question from the stand
point of science and common sense As
such, You are entitled to the thanks of all
who wish their country we'll.
| Yours sincerely
(Signed) II. N. HEATH.
| William f. Gould, manager of the North
Conway Institute telegraphed from there:
Emergencies have arisen at the last
minute which compel my presence here
tonight. very much to my sorrow as | had
counted upon being with you. Remember
me to ALL
| The Rev. Walker Gwynne wrote at
would give me much pleasure to accept
and to encourage the cause you have in
in hand" But this ia his busiest time and
owing to the pressure of his occupations he
was regretfully compelled to decline.
Congratulations and greetings were re-
ceived from 62 persons now undergoing
treatment at North Conway.
| Rev. }. 3. Williamson's address was one
of the features of the evening. After a
few pleasant Introductory remarks he said ::
81 thank God that | live in an age when
men are striving for the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth; when men
want to get at facts, all facts and nothing
but facts. We are learning that the surprise
is not in God but IN man, who is sometimes
too slow to recognize God in us. But God is
over all, ia ever present. And you tonight
attest that He, in his wise providence has
given US the Kelley cure as a sign that He
will gradually cause all woes to be removed
until we become more like his image"
| Mr.. Williamson then spoke highly of the
treatment a. a marvellous agency for doing
good. 81 am glad to be here tonight to
listen to the testimony, glad to be here to
know how You are convincing others Of the
good you are doing. ] know nothing of
the appetite but | can see that whether by
medicine or magic, men are changed and
| thank God for it
/ Hon. b. F. Hamilton of Biddeford, or of
/ Ssco, as he claimed, the leader of the York
| bar. followed Mr.. Williamson. His OPEN
| ing was exceptionally witty. He spoke of
/ the interest now taken in the work in Bidde-
| ford of the fact that this interest and ap-
/ prevail had resulted in Is men having been
/ HFilt ~ ENbrtn IOuNdf ny Iilt cnuTCnts-
/ temperance organizations and charitable
people. ~ would not have been here to-
night. he said, chad not wanted to look
! Won in the face. you who have been with
me in the valley of the shadow of death
God bless you. But what a little time it
| is, but few brief months since you lost
/ friends, position, confidence and self
respect. You have come back to your
j hN, b,y h.
have not been so for months before you
| have come back healthy in body, you have
come back everything that man should,
an assured future before you. Is it not
! wonderful, is it not miraculous, is it not
grand. What shall we do, that have taken
/ the preliminary lesson to enable US to enter
the institute? 1 hope no one who has not
taken this fearful lesson will do 80.
/ We who know what it is, who have suffered,
should 10 something to help others, TO help
on the work of progress. We want to or
/ ganize. Some want to fish with big net.
You can use it to catch coarse fish in the
! decp seas beyond the land but the delicious
trout must be caught when alone, by per-
sistance and patience with fine silken
line, The big net would be no good for it
would catch on the trees and bushes and
the fish would take fright and escape. So
we, who want to help others, must one by
one try our influence on some friend. Each
should. with the aid of good men, persuade
at least one man month to go. I beg you
to form clubs. these to organize great army
of workers for good. Institutes should be
/ generally located. When the war closed
people said what shall we do with this
great army of ours?' 1t was apparently
the great problem of the day. But when
| the soldier boys came home they solved the
I question themselves. They went right in
among the people and once more became of
! them. But dill they allow the principles
for which they had fought to be
| forgotten? The experience they had
gained go for naught? Ne. They organ
ICED the noblest organization ever formed,
the Grand Army of the Republic. And
around their csmpfres to this day the
veterans gather and in a beautiful ritual of
song ami word keep alive the glowing en-
bers of friendship, loyalty aud char
ity. We should follow their example.
should organize to help others. We should
follow their example still further and
organize the W0nen's Auxiliary. We were
enihralled. We have been disenthralled,
have thrown away the chains that bound
us. We have through the land a grand
army which should march together with fly
ing banners. God blesses all organizations
for doing good and in one year you can
solve the temperance question and this
great land will be freed from the accused
appetite and pure and spotless sky of
promise. of hopes and of glory will arch
/ it for all time.
Rev. Mr.. II. F. Wood of Bath made
a short and telling speech stating his own
exparienca in Investigating tho cure