Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-12-13
Sensations on Taking ChlOroform

4 correspondent of the San Francisco MIR
ror gives the following vivid description of the
sensations he felt while under the intoXication
of chloroform, in which he had been placed
for the purpose of having silver of iron ex-
tracted from his eye:
"My last sane recollection is of the surgeon
applying the handkerchief to my mouth then
the room began to magnify to gigantic proper
tions common lamp was transformed to a
candelahrum, more luminous and costly than
ever lighted the gfandest cathedral of the
world. The surgeon became giant Of pro-
dicious proportions, holding huge cleaning
knife. with single blow of which he might
have severed me- The sound of voices in the
room seemed like the camoringS of q vast mul-
titude during the burning OF a city, and a sign
board, screeching outside, conveyed the idea
of a furious mob collected in the street for
my execution. On entering the rooms | had
noticed large cat sitting asleep on a shelf,
which turned its head lazily toward me and
then resumed its slumbers this crea ure be-
came a hideouS, vampire-l.ke monster, with
great fiery eyes and with faDgs and claws like
what were fabed TO belong to the griflif,
walking round, aud blowing fetid breath on
reast. But the worst Of all was a brace Of
gigantic men sharpening instruments for my
dissection | could hear the whirriug of the
stone and the shrieking of the highly tempered
knives as the grinders laughed at the intended
dissection. One was more iocose and heart
less than the rest ; he was my implacabe en-
envy we had quarreled and fought about q
school mate love. Presently / felt their keen
knives at every joint ; shrieked and screamed.
HaSphemed and beCought my tOrmentcrs, but
still the instruments hisscd through my quiyer-
ing flesh and grated along every bone. | am
satisfied that all these emotions were expert
enced within a moment after the first inhala-
tion which began the process. of stupefaction
So swift is the evolutions of thought when
sense is subdued, and when the phantom mon
arch of dreams leads the Sonl through endless
avenues, ,swifter IN its journeying than the short
lived fire which falls from an ovcrburdened
cloud
But a gradual revolution Of mental percep.
ton succeeded those rrightfUl spectres began
to recede the men and knives began to di-
minish the cat returned to natural propor-
tionS. and crept slowly away the voices be-
came less harsh and threatening, aud the roise
in the street was subdued to uubroken silence
looked into universe of light, wiki nothing
visible, until ndistinct forms appeared on the
horizon coming toward me and defining them
selves as they came One was nv mother.
clad in grave clothes, but as she neared. her
h4himents changed to the fabrics which gilt
tered in the prophets vision when he looked
over the great congregation which no man
could number" Directly she stood by me ::
and recognizing every feature, | saw that each
age-mark was gone her cheek was fresh as
the young girls when she first bushes at the
whispered words Of love- and, STOPPING TO kiss
ne, the appartion went out, leaving another
still more beautiful and youthful it was the
figure Of my yonng wife, who died in the birth
of her first child. She held an infant in her
arms who reached down and ran his tiny fin
gers through my hair but when | tried to
take him in my arms, infant and mother were
gone. Strange, that / felt no disappointment;
| knew they were bnt pictures that hung in
the galleries of fathers heart Everything
changed to an existence of indescribable pleas
ure laughed and danced like one mad with
the cxhieration of unexpected deliverance from
torture the air came into my lungs grateful
" as the np-gnshing Of cool water TO the liDs
Oi IL lIifSlN uIlhhtE. Inc aroma OF celestial
gardens seemed about me | believed that
was in the territory OF souls, aud wondered
how any one should fear to die | coald hear
sounds in the street, but they seemed TO pro-
long and swell like the sound of a great or
gan. Millions of symmetrical creatures pass
ed in review along n horizon of silver and
gold, and vet was conscious that they were
but the creatures of distorted Imagination
Presently | became conscious of returning
sense my limbs felt uuwieIdy and of too great
proportions to be moved by the strengthening
will my eyes opened and began to discern OBJ
jectS returning to natural dimensions and |
began to comprehend the conversation of per-
sous in the room. The whole operation had
not occupied half an hour, but / had lived
centuries OF iHdescribab.e horrors, aud emo
tons Of happiness which are incomprehcnsibe
to the sane and wakeful mind. My sight was
preserved, and the fragment of steel is still in
my possession, which, like the key of ST. Pc
ter, unlocked celestial spiendors.
QUOTING SCRIPTURE.-A short time ago
says the Glasgow Guardian, q primitive
preacher, while diScoursing in chapel in New