A CUBE FOR ALCOHOLISM.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1676, 22 December 1887, Page 1

A CUBE FOR ALCOHOLISM.

I wai one of those unfortunate* given to strong drink. It reduced me to degradation. I vowed and strove long and hard, bat I ieldom held victory over liquor long. I hated drnntennesa, bat (till I drank. When I left it off I felt a horrid . want of aometbing I muit have or I muit go diitraeted. I oonld neither eat, work, nor deep, I entered a reformatory and prayed for strength,j (till I muit drink. I lived 10 for over twenty yean; in that time I never abitained over three month* running At length I wu aert to the hone# of correction ai a vagrant. If my family had been provided for I would have preferred to remain there, out of the way of liquor temptation. Explaining my affliction to a fellow priioner —a man of muoh education and experience —he adviiod me to make .a vinegar of ground quaaaia ; a half ounce steeped in a pint of vinegar, and to put a email teaepoonfull of it in a little water and drink it down every time ha thirst eame upon me violently. I found it, satisfied the oravingi and diffused a feeling of aatiafaotion and strength. When I waadii-' charged I continued the care, and I pet levered till the tbirat was conquered. For two yaoia 1 have not tailed’ liquor, and I have no delire for it. Lately, to try my strength, I handled and smalt whisky, bat I have no temptation to take it. I give this for the consideration of the unfortunate, several of whom I know have recovered by the same means which I no longer require to use.—Connecticut Home.