The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-01

The following, we think, is perfect,
and beats Sherman 4 Brothsrs' Wahoo
Bitters. 1t is from the Boston Saturday
! Evening Gazette, and deserves immor-
| tally:
In purchasing my stock Of confec-
| tlonery, ! was urged to try q 7leto cam
dy, in which the 7nad-rootof India was
an ingredient, and, being cautious where
a eoniiding public trusted in me, tried
the candy first myself, as the homoeo-
pathists try their medicines before CIV
ing them to their patients, INDUCING in
| illimitable doses of poison in order to
test their ability to kill. A friend of
mine, whose wife is u physician OF the
old school, tells me that she also invari-
ably tries her medicines upon him be-
fore she administers them to her pa
TENTS The result of my experiment
was very satisfactory. Could L, assum-
ing the poetical for the nonce, dip my
pen in liquid tints of sunrise, ! might
possibly give you faint idea of the
sensations | experienced under the po-
tent influence of this magical drug
After swallowing small quantity, be-
gan to feel a pleasant sensation extend
ing from the palate to the nerves of the
stomach, and thence through the differ
ent organic radiations throughout my
whole frame. ] took another small
quantity, and delightful languor seiz-
ed me-a steamy, vapory mist seemed
enveloping my brain, strange images
danced before my vision, clothed in
rainbowhued haze, and my mind SEEM
ed to melt away and loseitselfin atrance
of delicious Madness, vanishing in
cloud of splendor surrounded by delights
like those enjoyed by happy souls
Who dwell in yellow meads of asphodel
And annranthne bowers.
My ancient cotton--the "dome. of
| thoughtn-seemed blazoned with lam
bent light, that, like Aurora, spanned
| from section to section, until all was ra-
diant, its beams falling on my deal ia
BILE, turning the wares thereon into hea-
venly mamma, and Transforming the few
nickel cents, the result of the days traffic
into ingots of gold. Among these a
solitary three.cent piece became a dia-
mond of the first water. Men and wo-
men, as they passed rae by, seemed to
me, as they did to the blind man restor.
| ed to sight, as trees walking, with gold
and silver fruit pendant from their
branches, and their foliage of rainbow
tints, azure, green, sapphire and scarlet.
The pavement beneath my feet glowed
and sparkled like rubies, garnets, topaz
es, agates, and other prescious stones.-
| The warehouses around me doomed up
| like towers enveloped with clouds whit
err than angels wings. The tailor girls
were Hebes, their garments shining with
ineffable splendor, a golden halo around
the head of each, looking like troops OF
Hours. felt young again. My spirits,
buoyant as the air, caught the echo OF
Lydian music from far-of Hyblas, and
disdaned the earth. A poor crippled
soldier asked me for help. l took mic
kle and:gave him, saying: My friend,
here is gold, buy that which you need
and lay by the rest" whereupon this
son of gun replied that he Couldn't
see ii ;" an evidence of his blindness as
well as decrepitude. soon came down
| from my high horse to realizing sense
of the realities by which Twas surrounds
ed, but was delighted at having achieyv..
that for which the great monarch would
have given so much: dneU emotion"