Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-18
Sensation 81 rsSii.e chiorotorIn.
A correspondent of the San Frapeisc

Sensation OF Ial1iLg Chloroior1n.
A correspondent Of the San Francisco
Wee1ly Msrror gives the following vivid
description OF the sensations be felt Wilde
under the int9xication Of cloroiorn, in
whiel; he had been placed for the purpose
Of having a silver ofiron extracted from his
eye:
'My last sane recollection is Of the sur
geon applying the hankerchietto my mouth (;
then the room began To magnify to gigan-
TIC proportions, a common lamp was trans
formed to a candelabrum, more luminous
and costly than ever lightest the grandest
cathedral ia the world The surgeon be-
came giant Of prodigious magnitude,
holding a huge, cleaning knife, VITA q
single blow Of which he might haze sew
eredn me. The sound Of voices ID the room
seemed lie the clmnprings Of d vast mul-
titude DUNG the bafaing Of city, and n
signboard, scrceeling outI9e, ce:yeyel the
iiea OF a fulious mob collected in the street
for my execution On entering lie room
| had notice a large car Sitting asleep en-
a shelf, whicl, turned is head laziiy toward
me and then resumed its slnmbers; this
creature became a hideous, yampire-like
monster, with great grey eyes, and With
fangs and claws ike what were tabled to
belong to the griffin, walked round and
blowing fetid breath on me-, and pressing
its frigEtful paws on my breast But the
worst of al was a collection of gigantic men
sharpening instruments for my dissection I;
could hear the wliring Of the stone and
the shrieking Of tile high-temperoa knives
Is the grinders laughed at tn intended
dis ecion. One was more jocose ana h,sart-
less than the rest he was my inlplacabe
enemy ; we had qaarreel and fought kaiyes
at every joint; | shresed and sereamed
blasphened and besqAght my tsrmenlor
but still the instruments hissel through
my quiveting flesh, and grated along every
bone am satisfied that all these eino-
lions were experienced within a moment al-
ter the first inhalation which bagan the
process Of stupeiaction. So swift ase tile
eyolutions Of thought when sense is sub
.dued, ard whan the phantom monarch Of
dreams leads the soul through the endless
avenues, swtfter in its journvying than the
shost-iived fire which Falls from the womb
Of an overburdened cloud.
"But gradual revolution Of menta,
perception succeeded; those frightful spec
tegs began to recede; the men ana knives
began to diminish; the cat returned tc
natural proportions, ana cflpt slowly away
tie voices became less harsh and threaten.
ing,and the noise III the street was Subdued
to unbFoken silence. locked into uni-
verse Of light, with nothing visible, until
indistinct tornlsappeared Oh the horizon,
coming toward and defining themselves
as they came, One wa9my mother, clad
in graye-eothes, bat, as she neared, heI
habilaments changed to the flibrics which
glittered ID the prophets vision Wien be
looked over the ''grcat congregation which
no man could number Directly she stood
by me; and, recognizing every features |
saw that each age-mark was gone; her
cheek was fresh as The young girls When
lshe FIRST bushes at the whispered words OF
laye, and, stooping to kiss me, the appira-
ton went out leaving another, still more
beautiful and youthfpl;it was the figure 81
my young wife, who dIs,.. in the birth OF
her first child. She held an iufant IN her
arms, who reached down and ran his tiny
fingers through my hair; but when ti;sd
to tlke him in my arms, infant anl moths
er were gone. Strange, chat felt 0o dis
appointment; KNEW theYwere but pictures
/ that hung III the galleries of a f;sthers
heart. Every thing changed to an eAis-
tence Of Undesirable pleasure; ! laughed
and danced Ike one mad with exhileraii5n
Of unexpected deliYerance from, torture 1.-THE
air came into my lungs gratefully AZ the
uprising of cold-water TO the lips If a
thirsty drinker Tie aroma Of celestial
gardens seemed about na; believed That
| was in the territory Of couls, and Wonder
ell how any should fear to DID. | could
hear sounds ii the street, but they seemed
to proIong and swell like the sound Of a
great organ. Millions Of symmetrical cfea-
lures passed in review, along a horizon cf
silver anu gold, and yet was conscious
that they were but tile creations oil dis
torted Imagination. = = y
"Presenily Ibecamc conciolls Of return
ing sense; my limbs felt anwedy and Of too
reat proportions to be moved by the
strengthening will; my eyes opensd and
began to discern Objects returning to natllr-
ii dimensions, aud began TO comprehend
Tie conversations Of persons ia the room.
The whole operation had MT occupied half
an hour, but | had lived centuries Of in-
descnbabie horrors, and emotions Of happi-
ness which are ncomprehersible to the
sane and wa.ciaI mind. My sight was
preserved, and tie fragment 81 steel ii iii
my possession whjA, ike the key Of St.
Peter, unlocked celestial splendoFs, and
opened Pandora box Of hcliish imagery.
which, even now, scaFes me rom dreams
to sudden and trembling wakefilness.
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