Dear Journal: For the benefit of a certain class of sufferers I wish to state one of my cases; for I believe if people only know what could be done for them, thousands would seek a Scientist before they slept. In the spring I received a letter from a perfect stranger in a distant part of the State, asking what could be done for a man who had been intoxicated nearly all the time for several years, and was very profane and abusive in his family. Latterly he had been worse than ever, was very weak, and had begun to see sights. The man himself said it was born in him, and he could not help it. I commenced treating him on the 27th of the month. On the 29th he told his wife that he had resolved never to drink another drop. He had not been at work for some time, but he went to work the next day, and spent the evening at home,—a very rare occurrence. He kept at work early and late, and it is not known that he has drank a drop since. He does not yet know what has wrought the change in his life; but he says he has no desire for strong drink, and his family are very happy over the restoration of a husband and father. I never saw any of the parties interested.
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont.
