The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-18
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TIE HASH ESH EATER.
A Case in Louisvillc--IIow tho Drug A feet
cd Il Nan.

THE HI5IiEESH EATER.
A Case I'm LouisvilIc--How tho Drug A fleet
cd II Nan.
louisville Courier. Journal, 2ntn uill
Mr.. Mooncyman, Of this city, is The
posscSsor OF Il gratuiiouJ imagination
not OF that kind which seeks immor-
taliiy through the art OF pocsy or
music, but Il caniankcrous, unruly,
long-bcakcd Imagination, which, al
ways uncertain itself, renders Mr.. NJ.
equally as indefinite in his actions. Il
few days ago Mr.. Mooncyman's
imagination began TO feed on Bayarl
Taylor's vivid description OF hashccsh
eating, and he resolved that he would
try the elect of That drug upon him
self. lie longcd for the Indefinite
realms Of beauty, where he would be-
hold rivers whose music WAS more
charming than the sirens song {;
where hc would. live in IL perpetual
sprnG-timc, listening to bird c1rols,
and enjoying an existence unimpcdrtl
by the flesh. lie would have Poetry
as his second self, his spouse, oml
Music should lie his familiar friend.
while Grace and Beauty should be the
hamamaidcns Of himsclfand spouse.
Accordingly he invested hulfa dollar
in the drug which was to bring heaven
down TO earth, So 10 speak, and lie
took dose Of Twenty-Five grains. lie
waited hale an hour for the romance
to begin, but he experienced no cs-
pccinl sensation save Il slight SUCCESS
ton Of sour stomach.
An hour passed: everything serene :;
no earthquake. Mooncvmun though,
the drug hadn't "got the hung' of his
constitution. With n,adc-up intcn-
ion Of increasing the dose the next
day, he went out for II walk. Not the
slightest effect Of the hashccsh. Never
lhclcss, MIR. Nj. felt queer. he knew
exactly what he was doing, however.
There was no doubt Of that. On the
street his conduct was trillc ircon-
sistrnt. lie met Il Young lady whom
ne had never seen before and asked
her why Bhc didn't call to see him.
nc told II truant school boy to E:te.
him after school in the principals
Office, and he would thrash the lie
out or him. ilc wanted to arrest Il
policeman. lie attempted to hire a
brass band to scrcnattc him, and tried
To make arrangements for Il iloatinu
concert up BcurgrHss creek. Still he
knew what he was about, precisely.
lie thought ii queer That tic lashecsh
didn't pan out at all.
Finally he went home. Then he
saw that he was not Mooncvman nt
all; he was only Il mouse stealing
bread crumbs in his own closet. lie
went into his parlor; heard and felt a
sudden spring,-hc was caught in a
mouse trap, his own. Then his life
was almost pressed out Of him; and
suddenly he became q cat, with an
inclination to sing on the back fence,
and he bchcld his former self wri9-
g'ing in tho mouse trap. a boot
from the back window struck Kim in
the head, Knocked linn on the fence
and he found Il fierce little terrier
chasing the cat in whose body his
soul had lately been domicilcd. As
nc was running and barking in the
street, policeman threw button to
him, which he swallowed. lie then
became COW. lie was standin" now
IN flower bed in a Fourth avenue
1ront yard. Ills COW life was sudden
~ brought TO close by II stroke over
the head from base ball bat,
Straightway Mr.. NJ. became Ton
brocck and won big race at the
Jockey club grounds, broke two OF his
legs short off, and closed for repairs,
lie was now himself again in his own
parlor. Hitherto his experience had
been entirely mental. His body had
rs yet not acted at all. But without
any previous warning Mr.. Mooney
man imagined he was a bird, and his
body as we'll as his fancy began to
sail around. His desire was to Gv
out OF the window, but after bumpin9
ms head against the window sill he
coilapScd FOR new start. The ncxs
,,ofc hc assumed was that Of locomo-
tive, and II was in this character lhat
nc acncVcd his greatest success. He
got Gown on all fOurs and unset all
tho chairs and children in tho house.
lie soon found himself at ono end of
tho long hall; at the other end his
COOK was leaning far over q flour bar
rel, , scrnpiilg up the remnants of 0our
on the bottom. The locomotive uIt
itself in rapid motion toward fhc
COOK, who was scrnping SO hard that
she did not hear the approochin~ nm'
ginc. The latter got a GOOD stort' md
ran fair aud square into thc old COOK
who diycd head foremost into thc
| barrel. '''0
Here the curtain went down, so to
speak; the cook was made white with
Hour and anger; Mr.. Mooncyman. the
locomotive, was rendered inscnsiblc,
and SO tho beautiful dream of houris
ana purling brooks, which tho hash
ccsh was to furnish, was over.
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Doctor Ayers Laboratory, tboi
has done such wonders for tho sick
now issues ~ potent rcstorcr for tho
beauty OF mankind--for the comcl;-
ness which advancing ago is SO prone
,, TO diminish and destroy. His Vi~or
mounts lnxuriant locks on tho bald
ana gray pates among us, and Inns
lays us Indcr obligations to him. for
tho good looks as wcll as tho health OF
tho community. :
After trying in vain to start n
balky mare tho driver touched lis
iank with aligli;ea cigar, saving. s,I,ws
irlcn 9 ali means 2, to- start her, now Ili