The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-28

after thirty years diligent study and exper-
iment and has been tested for years, show
ing the results are permanent, over ninety
five per cent never having relapsed, has
proven 1t to be absolutely safe. The United
States government and corporations and
private firms endorse the efficacy of the
Kelley treatment, and gladly give men
who have taken it employment, feeling sure
they will remain sober and reliable. 1t is
administered only by physicians of stand
ing who have had personal instruction by
Dr. Kelley, The treatment in all Kelley
Institutes is the same. No death has ever
occurred in these Institutes while the pa
tent was under treatment, and they are
patronzed by intelligent men who prefer
treatment of fifteen years standing, success
full in ninety-five per cent of all cases, adj
ministered by competent physician, to an
experiment. When a Kelley graduate re-
lapses, 1t creates such astonishment that
the intelligence is telegraphed all through
the United States. Pardon me for taking
so much of your time"
Mr. Foster then read the following tele-
gram from DIR. Leslie f., Kelley, received
that morning: =" regret exceedingly my
inability to meet with you on your joyous
occasion. Only most imperative business
prevents me. My interest in each graduate
is sincere, and from my heart | thank God
for permitting me to be the instrument of
introducing this blessing into over 100000
American homes. That this reunion may
prove of great pleasure and benefit in happy
renewals of aCquaintanCeship, of increased
strength for future good deeds, of cementing
friendships between patients, and OF slim
ulating the saving of thousands of others in
your state, is the earnest wish of yours very
truly, Leslie e. Kelley"
A telegram from John Hall Richardson,
publisher of the Golden Ne,Cs, was also read
by Mr.. Foster. Mr.. Richardson said My
greetings to the boys. Sorry l can't be with
them"
The first toast, Vermont, the Switzer-
land of America" was responded to by
Rev. G. W. Gallagher He said " Il Is a
great pleasure to me to come here and par
take of your hospitality, and it is a great
pleasure also to be called upon to speak for
Vermont. She is unique state; the most
original and entertaining of any state in the
Union Vermont is the only state in the
Union where a slave never breathed She
is the only state in the Union that on the
battle-fields of our country never lost a
flag. (Applause). From the days of the
Revolution down to 1865, she is the only
state that never lost a battle flag. We may
well be proud of her, not only for her
scenery that entities her to the name of the
Switzerland of America, but for the great
influence exerted by the men she has sent
out. Vermont may also well be proud of
the Kelley Institutes in her midst. They
are doing great and glorious work. l
spoke in New Jersey, recently, and gem
is humbug' He had just been reading a
work that tried to prove that it was mind
cure, and he believed that the patients at
these institutions were simply deluded. l
said to him, If that is so, | would like to
cure some of my congregation in the same
way Your institute is noted for having the
oldest graduate and the youngest Kelley
baby in the United States. No one can
close a speech on Vermont without speak
ing of Vermont heroes and Vermont ladies'
They have never been eXcelled and never
will be. So long as we live we will honor
the women of Vermont who are doing so
much for the Kelley Cure. May God bless
you, wives and mothers and may you, Mr.
Chairman, and the good doctor, long con-
tinue in the great work in which you are
engaged, and in which you have done so
much for the town and state in the year
that is past
George w. Wing was pleasantly intro
duced as Mayor Wing" to say something
for the town of Montpelier. Mr.. Wing said
in part: Mr.. Chairman, ladies and gen.
tlemen, and graduates of the Kelley Insti-
tute l can assure you that / esteem it a
pleasure to accept the invitation of your
chairman to be present at this first annual
gathering, and to say word to you as the
official representative of the capital of Yer
mont. l need say nothing of the place
where you have come to hold your gather
ing, or of the hospitality of its citizens. You
of Montpelier are in hearty sympathy with
all you have done or can do. We are all
creatures of habit, and when that habit, by
insidious progress, becomes stronger than
the will power, when there is an institu-
ton that can restore that man and put the
will power again in CONTROL there is no one
but will rejoice to have such an institution
in our midst. And so | say that when re-
ports have gone out unfavorable to the in
sttution, they have been untrue. 1t is
not only upholding and regenerating its
graduates, but it is adding to the reputation
of the town in which it is located. So we
have much to thank you for, and those who
manage the institution. These graduates
cannot look back to a long line of COM
mencements but glance at the future of
the institution assures us it will do much to
educate and benefit mankind. / am sorry
this is your first annual, and am glad it will
not be your last. (Applause). 1t is pleas
ure to me TO say these things to you in an
official capacity
w. A. Lord was called on to respond to
" The first graduate from the state of Yer
mont" Mr., Lord said: When | was asked
by Mr.. Foster to say word to the gradu-
ates ! was somewhat at a loss to know ex-
actly the reason. | thought at first it was
because of my friend Fosters knowledge of
my preparatory fit for this college, and then
| thought that | had had an acquaintance
with nearly all of you when you were TAX
ing yOul tOIItBC bONlScp anu llIdJ NOu were
as apt scholars as | was. OLaughter). | was
not the first graduate, but was the first APP
plicant for college degree one year ago to-
day. There was one other, Maine patient
a man whom DR.. Nichols brought over as
nest-egg-to act as an incubator to hatch out
this crop of the past year-(applause and
laughter). But seriously, my heart is full
and my mind is crowded with thoughts too
serious for expression. If any man has
reason to be thankful, not only to Dr.
Kelley, but to our friends of the Institute
here, who helped us on our way to deliver
ance and happiness, that man is myself
AS | look back on the past and see that it
brings the safeguard of a happy future,
thank God | am here to-day. / extend to
you hearty greetings and can best express
my feelings in the words of Rip Van
Wrinkle, Here's to your very good health
and your family's, and may you live long
and prosper"
" The Kelley Treatment " was responded
to by John G. Wing. Among other things
he said; &C. am not able, do not pretend
to be able, to tell you what the Kelley
treatment can do | can only tell you how
we were when we went there, and how we
were when we came away. We went bound
by bonds of steel, and, thank God, the Kelley
cure stepped in and made us the free men
we are to-day. Illinois gave us a Lincoln,
who, with one hand made free fOur illiOnS