I returned to Indianapolis in the spring of 1875.  I remained in Indiana, lecturing almost daily, or nightly, until autumn, when I again started East on a lecturing tour, which lasted eight months.  During this time I averaged one lecture per day.  At times, for the space of an entire week, I did not get as much sleep as I needed in one night, and the work I did in those eight months was enough to break down the strongest and healthiest constitution.  I spoke in all the more notable cities and towns of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.  With regard to my success, I will let the Eastern press speak for me.  It is not from any motive of vanity that I insert the following notices of the papers, but from a wish to establish in the minds of my readers the fact that my labor was earnest, and not without good results.  These extracts are not given in the order in which they appeared; I insert them, taken at random, from hundreds of a similar character.  The first is from the Boston Daily Advertiser: 

“Mr. Luther Benson, of Indiana, delivered a temperance lecture last evening in Faneuil Hall, before a large and enthusiastic audience. * * *

“The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Cooke, of the Hanover Street Bethel, after which, Mr. E.H.  Sheafe introduced the lecturer.  The temperance theme is so old and long discussed that it seemed well-nigh impossible to present its merits in a new and attractive way, but Mr. Benson in a simple, straightforward manner, in language clothed with the peculiar western freedom of speech, together with an accent of marked broadness, held the undivided attention of his audience from the beginning of his lecture to the close.  The several stories told by the speaker seemed to exactly suit the temper of his hearers, as the frequent applause testified, and altogether it was probably one of the most satisfactory temperance lectures ever delivered in this city.  Mr. Benson, who is a reformed drunkard, describes his trials and struggles in overcoming the evils of intemperance in a very impressive manner, awakening a strong interest for the cause which he pleads.

“During his lecture Mr. Benson paid a marked compliment to the old hall in which he was speaking, and the liberty of speech allowed within its portals.  Total Abstinence was the one thing needed throughout the land.  There could be no such thing as moderate drinking.  Prohibition should be enforced, and great results would necessarily follow.”

From the Boston Daily Evening Traveler I clip this concerning my lecture at Chelsea: 

“Hawthorn Hall was crowded to the very gallery last evening with an audience assembled to listen to a lecture on temperance by Luther Benson, Esq., of Indiana.  Mr. Benson is one of the most powerful and eloquent orators that have ever stood before an audience.  For one hour and a half he held his audience by a spell.  He painted one beautiful picture after another, and each in the very gems of