The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-01


very emphatic in his expressions OF APP
proval of the work done in Montpelier
"The Kelley Institute" said Mar. Cross
"has done more for the cause OF temper
ance in Montpelier than any mov ement that
was ever made in that direction. 1t has
helped the town in every way. It has
closed up and cleaned out an element in
this town that has been dangerous for
years. | mean the low rum-shops."
In reply to the questions of the reporter,
the expressions OF approval OF Rev. a. ii.
Webb, pastor Of Trinity church, had no un-
certain sound. Montpelier has had bad
reputation in the past" said Me-. Webb,
because so much Intoxicating liquor was
sold here, aud it was considered bad
place for a young man to live. At the pres
ent time there is probably as little intoxcat-
ing liquor sold here as in any town OF its
size in the state. Doubtless to many causes
, is this change due, but believe the Kelley
Institute has figured largely in bringing
about this result. Some of the men who
were once the disgrace OF the town are now
doing their best to atone for the past, and
are, by their daily conduct, striving to up
lift and purify the capital OF the state. The
Kelley treatment has indeed been boon
to those who were led captive by their APP
petite"
Are you aware, Mr.. Webb" queried the
scribe, " that your public utterances on the
Kelley cure during the past summer have
attracted much favorable notice and com
meni?"
YES" said Mr.. Webb, "I find great
many people slow to believe in it, and [ al
WAYS am glad to speak word in its behalf.
find some asking II God has not been in
| the past, and is not at the present, able TO
take away the appetite for strong drink
without money and without price. l reply,
certainly" Chm what is the need of the
Kelley INSTITUTED" 81 have always been
| taught that | have no right to expect God to
do for me what | can do for myself. | do
not believe | have any right to expect God
will cure any disease with which | may be
| afflicted until use every means within my
reach, and do believe that the Kelley cure
| is Gods answer to the prayer of the op-
pressed and distressed. What | saw last
June at the celebration Of the first annver
sary of the establishment OF Kelley Insti-
| tute at Montpelier forced me to believe in
| it, and / have remained it's warm friend
| ever since"
A call was made on T. j. Deavitt, presi-
| dent of the Capital Savings Bank and Trust
| Company, and the widely-known pension
| attorney, to obtain his views on this sub
iect. After well weighing his words, a
| habit so characteristic of the man, Mr.
| Deavitt said: 81 believe the Kelley Insti.
| tute has done great deal OF good in Mont
| pelier We never had the liquor traffic so
well suppressed as since the Kelley Insti-
| tute :came here, and / believe that, with
| other agencies, had an important influence
in doing this. Without doubt, it is benefi-
| cal to the town to have the Institute here"
Rev. H. A. Spencer, financial agent of the
| Vermont Methodist Seminary, and a former
pastor of Trinity church, was perfectly will
ing to be Interviewed. Mr.. Spencer said ::
"Of course 1 only speak from observation !;
| but as i go up and down the state, speaking
| in the interests of the seminary, am so
| glad to tell the people that the evil nflu-
ences at Montpelier are not what they once
were. / have scarcely seen drunken man
since 1 came back to Montpelier, ard L con-
| slider this state of things largely due to the
| work Of the Kelley Institute"
| No person sees so much of the dark side
of town as do its policemen, and none
moral aspect Of place. Ga being interro-
gated, Policeman Henry E. Hunt face
| tiously replied: Its the worst thing for
| my business that ever struck the town, and
1 shall have to go to blacksmithing for a
living" No man in town is more in SYM
pathy with the Institute, however, than is
| Officer Hunt. 1t was through his personal
| efforts that paper was circulated last sum
mer and the money raised to put needy
individual through course OF treatment.
just about the time the Institute was es-
tabished in Montpelier, Rev. j, Edward
| Wright left town for a years sojpurn
abroad. In common with very manv Others,
at that time he was guarded in giving the
| treatment his endorsement What he has
seen and known since his return, last June.
| of the work accomplished Ivy the Kelley
cure has thoroughly convinced him of IT'S
| efficacy and genuineness. On being re-
Quested to give his views for publication, he
said The Kelley Institute in Montpelier
| seems to me to have done an excellent and
rraiseworthy work since its establishment
here; and has been powerful reinforce-
| ment to the temperance agencies already in
| the field. 1t has benefited the communii Y
| as a whole, and we see fewer intoxicated
| men, and fewer notorious rutn-hules, in
town than we saw two years ago. 1t has
accomplished the apparently impossible in
the cases OF large number of individuals
enslaved by appetite. has broken their
chains. and sent Them forth with new hopes
and new life TO rejoice with their rejoicing
friends. While it does not directly enter
into the work Of the prevention of drunkard-
making and so leaves that great field still
open for philanthropic effort, it achieves
| marvellous successes in the line OF the cure
of the drunkard's thirst"
One of the strongest endorsements of the
| Kelley treatment that could be given was
contained in the answer of County Clerk
| M. E. Smile to the questions of the news.
paper man. In his capacity az trial justice,
| Mr.. Smile has more to do with men who
| have been arrested for iutoxicatiOn than
any other man in Montpelier. He said: " |
think the Keeley Institute in this town has
done more than anything else TO restrain
the sale of Intoxicating liquor. Before the
|
the neighborhood Of one hundred men ar
rested in the course of the year for intox-
ication. Within the last year there have
been less than twenty-only seven men in
the last six months. | attribute this in q
great measure to the Kelley Institute "
Il. w. Howe, sheriff of Washington
county, answered the reporters questions
very promptly. In my business" SAID
Mr.. Howe, 81 can see very plainly that the
Institute is doing great work. 1t is surely
diminishing drunkenness in this com
munity, and / honor any man who takes
the treatment"
Professor S j. Blanpied, principal Of thu
Washington County Grammar and UnioI
Schools, said; There is hut one thing to sa,
about the Keeley Institute. 1t does save
, men. No one can dispute that and wheI
, look around in some of the homes o
, Montpelier that I know something abont
and see the change this treatment ha
wrought, | cannot say enough in its favor.
, General j III. Lucia was very willing Il
, give his views in the matter when an
, preached by the reporter. From what
: have seen OF the workings OF the Keeley In
+ stitute," said General Lucia, :" | should IA,
it has done an excellent work in town, and
r Judging from some OF the material it ha
. had TO work on, should call it good in
, siitutOn to have in a community; in fact
: indispensable. | can see great chang i
| al, ,olag in ON m N " "a ~