Gazette and sentinel., 1861-05-11
@a3ette & 5sntipsr,
Remarkable Visions.

lDC "a AAcOD
what a correspondent felt while under
the i~ntoxication Of chloroform, in which
he had been placed for the purpose of
having a silver of iron extracted from
his eye:
NV last sane recollection is Of the
e applying the handkerchief to
nv mouth then the room began TO
magnify to gigantic proportions a
common lamp was transformed to a
candelabrum, more luminous and costly
than ever lighted the grandest cathe-
dral in the world. The surgeon became
a giant of prodigious magnitude, hold,
ing a huge, cleaning knife, with a sim
, gle blow of which he might have sever
ed me.
The sound of voices in the room seem
ed like the clomoring of a vast multi.
tude during the burning of a city. and
a sign-board sc~reeching outside. con
veyed the idea of a furious mob collect.
ed in the street for my execution.
On entering the room, | had noticed
a lage cat sitting asleep on u shelf
which turned its head laziIy towards me
and then resumed its siumbcrs this
creature became a hideous. vampire-I;ke
monster, with great fiery eyes, and with
fangs and claws like what was tabled
TO belong to the griffin, walking around
and blowing feted breath on me. and
pressing its frightful paws on my
breast.
But the worst Of all was a collection
of gigantic men sharpening instru.
ments for my dissection /; | could hear
the whirring of the stone and the
shrieking of the highly tempered knives
as the grinders laughed at the intended
dissection. One was more ~iocosc and
heartless than the rest; he was my i'm
placable enemy we had q]uarrclcd and
fought I; knives at every JOINT | shrek.
ed and screamed, bIasphcmcd and be-
sought nay ]tOrmentors, but still the in
struments Kissed through my quivcring
flesh, and grated along every bone.
| am satisfied that all these emotions
were experienced within a moment ar.
ter the first inhalation which began the
process of stupefaction. So swift are
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 Journey
ing than the short-lived fire which falls
from the womb of an overburdened
cloud.
But a gradual rcvulsicn Of mental
perception succeeds /: those frightful
spectres began to recede, the men and
knives began to diminish, the cat re- {
turned to her natural proportions, and /
crept slowly away, the voices became ,
less harsh and threatening, and the .
noiseNin the street was subdued to un- :
broken silence. ;
| looked into q universe of Iioht. with a
nothing visible, until indistinct forms O
appeared on the horizon, coming toward 5
me and defining themselves as they \
One was my mother, clad in =.
grave clothes but, as she 'neared, her |
habilimepts changed to the fabrics
which gIIttered in the prophets vision t
when he looked over the great congr <
cation which no man could NUMBER )
Directly she stood by me and recog- Il
nIzlng every feature, I saw that each e.
age mark was gone !; her cheek was
fresh as a young girls when she first p
bushes at the whispered words of love. IL
and STOPPING to kiss me. the apparition \
out, leaving another, still more pl
beautiful and youthful it was the b,
hgnre of my young wife, who died in tn
me birth of her first child. She held an "
infant in her arms, who reached down al
ran his tiny fingers through nv al
1alr but when | tried to take him in lie
ny arms, infant and mother were gone. u
strange, that | felt no disappointment /: su
knew they were but pictures that an
lung in a fathers heart. N
Everything changed to an existence mi
indescribable pleasure |: | laughed wi
md danced like one mad with exhilira- ite
ION OF unexpected deliverance from me
orture the air came into my lungs NJ
'reatfully as the uprising of cool water thu
the lips of a thirsty drinker. The
The aroma of celestial gardens SEEM shi
d about me I; / believed that | vas in els
he territory of souls, and wondered
DIV any should fear to die. I could vol
car sounds in the street, but thew VIII
to p%rolong and swell like the thi
'und OF a great organ Millions of sh;
numerical creatures passed in review ion
ong a horizon of silver and gold, and nar
u was conscious that they were but vii
Q creations of a distorted magma be
On.
Presently l became conscious of re-.
rning sense ; my limbs felt unwieldly
"a OF too great proportions to be NOV. Sol